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Daniel Harding conducts Beethoven’s “Pastoral”
Photo: Stephan Rabold
Alban Berg described his Lyric Suite as a “small monument to a great love”. In it, the composer musically encoded his passion for the married Hanna Fuchs, interweaving the tonal equivalents of the initials of them both, creating a highly personal piece of programme music. Beethoven’s symphony known as the “Pastoral” is also programme music, in which he expresses his love for nature – with bird calls, the splashing of streams and thunderstorms. A joyful homage to country life, conducted by Daniel Harding to mark the Beethoven anniversary year.
13 Sep 2020Berliner Philharmoniker
Daniel HardingAlban Berg
3 Pieces from the Lyric Suite for string orchestraLudwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastoral”- free
Interview
Daniel Harding in conversation with Matthew Hunter
Concert with Kirill Petrenko and Daniil Trifonov
Photo: Stephan Rabold
In this concert, Daniil Trifonov presents himself for the first time with the Berliner Philharmoniker as a Beethoven interpreter – with the Third Piano Concerto, whose charm lies in the alternation of heroic gesture and dreamlike contemplation. At the same time, it is a musical homage to Mozart, who Beethoven greatly admired. Mendelssohn’s First Symphony, which he wrote at the age of 15, was also inspired by Mozart. An early work, yet it points to the style of the mature composer. “It sounds so wonderfully pithy and light, that the sudden glimpses of another, hidden world really do surprise” (Der Tagesspiegel).
01 Sep 2020Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill PetrenkoLudwig van Beethoven
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in C minor, op. 37Daniil Trifonov piano
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major, op. 31Daniil Trifonov piano
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, op. 11- free
Interview
Kirill Petrenko in conversation with Olaf Maninger
Season opening 2020: Kirill Petrenko conducts Schoenberg and Brahms
Photo: Stephan Rabold
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s opening concert of the 2020/21 season was awaited with particular excitement: on the one hand, it was the first time since the beginning of the corona pandemic that the orchestra was able to play in front of an audience, and on the other hand, chief conductor Kirill Petrenko was to play a work by Johannes Brahms with his orchestra for the first time. The Berliner Zeitung wrote about the performance of his Fourth Symphony: “The musicians play as if liberated, and you can hear: they have not forgotten anything in the past six months. The ending is triumphant.”
28 Aug 2020Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill PetrenkoArnold Schoenberg
Verklärte Nacht (Version for string orchestra from 1943)Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, op. 98- free
Interview
Kirill Petrenko in conversation with Olaf Maninger
The Berlin Phil Series: “Tango & More”
Photo: Stephan Rabold
With dance rhythms and exciting instrumental combinations – from piano trio to cor anglais quartet to viola ensemble – the members of the Berliner Philharmoniker bid farewell to their audience for the summer break. This also marked the end of the Berlin Phil Series, which made it possible to get together despite contact restrictions. After works by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Étienne Perruchon and Jean Françaix, tangos by Astor Piazzolla in a recording with the 12 Cellists formed an extraordinary concert finale.
11 Jul 2020Berliner Philharmoniker
Welcome
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Trio for Piano, Violin and Violoncello in D major, op. 1: 4. Finale. Allegro molto e energicoFeininger Trio, Adrian Oetiker piano, Christoph Streuli violin, David Riniker violoncello
Astor Piazzolla
SoledadToivo Kärki
Siks oon mä suruinenMartin Stegner viola, Julia Gartemann viola, Joaquín Riquelme García viola, Martin von der Nahmer viola, Esko Laine double bass
Étienne Perruchon
5 Danses dogoriennesLudwig Quandt violoncello, Wieland Welzel timpani
Evgeny Kissin
Dodecaphonic Tango (recording)Jean Françaix
Quartet for Cor Anglais and String TrioDominik Wollenweber cor anglais, Madeleine Carruzzo violin, Ignacy Miecznikowski viola, Solène Kermarrec violoncello
Astor Piazzolla
Lunfardo · Libertango · Revirado (recording)The 12 Cellists of the Berliner Philharmoniker
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 had a musical encounter 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 the pianist Denis Matsuev and the Philharmoniker’s trumpeter Guillaume Jehl formed 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
