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Works by Mozart and Haydn with Adam Fischer and Julia Lezhneva
Photo: Attila Nagy
He has conducted an acclaimed Ring in Bayreuth, is a guest of the foremost symphony orchestras and an honorary member of the Wiener Staatsoper – and yet: Adam Fischer is still considered one of the conducting world’s best kept secrets. The audience of the Berliner Philharmoniker can now experience him conducting symphonies by composers who are particularly close to his heart: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn. The highly virtuoso soprano Julia Lezhneva is also a guest as the soloist in a Mozart aria and a Haydn cantata.
05 Oct 2019Berliner Philharmoniker
Adam FischerJulia Lezhneva
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425 “Linz”Joseph Haydn
“Berenice, che fai”, Cantata for Soprano and Orchestra, Hob. XXIVa No. 10Julia Lezhneva soprano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“Chʼio mi scordi di te”, Recitative and Aria for Soprano, Piano obbligato and Orchestra, K. 505Adam Fischer conductor and piano, Julia Lezhneva soprano
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 in D major- free
Interview
Adam Fischer in conversation with Christoph Hartmann
Iván Fischer and Anna Vinnitskaya
Overwhelming virtuosic, magnificently colourful, sometimes Romantic, sometimes avant-garde: such is Sergei Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto with which the internationally acclaimed pianist Anna Vinnitskaya makes her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker. Iván Fischer, who stands in for Mikko Franck, also presents two works of musical Impressionism: Ravel’s famous ballet music Daphnis et Chloé and Debussy’s Printemps – a wonderful early work, full of freshness and optimism.
28 Sep 2019Berliner Philharmoniker
Iván FischerAnna Vinnitskaya
Einojuhani Rautavaara
ApotheosisSergei Prokofiev
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in G minor, op. 16Anna Vinnitskaya piano
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
April. Snowdrop, op. 37a no. 4Anna Vinnitskaya piano
Claude Debussy
Printemps (Version for Ochestra)Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2- free
Interview
Anna Vinnitskaya in conversation with Raphael Haeger
Santtu-Matias Rouvali and Alice Sara Ott
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
The London Telegraph described pianist Alice Sarah Ott as the “hottest new talent in classical music”. She now makes her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker performing Ravel’s vibrant, jazz-influenced Piano Concerto in G major. Another artist making his debut is the Finnish conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali, who shows the music of his homeland from its most passionate side: with Jean Sibelius’s Tchaikovsky-inspired First Symphony, and music by the internationally too little known Uuno Klami.
21 Sep 2019Berliner Philharmoniker
Santtu-Matias RouvaliAlice Sara Ott
Uuno Klami
Kalevala Suite, op. 23: 4. Cradle Song for Lemminkäinen · 5. The Forging of the SampoMaurice Ravel
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G majorAlice Sara Ott piano
Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, opus posth.Alice Sara Ott piano
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 1 in E minor, op. 39- free
Interview
Santtu-Matias Rouvali and Alice Sara Ott in conversation with Wenzel Fuchs
Daniel Harding conducts Berlioz’s “Roméo et Juliette”
Photo: Stephan Rabold
Although love is the all-encompassing theme in Romeo and Juliet, there are many more emotional states to experience: a gloriously festive atmosphere, the hatred of a family feud and, of course, sadness and horror in the face of a tragic double suicide. In Berlioz’ version – part symphony, part cantata – he captures all of this with drama, opulence and invention. The conductor of this performance is Daniel Harding, who has been exploring the work for many years.
14 Sep 2019Berliner Philharmoniker
Daniel HardingKate Lindsey, Andrew Staples, Shenyang, Rundfunkchor Berlin
Hector Berlioz
Roméo et Juliette, Dramatic Symphony, op. 17Kate Lindsey mezzo-soprano, Andrew Staples tenor, Shenyang bass baritone, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Gijs Leenaars chorus master
- free
Interview
Daniel Harding in conversation with Sarah Willis
Peter Eötvös and Isabelle Faust
Photo: Martin Walz
This concert is innovative, virtuosic and cosmopolitan. Conductor and composer Peter Eötvös presents his Violin Concerto No. 3, known as the Alhambra (soloist: Isabelle Faust), which musically roams the fortress of the same name in Granada. In contrast to this airy Mediterranean world are Edgard Varèse’s famous impressions Amériques from the noisy New York of the 1920s. An insider tip is Shaar by Iannis Xenakis: eerily inscrutable and ingeniously eccentric.
08 Sep 2019Berliner Philharmoniker
Peter EötvösIsabelle Faust
Peter Eötvös
Alhambra, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 3 – commissioned by the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation together with the Granada Festival, Orchestre de Paris and BBC Proms German PremièreIsabelle Faust violin
George Rochberg
Caprice Variations: No. 50 FantasyIsabelle Faust violin
Iannis Xenakis
Shaar for large String OrchestraEdgard Varèse
Amériques (1st Version from 1918−1922, revised 1997)- free
Interview
Isabelle Faust on Peter Eötvös’s Violin Concerto No. 3
Inaugural concert: Kirill Petrenko conducts Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Photo: Stephan Rabold
Finally the time has come! This evening, Kirill Petrenko will stand before the Berliner Philharmoniker as their new chief conductor for the first time. It is a spectacular season opening concert with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony whose overwhelmingly joyful finale is perfect for the festive occasion. The concert also presents – in both Beethoven’s Symphony and Berg’s expressive Lulu Suite – the soprano Marlis Petersen as Artist in Residence of the new 2019/2020 season.
23 Aug 2019Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill PetrenkoMarlis Petersen
Alban Berg
Lulu SuiteMarlis Petersen soprano
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 with Final Chorus “Ode to Joy”Marlis Petersen soprano, Elisabeth Kulman mezzo-soprano, Benjamin Bruns tenor, Kwangchul Youn bass, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Gijs Leenaars chorus master
- free
Interview
Kirill Petrenko in conversation with Ludwig Quandt - free
Interview
Berg and Beethoven: an introduction by Malte Krasting - free
Interview
Dawn of a new era: Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker
Tugan Sokhiev conducts Prokofiev and Ravel at the Waldbühne
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
The Berliner Philharmoniker and conductor Tugan Sokhiev – music director of Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater – distinguish themselves as storytellers at this outdoor concert. We hear Prokofiev’s humorous music for the film satire Lieutenant Kijé, travel to the Orient with Maurice Ravel’s shimmering, sensuous song cycle Shéhérazade (soloist: Marianne Crebassa) and witness the most famous love story of all time in Prokofiev’s ballet music Romeo and Juliet.
29 Jun 2019
From the Berlin WaldbühneBerliner Philharmoniker
Tugan SokhievMarianne Crebassa
Sergei Prokofiev
Lieutenant Kije Suite, op. 60Maurice Ravel
Shéhérazade, song cycle after Tristan KlingsorMarianne Crebassa mezzo-soprano
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet, ballet, op. 64 (arranged in the form of a suite by Tugan Sokhiev)Edward Elgar
Salut d’amour, op. 12Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dance in C major, op. 46 no. 1Paul Lincke
Berliner Luft
