Live concerts

Alban Berg
Lulu Suite

Marlis 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 choir, Gijs Leenaars chorus master

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 Première

Isabelle Faust violin

Iannis Xenakis
Shaar for large String Orchestra

Edgard Varèse
Amériques (1st Version from 1918 − 1922, revised 1997)

Hector Berlioz
Romeo and Juliet, Dramatic Symphony, op. 17

N. N. mezzo-soprano, Andrew Staples tenor, Shenyang bass baritone, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Gijs Leenaars chorus master

Uuno Klami
Kalevala Suite, op. 23: 4th Movement Cradle Song for Lemminkäinen

Uuno Klami
Kalevala Suite, op. 23: 5th Movement The Forging of the Sampo

Maurice Ravel
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G major

Alice Sara Ott piano

Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 1 in E minor, op. 39

Einojuhani Rautavaara
Apotheosis

Sergei Prokofiev
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in G minor, op. 16

Anna Vinnitskaya piano

Claude Debussy
Printemps (Version for Ochestra)

Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

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. 10

Julia Lezhneva soprano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“Chʼio mi scordi di te”, Recitative and Aria for Soprano, Piano obbligato and Orchestra, K. 505

Adam Fischer conductor and piano, Julia Lezhneva soprano

Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 in D major

Jean Sibelius
Tapiola, Symphonic Poem, op. 112

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 35

Janine Jansen violin

Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 97 “Rhenish”

Henry Purcell
Suite from The Fairy Queen

Georg Friedrich Händel
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351

Georg Friedrich Händel
Apollo e Dafne, Cantata for Soprano, Bass, Flute, Oboe, Strings and Continuo, HWV 122

Lucy Crowe soprano, Florian Sempey baritone

Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 59 in A major “Fire Symphony”

Béla Bartók
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3, Sz 119

Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano

Béla Bartók
Dance Suite, Sz 77

Edgard Varèse
Arcana for large Orchestra (revised version from 1960)

Edgard Varèse
Density 21.5 for Solo Flute

Edgard Varèse
Hyperprism for Winds and Percussion Instruments

Edgard Varèse
Intégrales for small Wind Orchestra and Percussion

Edgard Varèse
Ionisation for 13 Percussionists

Edgard Varèse
Octandre for seven Winds and Double Bass

Edgard Varèse
Offrandes, 2 Pieces for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra

Edgard Varèse
Poème électronique for Audio Tape

Richard Strauss
Don Quixote, Symphonic Poem, op. 35

Amihai Grosz viola, Ludwig Quandt cello

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 55 Eroica

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 8 in C minor (2nd Version from 1890)

Richard Strauss
Sonatina for 16 Winds No. 1 in F major, WoO 135 “From the Workshop of an Invalid“

Richard Strauss
3 Hymns, op. 71

Anja Kampe soprano

Richard Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite, op. 59

Miloslav Kabelác
Mysterium času (Mystery of Time), Passacaglia for large Orchestra, op. 31

Antonín Dvořák
Concert Overture “Othello”, op. 93

Hector Berlioz
Cléopâtre, Lyric Scene

Stephanie d'Oustrac mezzo-soprano

Béla Bartók
The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite, Sz 73

Merry QUIZmas

Sarah Willis horn and presenter, Malte Arkona Presentation

Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61

Frank Peter Zimmermann violin

Gustav Mahler
Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Selection)

Christian Gerhaher baritone

George Gershwin
An American in Paris

Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Works by Cole Porter, Frederick Loewe and Kurt Weill

Diana Damrau soprano

Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in C minor, op. 37

Daniel Barenboim piano

Josef Suk
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, op. 27 “Asrael”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 22 in E flat major, K. 482

Leif Ove Andsnes piano

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 in E flat major “Romantic” (2nd version from 1878/1880)

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 6

Hans Abrahamsen
Concerto for Horn and Orchestra − commissioned jontly by the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation, the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the NTR Zaterdag Matinee, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Première

Stefan Dohr french horn

Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique, op. 14

Igor Stravinsky
Symphony in three Movements

Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Alagoana. Caprichos Brasileiros, Ballet Suite

Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphonic Dances, op. 45

Gérard Grisey
Le Noir de l'Étoile

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3 in D minor

Elīna Garanča mezzo-soprano, Ladies of the Rundfunkchor Berlin, Boys of the Berlin State and Cathedral Choir

Richard Strauss
Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra in D major, o. op. 144

Jonathan Kelly oboe

Ludwig van Beethoven
Christus am Ölberge (Christ on the Mount of Olives), Oratorio, op. 85

Iwona Sobotka soprano, Benjamin Bruns tenor, David Soar baritone, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Simon Halsey chorus master

Luciano Berio
Sinfonia for 8 Voices and Orchestra

Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart

Béla Bartók
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116

Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio, op. 72 (3rd version from 1814) Concert Performance

Marlis Petersen soprano (Leonora), Matthew Polenzani tenor (Florestan), Peter Rose bass (Rocco), Hanna-Elisabeth Müller soprano (Marzelline), Paul Schweinester tenor (Jaquino), Wolfgang Koch baritone (Don Pizzaro), Tareq Nazmi bass (Don Fernando), Rundfunkchor Berlin, Gijs Leenaars chorus master

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”: 1st Movement

Brett Dean
“Testament” – Music for 12 Violas

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”: 2nd Movement

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”: 3rd Movement

Mark Barden
BTHVN 2020 – Work commissioned by the Bundesjugendorchester

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”: 4th Movement

Joseph Haydn
Sinfonia concertante in B flat major, Hob. I:105

Daniel Stabrawa violin, Bruno Delepelaire cello, N. N. bassoon, Stefan Schweigert bassoon

Franz Liszt
A Faust Symphony in three characteristic Pictures (version without final chorus from 1854)

Gustav Mahler
Rückert Lieder

Christiane Karg soprano, Elisabeth Kulman mezzo-soprano, Amihai Grosz viola

Max Bruch
Kol Nidrei op. 47

Christiane Karg soprano, Elisabeth Kulman mezzo-soprano, Amihai Grosz viola

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 4 in G major

Christiane Karg soprano, Elisabeth Kulman mezzo-soprano, Amihai Grosz viola

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in B flat major, K. 207

Daniel Stabrawa violin and direction

Andrzej Panufnik
Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra

Daniel Stabrawa violin and direction

Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D 485

Daniel Stabrawa violin and direction

Aram Khachaturian
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, transcr. by Jean-Pierre Rampal after the violin concerto in D minor

Emmanuel Pahud flute

Igor Stravinsky
Le Sacre du printemps (revised version from 1947)

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, op. 70

Dmitri Shostakovich
Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and String Orchestra in C minor, op. 35

Denis Matsuev piano, Guillaume Jehl trumpet

Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird, Suite (version from 1919)

Programme to be announced

Choirs from the Vocal Heroes Choral Programme

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 in C minor “Resurrection”

N. N. soprano, Rundfunkchor Berlin

Latin American Night

Programme to be announced

Olympic Night

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