Canti In Piazza
SATURDAY, 31 MAY 2025, 11.00 – 18.00
All international festival choirs and many Swiss choirs participating in the EJCF ATELIER programme can be experienced again on this day on large open-air stages in Basel’s city centre. The day is legendary. It attracts thousands of listeners and is also suitable for children.
Basel City centre
All 19 festival choirs will sing from 14.00 – 17.00 on four open-air stages on Barfüsserplatz, Theaterplatz, in the courtyard of the Musik-Akademie and in the Rathaushof. From 1.20 pm – 2.00 pm, Swiss choirs will set the mood for the performances of the choirs in the international programme.
The exact programme will be announced here in due course.
Schwizer Büni, Münsterplatz
SRF 2 Kultur is media partner to the «Schwizer Büni»-programme
Children’s and youth choirs from Switzerland showcase their skills in 20-minute performances on the large open-air stage. A catering offer ensures the physical well-being of the audience.
| 11:00 | Singplausch Teens «Boomerang» with Youth Choirs from all over Switzerland |
| 11:20 | Les Enchanteurs de Ste Thérèse, Fribourg |
| 11.40 | Jugendchor «ISB Reinach Choir» |
| 12:00 | THE BIG SING – INSTANT MUSIC WITH ANDERS EDENROTH |
| 12:40 | Kinderchor «Perespiv», Ukrainian choir project based in Switzerland |
| 13:00 | Maîtrise Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens, Bulle |
| 13:20 | Jugendchor «JuMP!» der Musikschule Pfannenstiel Meilen |
| 13:40 | Voices Junior und Adult Musikschule Münchenstein |
| 14:00 | Jugendchor «InCanto Oberseetal» |
| 14:20 | Herrenstimmen des Boys Choir Lucerne |
| 14:40 | Jugendchor «Musikschule Appenzeller Mittelland» |
| 15:00 | Männerstimmen der Singknaben Solothurn |
| 15:20 | Chœur du Collège du Sud Bulle |
| 15:40 | Scola da Cant Surselva |
| 16:00 | Singschule Solothurner Mädchenchor |
RÖSSLITRAM
Children’s and youth choirs from Switzerland travel through Basel’s city centre singing on the Rösslitram (a horse-drawn tram). Departure from the town hall, Marktplatz.
| 13.00 | Queens and Kings Laupersdorf |
| 14.00 | Coro Giovani Contrappunti di Sessa, Tresa |
| 15.00 | Kinderchor ÖKIKO, Therwil |
THE POWER OF MUSIC / Münsterplatz
PUBLIC REHEARSAL
STADTCASINO, MUSIKSAAL, 16.30 – 17.00
Raphael Immoos sings ‘Z’Basel a mym Rhy’ and the ‘Baselbieterlied’ with the audience in preparation for ‘Europe en Miniature’.
EUROPE EN MINIATURE
MÜNSTERPLATZ, 17.15 – 18.00
All 19 festival choirs sing simultaneously on six stages. The audience wanders through the soundscapes as if through a small Europe. The pieces fit together seamlessly, are echoed in the jointly sung ‘Baselbieterlied’ and ‘Z’Basel a mym Rhy’ and end in the grand finale, fuelled by the national youth choir ‘Mboa’ from Cameroon.
Please enjoy the choral performances without applause and only clap before the grand finale with the youth choir from Cameroon.