Live concerts
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.
Berliner 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
Iván Fischer and Christian Gerhaher
Photo: Gregor Hohenberg
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 Unfinished Symphony, with its shifts between the idyllic and the abyss.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Iván FischerChristian Gerhaher
Antonín Dvořák
Legendes for Orchestra, op. 59: No. 6 Allegro con motoAntonín Dvořák
Legendes for Orchestra, op. 59: No. 10 AndanteHugo Wolf
Lieder after poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Harfenspieler I, Harfenspieler II and Harfenspieler III (orchestrated by Hugo Wolf)Christian Gerhaher baritone
Hugo Wolf
Lieder after poems by Eduard Mörike: Auf ein altes Bild, In der Frühe, Der Feuerreiter and Gesang Weyla’s (orchestrated by Hugo Wolf)Christian Gerhaher baritone
Hugo Wolf
Lieder after poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Der Rattenfänger and Anakreon’s Grab (orchestrated by Hugo Wolf)Christian Gerhaher baritone
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in C major, D 944Hugo Wolf
Poems by Mörike: In der FrüheChristian Gerhaher baritone
Hugo Wolf
Poems by Mörike: Der FeuerreiterChristian Gerhaher baritone
Hugo Wolf
Poems by Mörike: Gesang WeylasChristian Gerhaher baritone
Hugo Wolf
Poems by Goethe: Der RattenfängerChristian Gerhaher baritone
Hugo Wolf
Poems by Goethe: Anakreons GrabChristian Gerhaher baritone
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in C major, D 944
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.
Berliner 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
Boléro
Kirill Petrenko conducts the Federal Youth Orchestra of Germany
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
At the invitation of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Bundesjugendorchester
Kirill PetrenkoWieland Welzel
Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story, Symphonic DancesWilliam Kraft
Concerto No. 1 for Timpani and OrchestraWieland Welzel timpani
Igor Stravinsky
Le Sacre du printemps
Tugan Sokhiev conducts Borodin, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev
Photo: Patrice Nin
Berliner Philharmoniker
Tugan SokhievChoir of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow
Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances (original version with choir)Choir of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, Valery Borisov chorus master
Sergei Rachmaninov
Vesna (Spring), cantata for baritone, chorus and orchestra, op. 20Vasily Ladyuk baritone, 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
Mariss Jansons and Yevgeny Kissin
Photo: Martin Walz
Berliner 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
Richard Wagner
Rienzi: Overture
Alan Gilbert and Lisa Batiashvili
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
Berliner 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
Marek Janowski conducts Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony
Photo: Felix Broede
Berliner 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
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Debussy and Prokofiev
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
Berliner Philharmoniker
Yannick Nézet-SéguinMaurice Ravel
Menuet antique (orchestrated by Maurice Ravel)Claude Debussy
La MerSergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5 in B flar major, op. 100
Zubin Mehta and Martin Grubinger
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
Berliner Philharmoniker
Zubin MehtaMartin Grubinger
Edgard Varèse
IntégralesMartin Grubinger drums
Peter Eötvös
Speaking drums, Four Poems for percussion solo and orchestraMartin Grubinger drums
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade, Symphonic Suite, op. 35
Kirill Petrenko and Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill PetrenkoPatricia Kopatchinskaja
Arnold Schoenberg
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op. 36Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op. 64
“Late Night” concert with Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Photo: Marco Borggreve
Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Arnold Schoenberg
Pierrot lunaire, op. 21Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin and narrator
Johann Strauss (Sohn)
Waltzes arranged by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg and Anton WebernPatricia Kopatchinskaja violin
Bach’s “St John Passion” with Simon Rattle and Peter Sellars
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon RattlePeter Sellars, Rundfunkchor Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach
St John Passion, BWV 245Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano, Camilla Tilling soprano, Mark Padmore tenor (Evangelist), Christian Gerhaher baritone (Petrus), Roderick Williams baritone (Jesus), Andrew Staples tenor, Peter Sellars stage direction, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Simon Halsey chorus master
Jörg Widmann conducts the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie
Photo: Achim Reissner
Junge Deutsche Philharmonie
Jörg Widmann- free
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Sonata for clarinet and piano in E-flat major: Andante (arranged for clarinet, string orchestra, harp and celesta by Jörg Widmann)Jörg Widmann clarinet
- free
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2 in C major, op. 61 - free
Jörg Widmann
Messe for large orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle conducts Schumann and Lachenmann
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon RattleHelmut Lachenmann
My Melodies Music for 8 Horns and OrchestraRobert Schumann
Symphony No. 2 in C major, op. 61
Daniel Harding conducts Mahler’s First Symphony
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
Berliner Philharmoniker
Daniel HardingDorothea Röschmann
Charles Ives
Orchestral Set No. 1: “Three Places in New England”Alban Berg
Three Fragments from WozzeckDorothea Röschmann soprano
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D major
Zubin Mehta conducts “Otello”
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
Berliner Philharmoniker
Zubin MehtaArsen Soghomonyan, Sonya Yoncheva, Luca Salsi
Giuseppe Verdi
Otello Concert performanceArsen Soghomonyan tenor (Otello), Sonya Yoncheva soprano (Desdemona), Luca Salsi baritone (Jago), Anna Malavasi mezzo-soprano (Emilia), Francesco Demuro tenor (Cassio), Gregory Bonfatti tenor (Roderigo), Giovanni Furlanetto bass (Montano), Federico Sacchi bass (Lodovico), Rundfunkchor Berlin, Gijs Leenaars chorus master
The Federal Youth Orchestra and Ingo Metzmacher with the “Alpine Symphony”
Photo: Tom Wassenberg
Bundesjugendorchester
Ingo Metzmacher- free
Edgard Varèse
Amériques (1st version from 1922) - free
Richard Strauss
Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), op. 64
European Concert with Daniel Harding from the Musée d’Orsay, Paris
European Concert from Paris
Berliner Philharmoniker
Daniel HardingBryn Terfel
Richard Wagner
Good Friday Music from ParsifalHector Berlioz
Royal Hunt and Storm from Les TroyensClaude Debussy
Pelléas et Melisande (Excerpts arranged by Daniel Harding)Claude Debussy
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un fauneHector Berlioz
Love Scene from Romeo et JulietteRichard Wagner
Wotan's Farewell and The Magic Fire from Die Walküre (Concert Version)Bryn Terfel bass
Bernard Haitink conducts Mozart and Bruckner
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
Berliner Philharmoniker
Bernard HaitinkPaul Lewis
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 27 in B flat major, K. 595Paul Lewis piano
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 7 in E major
Education choir project with the Vocal Heroes
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
Education choir project
Vocal Heroes
Simon HalseyScholars of the Karajan Academy, Mitglieder der Berliner Philharmoniker
- free
Programme to be announced
Vocal Heroes youth choir, Simon Halsey musical direction, Scholars of the Karajan Academy, Mitglieder der Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert Blomstedt und Yefim Bronfman
Photo: Peter Adamik
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert BlomstedtYefim Bronfman
Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B flat major, op. 19Yefim Bronfman piano
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Symphony No. 2 in G minor, op. 34
Paavo Järvi conducts Berg and Bruckner
Photo: Julia Baier
Berliner Philharmoniker
Paavo JärviHanna-Elisabeth Müller
Johann Sebastian Bach
Musical Offering, BWV 1079: No. 2 Ricercar a 6 (arranged by Anton Webern)Alban Berg
Seven Early Songs (version for soprano and orchestra)Hanna-Elisabeth Müller soprano
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 2 in C minor (2nd version from 1877)
Michael Sanderling conducts Haydn and Shostakovich
Photo: Marco Borggreve
Berliner Philharmoniker
Michael SanderlingBruno Delepelaire
Joseph Haydn
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb:2Bruno Delepelaire cello
Dmitri Shostakovich
Sympnony No. 7 in C major, op. 60 “Leningrad”
Constantinos Carydis conducts Mozart and Shostakovich
Photo: Thomas Brill
Berliner Philharmoniker
Constantinos CarydisWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 34 C major, K. 338Dmitri Shostakovich
Chamber Symphony in C minor, op. 110a (orch. Barshai)Dmitri Shostakovich
Two Pieces for String Octet, op. 11 (version for string orchestra)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 K. 504 “Prague”
Andris Nelsons and Daniil Trifonov
Photo: Monika Rittershaus
Berliner Philharmoniker
Andris NelsonsDaniil Trifonov
Alexander Scriabin
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F sharp minor, op. 20Daniil Trifonov piano
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 11 in G minor, op. 103 “The Year 1905”
Tugan Sokhiev conducts Prokofiev and Ravel at the Waldbühne
Photo: Holger Kettner
From the Berlin Waldbühne
Berliner 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)
