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Kirill Petrenko and Patricia Kopatchinskaja with Hartmann and Stravinsky
Photo: Stephan Rabold
Few works have captured the horror of the Nazi regime as powerfully in music as Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s Concerto funebre. The soloist in this performance with Kirill Petrenko is Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Artist in Residence of the 2021/22 season. The concert closes with the striking ballet music from The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky. The two composers, who admired each other, both strived towards uncompromisingly modern yet moving music.
18 Sep 2021Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill PetrenkoPatricia Kopatchinskaja
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Concerto funebre for violin and stringsPatricia Kopatchinskaja violin
Igor Stravinsky
L’Oiseau de feu (The Firebird), Ballet Music- free
Interview
Kirill Petrenko and Patricia Kopatchinskaja in conversation with Cornelia Gartemann - free
Interview
Kirill Petrenko in conversation with Cornelia Gartemann
Jakub Hrůša conducts Bruckner’s Fourth and a world premiere
Photo: Stephan Rabold
Bruckner’s “Romantic” Fourth Symphony has a distinct feeling of longing and closeness to nature – for instance, in the horn call at the beginning and the melancholy singing of the strings. The work is conducted by Jakub Hrůša, who also presents the world premiere of Keyframes for a Hippogriff by Olga Neuwirth, one of the most sought-after composers of our time. Neuwirth says the work is about trying “to remain a free soul despite the despair and pain in this world”.
11 Sep 2021Berliner Philharmoniker
Jakub HrůšaAndrew Watts, Tölzer Knabenchor
Olga Neuwirth
Keyframes for a Hippogriff − Musical Calligrams in memoriam Hester Diamond, commissioned jointly by the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation, the New York Philharmonic and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (premiere)Andrew Watts countertenor, Tölzer Knabenchor, Michael Hofstetter chorus master, Gerhard Jacobs chorus master
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 in E flat major “Romantic” (2nd version from 1878/1880)- free
Interview
Jakub Hrůša in conversation with Václav Vonášek
Season opening: Kirill Petrenko conducts Schubert’s “Great” C major Symphony
Photo: Stephan Rabold
Kirill Petrenko opened the 2021/22 season of the Berliner Philharmoniker with the enchanting and mysterious world of Romanticism. The main work on the programme is Franz Schubert’s “Great” C major Symphony, in which exuberance, dance and nobility are shaken by moments of deep despair. Carl Maria von Weber transports us to the magical realm of Oberon, the king of the elves, which inspired Paul Hindemith’s colourful Symphonic Metamorphosis.
27 Aug 2021Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill PetrenkoCarl Maria von Weber
Oberon: OverturePaul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis of themes by Carl Maria von WeberFranz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in C major, D 944 “Great”- free
Interview
Kirill Petrenko in conversation with Stefan Dohr
Concert from the Waldbühne with Martin Grubinger and Wayne Marshall
Photo: Stephan Rabold
Pure rhythm is in store at this Waldbühne concert – with a performance by Martin Grubinger. The multi-percussionist is a true entertainer who elicits a wealth of timbres from his instruments in the Special Edition with film music by John Williams. The concert also features Wayne Marshall, who makes his debut conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker with the music of Leonard Bernstein, and who is also the soloist in Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.
26 Jun 2021
From the Berlin WaldbühneBerliner Philharmoniker
Wayne MarshallThe Percussive Planet Ensemble
Leonard Bernstein
On the Town: 3 Dance EpisodesJohn Williams
John Williams: The Special Edition (arr. Martin Grubinger sen.)Martin Grubinger drums, The Percussive Planet Ensemble
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue (orch. Ferde Grofé)Wayne Marshall piano
Leonard Bernstein
On the Waterfront, Symphonic SuiteLeonard Bernstein
Candide: OverturePaul Lincke
Berliner Luft
Jean-Christophe Spinosi and Philippe Jaroussky
Photo: Stephan Rabold
Jean-Christophe Spinosi’s artistic home is the music of the 17th and 18th centuries. He also appears as an opera conductor, with acclaimed interpretations of works by Mozart and Rossini. For his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker Spinosi has put together a varied programme including two works from the Baroque period, a symphony from the Viennese Classical School and Romantic bel canto. Philippe Jaroussky is also at home in this repertoire and contributes arias by Vivaldi and Rossini in his brilliant countertenor.
19 Jun 2021Berliner Philharmoniker
Jean-Christophe SpinosiPhilippe Jaroussky
Antonio Vivaldi
Aria “Vedrò con mio diletto” from Il Giustino, RV 725Philippe Jaroussky countertenor
Antonio Vivaldi
Aria “Gemo in un punto e fremo” from L’Olimpiade, RV 725Philippe Jaroussky countertenor
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 82 in C major “L’Ours”Gioacchino Rossini
Cavatina “Di tanti palpiti” from TancrediPhilippe Jaroussky countertenor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 “Jupiter”- free
Interview
Jean-Christophe Spinosi and Philippe Jaroussky in conversation with Solène Kermarrec
Family Concert “Magic Night”
Photo: Benjamin Füglister
At midnight, something magical happens in the children’s room: the magic fairy brings the toys of two siblings to life with her song, which causes some turmoil. Whether ball, horse or cooker – they all suddenly have a mind of their own, with teddy bears and dolls dancing all over the place. Kurt Weill’s children’s pantomime Magic Night invites audiences young and old to dream and marvel – with colourfully dazzling music and captivating dance rhythms.
06 Jun 2021Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Simon RösslerRuth Rosenfeld, BERLINJOHN Family
- free
Kurt Weill
Magic NightRuth Rosenfeld soprano and acting, Nelly Danker stage director, BERLINJOHN Family acrobatics, Benedict Mirow screen director, Julia Schnittger stage and costumes, Raphael Grebenstein light design
Herbert Blomstedt conducts Sibelius and Brahms
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
“Conducting is a good profession to grow old in, because it’s always a challenge, and you need challenges when you get older”, said Herbert Blomstedt, born in 1927, who is continuing his long-standing collaboration with the Berliner Philharmoniker with undiminished energy and vitality. On this programme Sibelius’s dark, mist-shrouded Fourth Symphony is contrasted with Brahms’s Third.
12 Jun 2021Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert BlomstedtJean Sibelius
Symphony No. 4 in A minor, op. 63Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major, op. 90- free
Interview
Herbert Blomstedt on Sibelius’s Fourth and Brahms’s Third Symphony
Sakari Oramo conducts Chin and Sibelius
Photo: Frederike van der Stræten
In 2006, Sunwook Kim won the prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition – just 18 years old and the first Asian pianist to do so. With his colourful, virtuosic style of music-making, the South Korean soon found an international audience. Here he makes his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker with Unsuk Chin’s brilliant and rhythmically challenging Piano Concerto. Sakari Oramo also conducts Sibelius’s mystical and poetic Second Symphony.
05 Jun 2021Berliner Philharmoniker
Sakari OramoSunwook Kim
Unsuk Chin
Concerto for Piano and OrchestraSunwook Kim piano
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 43- free
Interview
Unsuk Chin on her Piano Concerto - free
Interview
Sunwook Kim in conversation with Kyoungmin Park - free
Interview
Sakari Oramo in conversation with Kyoungmin Park
