Our latest 10 concerts:
The Berlin Phil Series: “Modern Times”
Photo: Stephan Rabold
Orchestral and chamber music of the 1920s and 30s from Hungary, Russia and England: in the penultimate episode of the Berlin Phil Series, members of the Berliner Philharmoniker presented the diversity of Modernism. In addition, Béla Bartók and the jazz composer Chick Corea meet in short pieces for vibraphone and piano, and Bartók’s orchestral suite The Miraculous Mandarin is presented in an archive recording. Shostakovich’s virtuosic and sardonic First Piano Concerto with pianist Denis Matsuev provided a spectacular conclusion.
04 Jul 2020Berliner Philharmoniker
Welcome
Aleksandar Ivić
Arthur Bliss
Quintet for Oboe and String QuartetChristoph Hartmann oboe, Luíz Fïlíp Coelho violin, Bettina Sartorius violin, Walter Küssner viola, Martin Löhr violoncello
Béla Bartók · Chick Corea
Mikrokosmos/Children’s Songs (excerpts)Wieland Welzel vibraphone, Jacques Ammon piano
Béla Bartók
The Miraculous Mandarin Sz 73, Suite (recording)Mariss Jansons conductor
- free
Interview
Denis Matsuev in conversation with Aleksandar Ivić Dmitri Shostakovich
Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and String Orchestra in C minor, op. 35Denis Matsuev piano, Guillaume Jehl trumpet
The Berlin Phil Series: “Baroque Concertos”
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
The music of the Baroque period represents a unique combination of tonal splendour and vibrant lightness. However, it is only occasionally performed in the everyday concert life of a symphony orchestra – and so this programme with solo concertos by Bach, Handel and Vivaldi is a particularly welcome rarity. The appeal of this episode of the Berlin Phil Series is further enhanced by the fact that members of the orchestra can be enjoyed here as soloists.
27 Jun 2020Berliner Philharmoniker
Welcome
Jonathan Kelly
George Frideric Handel
Concerto grosso in B flat major, op. 3 no. 2, HWV 313Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Flautino, Strings and Basso continuo in C major, RV 443Egor Egorkin piccolo
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Bassoon, Strings and Basso continuo in E minor, RV 484Stefan Schweigert bassoon
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048George Frideric Handel
Concerto for Harp, Strings and Basso continuo in B flat major, op. 4 no. 6, HWV 294Marie-Pierre Langlamet harp
Antonio Vivaldi
“L’estro armonico”: Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings and Basso continuo in A minor, op. 3 no. 8, RV 522Dorian Xhoxhi violin, Raimar Orlovsky violin
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for Oboe, Violin, Strings and Basso continuo in D minor, BWV 1060RNoah Bendix-Balgley violin, Jonathan Kelly oboe
The Berlin Phil Series: “Kirill Petrenko Live: Serenades”
Photo: Stephan Rabold
Mozart’s wind serenade “Gran Partita” and Dvořák’s Serenade for Strings combine youthful temperament and compositional maturity, chamber music intimacy with sonorousness and the amusing character of the serenade tradition with the musical weight of symphonic conception. Kirill Petrenko included both works in the programme for this concert of the Berlin Phil Series with members of the Berliner Philharmoniker. With this serenade concert, Kirill Petrenko also concluded his first season as chief conductor of the orchestra.
13 Jun 2020Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill PetrenkoWelcome
Matthew McDonald
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for Winds in B flat major, K. 361 “Gran Partita”- free
Interview
Kirill Petrenko in conversation with Eva-Maria Tomasi Antonín Dvořák
Serenade for Strings in E major, op. 22
The Berlin Phil Series: “Philharmonic Octet”
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
This episode of the Berlin Phil Series brought the familiar, the new and the unknown together in a captivating way. Schubert’s Octet for five strings and three winds, considered the founding work of this instrumental genre of chamber music, was programmed alongside a world premiere by Toshio Hosokawa and an almost forgotten piece for the same formation by Hugo Kaun. All three works were performed by one of the orchestra’s most venerable chamber music formations: the Philharmonic Octet Berlin.
06 Jun 2020Philharmonic Octet
Welcome
Stefan Dohr
Hugo Kaun
Octet in F major, op. 34- free
Interview
Toshio Hosokawa in conversation with Daishin Kashimoto Toshio Hosokawa
Texture for octet (première) – commissioned jointly by the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation and Japan Arts CorporationFranz Schubert
Octet in F major D 803
The Berlin Phil Series: “A Tribute to Daniel Stabrawa”
Photo: Stephan Rabold
As 1st concertmaster of the Berliner Philharmoniker for many years, Kirill Petrenko is the fourth chief conductor Daniel Stabrawa has worked with. In this new concert of the Berlin Phil Series, the musician performs the only violin concerto by his Polish compatriot Andrzej Panufnik and – alongside orchestral colleagues – a trio by Antonín Dvořák. A film featuring Stabrawa in interviews and concert excerpts completes the evening as a touching portrait of the musician. The programme also includes a performance of Sibelius’ Fourth Symphony from the concert archive, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.
30 May 2020Berliner Philharmoniker
Daniel StabrawaA Tribute to Daniel Stabrawa – Part 1
Andrzej Panufnik
Concerto for Violin and String OrchestraDaniel Stabrawa violin
A Tribute to Daniel Stabrawa – Part 2
Antonín Dvořák
Terzetto for 2 Violins and Viola in C major, op. 74Daniel Stabrawa violin, Krzysztof Polonek violin, Ignacy Miecznikowski viola
A Tribute to Daniel Stabrawa – Part 3
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 4 in A minor, op. 63Sir Simon Rattle conductor
The Berlin Phil Series: “Kirill Petrenko Live”
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
Three weeks after the European Concert, chief conductor Kirill Petrenko appeared again with members of the Berliner Philharmoniker in an otherwise empty Philharmonie. Debussy’s atmospheric, dream-like Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune was followed by the wild sounds of Hindemith’s Kammermusik No. 1, whose borrowings from popular music were perceived as a provocation by contemporary audiences. The concert ended with the sensuous Verklärte Nacht, an early masterstroke by Arnold Schoenberg. “You can’t play it more beautifully than this” (rbbKulturradio).
23 May 2020Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill PetrenkoWelcome
Philipp Bohnen
Claude Debussy
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (arranged by Benno Sachs)Paul Hindemith
Chamber Music No. 1, op. 24 No. 1- free
Interview
Kirill Petrenko in conversation with Philipp Bohnen Arnold Schoenberg
Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), op. 4 (1943 version for string orchestra)
The Berlin Phil Series: “Berlin Phil Brass”
Photo: Stephan Rabold
The new episode of the Berlin Phil series features fanfares, chorales and marches with brass players of the Berliner Philharmoniker and organist Sebastian Heidl. The selection includes works by Beethoven, Handel and Elgar as well as compositions from the distinguished French organ tradition. The charming combination of the church instrument with the colours of the symphony orchestra resounds at the end of the concert in the finale from Camille Saint-Saëns’s “Organ Symphony”. The conductor of the performance from the archive of the Digital Concert Hall was Zubin Mehta.
16 May 2020Brass ensemble of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Sebastian HeindlPaul Dukas
Fanfare pour précéder “La Péri” (arranged for brass and organ by Sebastian Heindl)Eugène Gigout
Grand chœur dialogué (arranged for brass and organ by Hans Zellner)Alexandre Guilmant
Morceau symphonique op. 88 (arranged for trombone and organ by Ulrich Nehls)Olaf Ott trombone
Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont op. 84: Overture (arranged for organ by Sebastian Heindl)Thierry Escaich
Tanz-Fantasie for trumpet and organAndre Schoch trumpet
George Frideric Handel
Concerto grosso in D minor op. 3 No. 5 HWV 316 (arranged for brass by Joshua Davis)Frigyes Hidas
Domine, Dona Nobis Pacem for trombone and organThomas Leyendecker trombone
Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance, op. 39: March No.1 (arranged for brass and organ by Hans Zellner)Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, op. 78 “Organ Symphony”Zubin Mehta conductor
The Berlin Phil Series: “An evening in Vienna”
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
This episode of the Berlin Phil Series is a musical portrait of the city of Vienna. The concert features newly recorded chamber music works by Mozart and Beethoven as well as archive recordings of orchestral songs by Franz Schubert and Hugo Wolf. The chamber musicians include the two principal clarinets of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Wenzel Fuchs and Andreas Ottensamer who as Austrians, will guarantee an authentic Viennese colour. Fuchs can be heard in Mozart’s famous clarinet quintet, and Ottensamer in Beethoven’s lively “Gassenhauer Trio”.
09 May 2020Berliner Philharmoniker
Welcome
Andreas Ottensamer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581Wenzel Fuchs clarinet, Daishin Kashimoto violin, Romano Tommasini violin, Naoko Shimizu viola, Ludwig Quandt cello
Franz Schubert
Gretchen am Spinnrade D. 118Claudio Abbado conductor, Christianne Stotijn mezzo-soprano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Duo for Violin and Viola, K. 423: AdagioCornelia Gartemann violin, Julia Gartemann viola
Franz Schubert
Erlkönig D. 328Daniel Harding conductor, Gerald Finley bass-baritone
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wiener Sonatine No. 1 K. 439b: Allegro brillanteHande Küden violin, Kotowa Machida violin
Hugo Wolf
Der FeuerreiterIván Fischer conductor, Christian Gerhaher baritone
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano trio in B-flat major, op. 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”Andreas Ottensamer clarinet, Knut Weber cello, Julien Quentin piano
European Concert from the Philharmonie Berlin with Kirill Petrenko
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
Despite the corona crisis, the traditional European Concert was still able to take place almost 30 years after its inception. Members of the orchestra performed under the baton of chief conductor Kirill Petrenko in an otherwise empty Philharmonie. After works by Arvo Pärt, György Ligeti and Samuel Barber, Gustav Mahler’s Fourth Symphony was performed in a version for chamber orchestra with soprano Christiane Karg. “The Philharmoniker soloists exude dedication – and an inexhaustible world opens up in miniature” (Tagesspiegel).
01 May 2020Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill PetrenkoChristiane Karg
Welcome
Stanley Dodds
Arvo Pärt
FratresGyörgy Ligeti
Ramifications for strings- free
Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings, op. 11 - free
Interview
Kirill Petrenko in conversation with Olaf Maninger Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 4 in G major (arranged for chamber ensemble by Erwin Stein)Christiane Karg soprano
The Berlin Phil Series: “An American in Berlin”
Photo: Stephan Rabold
Music by American composers is on the programme for the second instalment of the Berlin Phil Series. In a range of chamber formations, Noah Bendix-Balgley, 1st concertmaster of the Berliner Philharmoniker, and other members of the orchestra play pieces by George Gershwin, John Cage, and the composer Amy Beach, among others. Symphonic dances from Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story are heard under the baton of chief conductor Kirill Petrenko, and his predecessor Sir Simon Rattle inspires the orchestra to a spectacular performance of Scott Bradley’s soundtrack to a Tom and Jerry cartoon.
25 Apr 2020Berliner Philharmoniker
Welcome
Noah Bendix-Balgley
John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast MachineSir Simon Rattle conductor
John Corigliano
StompGeorge Gershwin
Prelude No. 1 for Clarinet and PianoWenzel Fuchs clarinet, Ohad Ben-Ari piano
Amy Beach
Romance for violin and pianoNoah Bendix-Balgley violin, Ohad Ben-Ari piano
Charles Ives
The Unanswered QuestionJohn Cage
Third ConstructionRaphael Haeger percussion, Simon Rössler percussion, Franz Schindlbeck percussion, Jan Schlichte percussion
Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from West Side StoryKirill Petrenko conductor
George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess: four pieces for violin and pianoNoah Bendix-Balgley violin, Ohad Ben-Ari piano
Scott Bradley
Tom and JerrySir Simon Rattle conductor
