The Swiss composer Klaus Huber, who was awarded last year with the coveted Ernst-von-Siemens Music Prize, also describes this darkening of life. His mystical orchestral piece Tenebrae describes the eclipse of the sun during Jesus' crucifixion as instrumental Passion music. Finally, the basel sinfonietta invites the listener to a gripping tour de force with John Adams' most sweeping orchestra composition to date, Naive and Sentimental Music. The musical direction was provided by the American conductor Jonathan Stockhammer, who already led the basel sinfonietta through new music with great success at the opening concert of the Salzburg Festival 2009.