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Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Debussy and Prokofiev
Photo: Michael Trippel
The culmination of this concert with Yannick Nézet-Séguin is Sergei Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony, a both overpowering and vivid work, which also includes “the primitive nature of Russian song ... in its melodies” (A. Khachaturian). The French-Canadian Nézet-Séguin opens the concert with French repertoire: Maurice Ravel's charming Menuet antique and Claude Debussy's dazzling La Mer – a masterpiece of musical Impressionism.
15 Feb 2019Berliner Philharmoniker
Yannick Nézet-SéguinMaurice Ravel
Menuet antique (orchestrated by Maurice Ravel)Claude Debussy
La MerSergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, op. 100- free
Interview
Yannick Nézet-Séguin in conversation with Albrecht Mayer
New Year’s Eve Concert with Daniel Barenboim
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
The conductor of this New Year’s Eve concert is Daniel Barenboim, one of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s oldest friends. He also takes on the role of soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 26 – a work of sparkling beauty and nuanced expression. There are also four famous works by Maurice Ravel, which create an impressive synthesis of elegance and originality. The final highlight is the Boléro, perhaps the most stunning crescendo in music history.
31 Dec 2018
New Year’s Eve ConcertBerliner Philharmoniker
Daniel BarenboimWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 26 in D major, K. 537 “Coronation”Daniel Barenboim piano
Maurice Ravel
Rapsodie espagnole (orchestral version)Maurice Ravel
Alborada del gracioso (orchestral version)Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante défunte (orchestral version)Maurice Ravel
BoléroGeorges Bizet
Excerpts from Carmen- free
Interview
The 2018 New Year’s Eve Concert: an introduction
Marek Janowski conducts Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
The international press praised Marek Janowski’s complete recording of Anton Bruckner’s symphonies for its “verve” and “passion for detail”. In this concert, he turns to the Sixth whose appeal, in contrast to other Bruckner symphonies, lies less in metaphysical aspects than in its decisive forward drive. The concert also includes Bruckner’s E Minor Mass, whose orchestration consisting exclusively of wind instruments evokes an intriguingly archaic atmosphere.
01 Feb 2019Berliner Philharmoniker
Marek JanowskiRundfunkchor Berlin
Anton Bruckner
Mass No. 2 in E minor (2nd Version from 1882/1885)Rundfunkchor Berlin, Gijs Leenaars chorus master
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 6 in A major- free
Interview
Marek Janowski in conversation with Rainer Seegers
Alan Gilbert and Lisa Batiashvili
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 is a work of compelling, pure beauty, and for its tone, which both sings and speaks, Lisa Batiashvili is the ideal interpreter. Alan Gilbert, chief conductor designate of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, also presents Richard Strauss’ Symphonia domestica in which the composer portrays his family both humorously and musically. Gilbert also presents the European premiere of Metacosmos by the Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir.
26 Jan 2019Berliner Philharmoniker
Alan GilbertLisa Batiashvili
Anna Thorvaldsdottir
Metacosmos (European première)Sergei Prokofiev
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in G minor, op. 63Lisa Batiashvili violin
Richard Strauss
Symphonia domestica, op. 53- free
Interview
Lisa Batiashvili and Alan Gilbert in conversation with Sarah Willis
Mariss Jansons and Evgeny Kissin
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
This concert with Mariss Jansons is in a sense a late-Romantic family reunion: Richard Wagner’s Rienzi overture will be presented alongside the triumphant First Piano Concerto by his father-in-law, Franz Liszt. His musical “descendant”, Richard Strauss, in turn, perfected the symphonic poem originally developed by Liszt, such as the famous Also sprach Zarathustra which is also performed in this concert. The evening’s soloist is Evgeny Kissin, one of the great pianists of our time.
19 Jan 2019Berliner Philharmoniker
Mariss JansonsEvgeny Kissin
Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus spoke Zarathustra), op. 30Franz Liszt
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in E flat majorEvgeny Kissin piano
Evgeny Kissin
Dodecaphonic TangoRichard Wagner
Rienzi: Overture- free
Interview
Evgeny Kissin in conversation with Fergus McWilliam
Tugan Sokhiev conducts Rachmaninov, Borodin and Prokofiev
Photo: Stephan Rabold
In this concert, Tugan Sokhiev, director of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, conducts a Russian programme supported by the choir of his legendary opera house. While Alexander Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances and Sergei Prokofiev’s cantata Alexander Nevsky are full of primitive power and recount historical Russian war heroes, Sergei Rachmaninov's operatic scene Spring takes an intimate private drama as its theme.
12 Jan 2019Berliner Philharmoniker
Tugan SokhievChoir of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow
Sergei Rachmaninov
Vesna (Spring), cantata for baritone, chorus and orchestra, op. 20Vasily Ladyuk baritone, Choir of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, Valery Borisov chorus master
Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances (original version with choir)Choir of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, Valery Borisov chorus master
Sergei Prokofiev
Alexander Nevsky, cantata for mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra, op. 78Agunda Kulaeva mezzo-soprano, Choir of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, Valery Borisov chorus master
- free
Interview
Tugan Sokhiev in conversation with Andreas Ottensamer
Kirill Petrenko conducts the German National Youth Orchestra
Photo: Stephan Rabold
Working with the German National Youth Orchestra is something close to Kirill Petrenko’s heart, so on the occasion of the orchestra’s 50th anniversary, the chief conductor designate of the Berliner Philharmoniker couldn’t turn down the opportunity to join them for a jubilee concert. In addition to rousing compositions by Leonard Bernstein and Igor Stravinsky, the programme also includes a contemporary work: William Kraft’s First Timpani Concerto with the Philharmoniker’s principal timpanist Wieland Welzel as the soloist.
09 Jan 2019Bundesjugendorchester
Kirill PetrenkoWieland Welzel
- free
Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story, Symphonic Dances - free
William Kraft
Concerto No. 1 for Timpani and OrchestraWieland Welzel timpani
- free
Igor Stravinsky
Le Sacre du printemps
Iván Fischer and Christian Gerhaher
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
The lieder of Hugo Wolf are unique in their clear-cut directness. Their aim is not the artistic sublimation of emotions, but real, unfiltered expression. Christian Gerhaher, the “foremost lieder singer of our time” (The New York Times), performs selected settings by Wolf of Goethe and Mörike. Conductor Iván Fischer also presents Franz Schubert’s Great Symphony, with its shifts between the idyllic and the abyss.
22 Dec 2018Berliner Philharmoniker
Iván FischerChristian Gerhaher
Antonín Dvořák
Legendes for Orchestra, op. 59: nos. 6 & 10Hugo Wolf
Lieder after poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Eduard MörikeChristian Gerhaher baritone
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in C major, D 944- free
Interview
An introduction by Iván Fischer
Andris Nelsons conducts Mahler’s Second Symphony
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
Gustav Mahler’s Second Symphony is a work which exceeds all limits. The composition was intended to depict nothing less than the entire universe: the lofty and the humble, tradition and avant-garde, pastoral serenity and demonic grotesques, songs and chorales, and death and resurrection, all expressed in music that is correspondingly multifarious and grandiose. It is conducted here by Andris Nelsons, music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Kapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
15 Dec 2018Berliner Philharmoniker
Andris NelsonsMDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Lucy Crowe, Gerhild Romberger
Maija Einfelde
Lux aeterna for mixed choir, chime bells and vibraphoneMDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig choir
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 in C minor “Resurrection”Lucy Crowe soprano, Gerhild Romberger contralto, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig choir, Risto Joost chorus master
- free
Interview
Andris Nelsons in conversation with Matthew Hunter
