The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
The Berlin Philharmonic (in German: Die Berliner Philharmoniker), is an orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. In 2006, a group of ten European media outlets voted the Berlin Philharmonic number three on a list of “top ten European Orchestras”, after the Vienna Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
Its primary concert venue is the Philharmonie, located in the Kulturforum area of the city. Since 2002, its principal conductor is Sir Simon Rattle. The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra also supports several chamber music ensembles. The funding for the organization is subsidized by the city of Berlin and a partnership with Deutsche Bank.
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October 2018
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| 02 Oct 2018 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Quatuor Arod
Works by Joseph Haydn, Benjamin Attahir and Alexander von Zemlinsky |
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| 04 Oct 2018 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Sakari Oramo conductor Alban Gerhardt cello Works by Edvard Grieg, Brett Dean and Jean Sibelius |
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| 05 Oct 2018 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Sakari Oramo conductor Alban Gerhardt cello Works by Edvard Grieg, Brett Dean and Jean Sibelius |
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| 06 Oct 2018 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Sakari Oramo conductor Alban Gerhardt cello Works by Edvard Grieg, Brett Dean and Jean Sibelius |
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| 10 Oct 2018 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Georg Kallweit violin and direction Raphael Alpermann harpsichord Clemens Flick harpsichord Wiebke Weidanz harpsichord Petteri Pitko harpsichord Works by Johann Bernhard Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach and Antonio Vivaldi |
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| 11 Oct 2018 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Jakub Hrůša conductor Frank Peter Zimmermann violin Works by Antonín Dvořák, Bohuslav Martinů and Leoš Janáček |
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| 12 Oct 2018 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Jakub Hrůša conductor Frank Peter Zimmermann violin Works by Antonín Dvořák, Bohuslav Martinů and Leoš Janáček |
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| 13 Oct 2018 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Jakub Hrůša conductor Frank Peter Zimmermann violin Works by Antonín Dvořák, Bohuslav Martinů and Leoš Janáček |
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| 15 Oct 2018 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Jan Schlichte drums Simon Rössler drums Peter Fleckenstein drums Vincent Vogel drums Wieland Welzel timpani Rainer Seegers timpani Jelka Weber flute N. N. Saxophone Janne Saksala double bass Works by Mauricio Kagel, John Cage, Sofia Gubaidulina, Etienne Perruchon, George Crumb, Yngve Slettholm, Thierry de Mey and Eckhard Kopetzki |
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| 18 Oct 2018 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Paavo Järvi conductor Works by Witold Lutosławski and Johannes Brahms |
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| 19 Oct 2018 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Paavo Järvi conductor Works by Witold Lutosławski and Johannes Brahms |
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| 20 Oct 2018 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Paavo Järvi conductor Works by Witold Lutosławski and Johannes Brahms |
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| 21 Oct 2018 | 16:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Gerd Wameling speaker Jelka Weber flute Rachel Schmidt violin Martin Löhr cello Marie-Pierre Langlamet harp Cordelia Höfer piano and fortepiano Götz Teutsch programme supervision |
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| 25 Oct 2018 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Chorus MusicAeterna Orchestra MusicAeterna Teodor Currentzis conductor Philippe Hersant Tristia for mixed choir and ensemble |
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| 25 Oct 2018 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Gustavo Dudamel conductor Works by Leonard Bernstein and Gustav Mahler |
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| 26 Oct 2018 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Gustavo Dudamel conductor Works by Leonard Bernstein and Gustav Mahler |
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| 27 Oct 2018 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Gustavo Dudamel conductor Works by Leonard Bernstein and Gustav Mahler |
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| 28 Oct 2018 | 16:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Gerd Wameling speaker Jelka Weber flute Rachel Schmidt violin Martin Löhr cello Marie-Pierre Langlamet harp Cordelia Höfer piano and fortepiano Götz Teutsch programme supervision |
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| 31 Oct 2018 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Gustavo Dudamel conductor Tamara Mumford mezzo-soprano Works by Leonard Bernstein and Dmitri Shostakovich |
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November 2018
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| 01 Nov 2018 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Gustavo Dudamel conductor Tamara Mumford mezzo-soprano Works by Leonard Bernstein and Dmitri Shostakovich |
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| 02 Nov 2018 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Gustavo Dudamel conductor Tamara Mumford mezzo-soprano Works by Leonard Bernstein and Dmitri Shostakovich |
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| 05 Nov 2018 | 20:00 | Alte Oper Frankfurt | Berliner Philharmoniker Gustavo Dudamel conductor Tamara Mumford mezzo-soprano Works by Leonard Bernstein and Dmitri Shostakovich |
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| 06 Nov 2018 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Jack Quartet
Works by Zosha di Castri, Morton Feldmann, Elliott Carter, Liza Lim and Iannis Xenakis |
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| 09 Nov 2018 | 20:00 | Prince Mahidol Hall | Berliner Philharmoniker Gustavo Dudamel conductor Works by Leonard Bernstein and Gustav Mahler |
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| 09 Nov 2018 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Berlin Piano Trio Therese Affolter Sprecherin Gerd Wameling speaker Works by Bohuslav Martinů, Dmitri Shostakovich, Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska, Antonín Dvořák and Johann Sebastian Bach |
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| 11 Nov 2018 | 20:00 | National Concert Hall | Berliner Philharmoniker Gustavo Dudamel conductor Works by Leonard Bernstein and Gustav Mahler |
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| 12 Nov 2018 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Mahler Chamber Orchestra George Benjamin conductor Evan Hughes bass baritone (The Protector) Georgia Jarman soprano (Agnes) Bejun Mehta Countertenor (Angel 1/The Boy) Victoria Simmonds mezzo-soprano (Angel 2/Marie) Robert Murray tenor (Angel 3/John) Benjamin Davis stage direction George Benjamin Written on Skin |
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| 13 Nov 2018 | 20:00 | National Concert Hall | Berliner Philharmoniker Gustavo Dudamel conductor Tamara Mumford mezzo-soprano Works by Leonard Bernstein and Dmitri Shostakovich |
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| 13 Nov 2018 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Ghislieri Choir & Consort Giulio Prandi conductor Marlis Petersen soprano Works by Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi |
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| 14 Nov 2018 | 19:00 | National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Concert Hall | Berliner Philharmoniker Gustavo Dudamel conductor Works by Leonard Bernstein and Gustav Mahler |
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| 14 Nov 2018 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Henning Kraggerud violin Bugge Wesseltoft piano Matthias Bartolomey cello Klemens Bittmann violin Benjamin Schmid violin Andreas Martin Hofmeir tuba Sale begins 27 May 2018, online 8 a.m., phone and box office 11 a.m. (Europe/Berlin) |
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| 16 Nov 2018 | 20:00 | Shenzhen Concert Hall | Berliner Philharmoniker Gustavo Dudamel conductor Tamara Mumford mezzo-soprano Works by Leonard Bernstein and Dmitri Shostakovich |
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| 17 Nov 2018 | 20:00 | Shenzhen Concert Hall | Berliner Philharmoniker Gustavo Dudamel conductor Works by Leonard Bernstein and Gustav Mahler |
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| 19 Nov 2018 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Piotr Anderszewski piano
Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Anton Webern and Ludwig van Beethoven |
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| 20 Nov 2018 | 20:00 | Xi’an Concert Hall, Xi’an Concert Hall | Berliner Philharmoniker Gustavo Dudamel conductor Tamara Mumford mezzo-soprano Works by Leonard Bernstein and Dmitri Shostakovich |
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| 22 Nov 2018 | 20:00 | National Center for the Performing Arts, Concert Hall | Berliner Philharmoniker Gustavo Dudamel conductor Works by Leonard Bernstein and Gustav Mahler |
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| 23 Nov 2018 | 20:00 | National Center for the Performing Arts, Concert Hall | Berliner Philharmoniker Gustavo Dudamel conductor Lang Lang piano Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Dmitri Shostakovich |
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December 2018
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| 03 Dec 2018 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Bolero Berlin Sale begins 27 May 2018, online 8 a.m., phone and box office 11 a.m. (Europe/Berlin) |
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| 05 Dec 2018 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Christian Gerhaher baritone Gerold Huber piano |
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| 05 Dec 2018 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Orchestra MusicAeterna Teodor Currentzis conductor Anna Lucia Richter soprano Florian Boesch baritone Works by Gustav Mahler |
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| 07 Dec 2018 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Valery Gergiev conductor Works by Claude Debussy, Sergei Prokofiev, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Igor Stravinsky |
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| 08 Dec 2018 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Valery Gergiev conductor Works by Claude Debussy, Sergei Prokofiev, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Igor Stravinsky |
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| 09 Dec 2018 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Valery Gergiev conductor Works by Claude Debussy, Sergei Prokofiev, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Igor Stravinsky |
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| 10 Dec 2018 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Al Ayre Espanol Vozes del Ayre Eduardo López Banzo harpsichord and direction Works by Anonymous, Juan Manuel de la Puente, Antonio Vivaldi, José de Torres and Juan Francés de Iribarren |
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| 13 Dec 2018 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Andris Nelsons conductor Lucy Crowe soprano Gerhild Romberger contralto MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig choir Risto Joost chorus master Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor “Resurrection” |
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| 14 Dec 2018 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Andris Nelsons conductor Lucy Crowe soprano Gerhild Romberger contralto MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig choir Risto Joost chorus master Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor “Resurrection” |
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| 15 Dec 2018 | 16:00 | Chamber Music Hall | The 14 Berlin Flutists Andreas Blau direction |
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| 15 Dec 2018 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Andris Nelsons conductor Lucy Crowe soprano Gerhild Romberger contralto MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig choir Risto Joost chorus master Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor “Resurrection” |
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| 20 Dec 2018 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Iván Fischer conductor Christian Gerhaher baritone Works by Antonín Dvořák, Hugo Wolf and Franz Schubert |
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| 21 Dec 2018 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Iván Fischer conductor Christian Gerhaher baritone Works by Antonín Dvořák, Hugo Wolf and Franz Schubert |
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| 22 Dec 2018 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Iván Fischer conductor Christian Gerhaher baritone Works by Antonín Dvořák, Hugo Wolf and Franz Schubert |
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| 29 Dec 2018 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Daniel Barenboim conductor Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Maurice Ravel |
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| 30 Dec 2018 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Daniel Barenboim conductor Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Maurice Ravel |
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| 31 Dec 2018 | 17:15 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Daniel Barenboim conductor Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Maurice Ravel |
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January 2019
| Date | Time | Venue | Details | |
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| 06 Jan 2019 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Matthias Goerne baritone Daniil Trifonov piano Works by Alban Berg, Hugo Wolf, Robert Schumann, Dmitri Shostakovich and Johannes Brahms |
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| 08 Jan 2019 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Choir of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow Valery Borisov direction Sale begins 27 May 2018, online 8 a.m., phone and box office 11 a.m. (Europe/Berlin) |
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| 10 Jan 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Tugan Sokhiev conductor Choir of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow Valery Borisov chorus master N. N. baritone Agunda Kulaeva mezzo-soprano Works by Alexander Borodin and Sergei Rachmaninov |
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| 11 Jan 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Tugan Sokhiev conductor Choir of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow Valery Borisov chorus master N. N. baritone Agunda Kulaeva mezzo-soprano Works by Alexander Borodin and Sergei Rachmaninov |
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| 12 Jan 2019 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Tugan Sokhiev conductor Choir of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow Valery Borisov chorus master N. N. baritone Agunda Kulaeva mezzo-soprano Works by Alexander Borodin and Sergei Rachmaninov |
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| 15 Jan 2019 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Pavel Haas, György Ligeti and Carl Nielsen |
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| 17 Jan 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Mariss Jansons conductor Jewgenij Kissin piano Works by Richard Strauss and Franz Liszt |
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| 18 Jan 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Mariss Jansons conductor Jewgenij Kissin piano Works by Richard Strauss and Franz Liszt |
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| 19 Jan 2019 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Mariss Jansons conductor Jewgenij Kissin piano Works by Richard Strauss and Franz Liszt |
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| 24 Jan 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Alan Gilbert conductor Lisa Batiashvili violin Works by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Sergei Prokofiev and Richard Strauss |
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| 25 Jan 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Alan Gilbert conductor Lisa Batiashvili violin Works by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Sergei Prokofiev and Richard Strauss |
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| 26 Jan 2019 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Alan Gilbert conductor Lisa Batiashvili violin Works by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Sergei Prokofiev and Richard Strauss |
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| 26 Jan 2019 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Chamber Orchestra of Europe Robin Ticciati conductor Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano Works by Gabriel Fauré, Hector Berlioz and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
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| 29 Jan 2019 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Víkingur Ólafsson piano
Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Alexander Ilyich Siloti and Ludwig van Beethoven |
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| 30 Jan 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Marek Janowski conductor Rundfunkchor Berlin Gijs Leenaars chorus master Works by Anton Bruckner |
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| 31 Jan 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Marek Janowski conductor Rundfunkchor Berlin Gijs Leenaars chorus master Works by Anton Bruckner |
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February 2019
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| 01 Feb 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Marek Janowski conductor Rundfunkchor Berlin Gijs Leenaars chorus master Works by Anton Bruckner |
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| 04 Feb 2019 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Hagen Quartett
Works by Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann |
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| 06 Feb 2019 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Iiro Rantala piano and direction Dan Berglund double bass Anton Eger drums Verneri Pohjola trumpet Angelika Niescier alto saxophone N. N. tenor saxophone |
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| 10 Feb 2019 | 16:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Heikko Deutschmann speaker Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker Cordelia Höfer piano Götz Teutsch programme supervision |
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| 13 Feb 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor Works by Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy and Sergei Prokofiev |
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| 14 Feb 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor Works by Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy and Sergei Prokofiev |
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| 15 Feb 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor Works by Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy and Sergei Prokofiev |
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| 16 Feb 2019 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Scharoun Ensemble Berlin and Guests Rinnat Moriah soprano Works by George Benjamin, Arnold Schoenberg, Mark Andre and Sofia Gubaidulina |
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| 17 Feb 2019 | 16:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Heikko Deutschmann speaker Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker Cordelia Höfer piano Götz Teutsch programme supervision |
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| 17 Feb 2019 | 20:00 | Elbphilharmonie, Großer saal | Berliner Philharmoniker Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor Works by Claude Debussy and Sergei Prokofiev |
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| 19 Feb 2019 | 20:00 | National Forum of Music | Berliner Philharmoniker Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor Works by Claude Debussy and Sergei Prokofiev |
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| 20 Feb 2019 | 20:00 | NOSPR Concert Hall, NOSPR Concert Hall | Berliner Philharmoniker Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor Works by Claude Debussy and Sergei Prokofiev |
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| 21 Feb 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Daniil Trifonov piano
Works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann and Sergei Prokofiev |
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| 22 Feb 2019 | 20:30 | Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris | Berliner Philharmoniker Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor Works by Claude Debussy and Sergei Prokofiev |
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| 28 Feb 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Zubin Mehta conductor Martin Grubinger drums Works by Edgard Varèse, Peter Eötvös and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
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March 2019
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| 01 Mar 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Zubin Mehta conductor Martin Grubinger drums Works by Edgard Varèse, Peter Eötvös and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
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| 02 Mar 2019 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Zubin Mehta conductor Martin Grubinger drums Works by Edgard Varèse, Peter Eötvös and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
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| 06 Mar 2019 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Ian Bostridge tenor Brad Mehldau piano Works by Brad Mehldau |
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| 07 Mar 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin Works by Arnold Schoenberg and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
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| 08 Mar 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin Works by Arnold Schoenberg and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
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| 09 Mar 2019 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin Works by Arnold Schoenberg and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
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| 09 Mar 2019 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Chamber Orchestra of Europe Pierre-Laurent Aimard Conductor and Piano Works by Elliott Carter and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
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| 14 Mar 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle conductor Magdalena 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 Johann Sebastian Bach St John Passion, BWV 245 |
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| 15 Mar 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle conductor Magdalena 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 Johann Sebastian Bach St John Passion, BWV 245 |
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| 16 Mar 2019 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle conductor Magdalena 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 Johann Sebastian Bach St John Passion, BWV 245 |
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| 20 Mar 2019 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Concerto Melante Raimar Orlovsky violin and direction Ensemble Polyharmonique Alexander Schneider direction Works by Biagio Marini, Franz Tunder, Dietrich Becker, Dieterich Buxtehude, Pietro Andrea Ziani and Antonio Cesti |
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| 21 Mar 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle conductor Works by Helmut Lachenmann and Robert Schumann |
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| 22 Mar 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle conductor Works by Helmut Lachenmann and Robert Schumann |
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| 23 Mar 2019 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle conductor Works by Helmut Lachenmann and Robert Schumann |
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| 27 Mar 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Daniel Harding conductor Dorothea Röschmann soprano Works by Charles Ives, Alban Berg and Gustav Mahler |
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| 28 Mar 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Daniel Harding conductor Dorothea Röschmann soprano Works by Charles Ives, Alban Berg and Gustav Mahler |
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| 29 Mar 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Daniel Harding conductor Dorothea Röschmann soprano Works by Charles Ives, Alban Berg and Gustav Mahler |
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| 31 Mar 2019 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Philharmonia Quartett
Works by Karol Szymanowski, Ludwig van Beethoven and Leoš Janáček |
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April 2019
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| 04 Apr 2019 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Simon Roturier violin Christophe Horak violin Ignacy Miecznikowski viola Bruno Delepelaire cello Emmanuel Pahud flute Wenzel Fuchs clarinet Marie-Pierre Langlamet harp Works by Maurice Ravel |
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| 13 Apr 2019 | 18:00 | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Berliner Philharmoniker Daniele Gatti conductor Stuart Skelton 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) Philharmonia Chor Wien Walter Zeh chorus master Robert Wilson staging and stage design Jacques Reynaud Kostüme Giuseppe Verdi Otello |
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| 14 Apr 2019 | 11:00 | Casino Baden-Baden, Florentinersaal | Christoph von der Nahmer violin Cornelia Gartemann violin Julia Gartemann viola Knut Weber cello Marie-Pierre Langlamet harp N.N. speaker Works by Giacomo Puccini, Franz Schubert, Claude Debussy and André Caplet |
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| 14 Apr 2019 | 14:00 | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Scholars of the Karajan Academy Vocal Soloists from Baden-Württemberg’s Academies of Music Michael Hasel conductor Schauspieler des Theaters Baden-Baden Stipendiaten der »Akademie Musiktheater heute« der Deutsche Bank Stiftung stage direction, stage design, costumes and light design Victoria Bond Clara, Opera in 2 Acts |
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| 14 Apr 2019 | 14:00 | Ahnensaal Schloss Rastatt, Ahnensaal Schloss Rastatt | Concerto Melante Raimar Orlovsky violin and direction Marie Luise Werneburg soprano Barbora Kabátková soprano Alexander Schneider contralto Johannes Gaubitz tenor Harry van der Kamp bass Ulrich Wolff viola da gamba Heidi Gröger viola da gamba Lea Rahel Bader viola da gamba Léon Berben organ Björn Colell theorbo Martin Heinze violone Dieterich Buxtehude “Membra Jesu Nostri”, BuxWV 75 |
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| 14 Apr 2019 | 18:00 | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Berliner Philharmoniker Riccardo Muti conductor Vittoria Yeo soprano Elīna Garanča mezzo-soprano Ildar Abdrazakov bass Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks Howard Arman chorus master Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem |
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| 15 Apr 2019 | 11:00 | Museum Frieder Burda | Scholars of the Karajan Academy Gregor Mayrhofer conductor Sophie Klußmann soprano Works by Luigi Dallapiccola, Claudio Ambrosini, Stefano Gervasoni, George Benjamin, Gregor Mayrhofer and Franz Schreker |
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| 15 Apr 2019 | 14:00 | Museum Frieder Burda | Varian Fry Quartett Bruno Delepelaire cello Franz Schubert String Quintet in C major, D 956 |
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| 15 Apr 2019 | 18:00 | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin Works by Arnold Schoenberg and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
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| 16 Apr 2019 | 11:00 | Ev. Stadtkirche am Augustaplatz, Ev. Stadtkirche am Augustaplatz | Ensemble Berlin Prag Roman Hoza bass baritone Works by Alessandro Stradella, Maurizio Cazzatti, Georg Friedrich Händel, Peter Graham, Johann Sebastian Bach and Martin Padijn |
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| 16 Apr 2019 | 14:00 | Theater Baden-Baden | Vocal Soloists from Baden-Württemberg’s Academies of Music Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker Raphael Haeger conductor |
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| 16 Apr 2019 | 18:00 | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Berliner Philharmoniker Daniele Gatti conductor Stuart Skelton 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) Philharmonia Chor Wien Walter Zeh chorus master Robert Wilson staging and stage design Jacques Reynaud Kostüme Giuseppe Verdi Otello |
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| 17 Apr 2019 | 14:00 | Katholische Kirche St. Bernhard, KAth. Kirche St. Bernhard | Blechbläserensemble der Berliner Philharmoniker
Works by William Byrd, Georg Friedrich Händel, Anton Bruckner, Johann Sebastian Bach, Raymond Premu, Dmitri Shostakovich, Anselmo Aieta, Astor Piazzolla and Angel Villoldo |
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| 17 Apr 2019 | 18:00 | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Scholars of the Karajan Academy Vocal Soloists from Baden-Württemberg’s Academies of Music Michael Hasel conductor Schauspieler des Theaters Baden-Baden Stipendiaten der »Akademie Musiktheater heute« der Deutsche Bank Stiftung stage direction, stage design, costumes and light design Victoria Bond Clara, Opera in 2 Acts |
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| 17 Apr 2019 | 21:00 | Casino Baden-Baden, Casino Baden-Baden | Bolero Berlin | Make Enquiry |
| 18 Apr 2019 | 11:00 | Kurhaus Baden-Baden, Runder saal | Mathieu Dufour flute Máté Szűcs viola Michèle Gurdal piano Works by Paul Taffanel, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke and Carlo Germano |
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| 18 Apr 2019 | 14:00 | Theater Baden-Baden | Vocal Soloists from Baden-Württemberg’s Academies of Music Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker Raphael Haeger conductor |
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| 18 Apr 2019 | 18:00 | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker Bundesjugendorchester Daniele Gatti conductor Berlin Philharmonic Winds Philharmonic Octet Berlin Works by Giuseppe Verdi, Sergei Prokofiev, Saverio Mercadante and Ottorino Respighi |
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| 18 Apr 2019 | 18:00 | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Daniele Gatti conductor | Make Enquiry |
| 19 Apr 2019 | 11:00 | Kurhaus Baden-Baden, Weinbrennersaal | Feininger Trio Barbara Dobrzanska soprano Works by Claude Debussy and Dmitri Shostakovich |
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| 19 Apr 2019 | 14:00 | Kurhaus Baden-Baden, Weinbrennersaal | Scharoun Ensemble Berlin Rinnat Moriah soprano Works by Oliver Knussen, Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann and Paul Hindemith |
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| 19 Apr 2019 | 18:00 | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Berliner Philharmoniker Daniele Gatti conductor Stuart Skelton 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) Philharmonia Chor Wien Walter Zeh chorus master Robert Wilson staging and stage design Jacques Reynaud Kostüme Giuseppe Verdi Otello |
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| 20 Apr 2019 | 11:00 | Spitalkirche | David Riniker cello Janusz Widzyk double bass Works by Johann Friedrich Kelz, Mikhail Jesejewitsch Bukunik, Janne Saksala and Gioacchino Rossini |
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| 20 Apr 2019 | 14:00 | Theater Baden-Baden | Vocal Soloists from Baden-Württemberg’s Academies of Music Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker Raphael Haeger conductor |
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| 20 Apr 2019 | 14:00 | Bürgerhaus Neuer Markt, Bürgerhaus Neuer Markt | Dominique Horwitz speaker Christoph Streuli violin Peter Riegelbauer double bass Alexander Bader clarinet Markus Weidmann bassoon Guillaume Jehl trumpet Christhard Gössling trombone Jan Schlichte drums Igor Stravinsky LʼHistoire du soldat |
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| 20 Apr 2019 | 18:00 | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Berliner Philharmoniker Riccardo Muti conductor Vittoria Yeo soprano Elīna Garanča mezzo-soprano Ildar Abdrazakov bass Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks Howard Arman chorus master Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem |
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| 21 Apr 2019 | 14:00 | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Scholars of the Karajan Academy Vocal Soloists from Baden-Württemberg’s Academies of Music Michael Hasel conductor Schauspieler des Theaters Baden-Baden Stipendiaten der »Akademie Musiktheater heute« der Deutsche Bank Stiftung stage direction, stage design, costumes and light design Victoria Bond Clara, Opera in 2 Acts |
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| 21 Apr 2019 | 14:00 | Brenners Park-Hotel, Orangerie | Götz Teutsch programme supervision Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker Ensemble |
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| 21 Apr 2019 | 18:00 | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Lang Lang piano Works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
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| 22 Apr 2019 | 11:00 | Kulturhaus LA8, Kristallsaal | Philharmonia Quartett
Works by Giuseppe Verdi and Maurice Ravel |
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| 22 Apr 2019 | 14:00 | Dorint Hotel Baden-Baden, Malersaal | Marzona Quartett
Works by Bedrich Smetana, Gustav Machatý and Leoš Janáček |
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| 22 Apr 2019 | 18:00 | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Berliner Philharmoniker Daniele Gatti conductor Stuart Skelton 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) Philharmonia Chor Wien Walter Zeh chorus master Robert Wilson staging and stage design Jacques Reynaud Kostüme Giuseppe Verdi Otello |
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| 25 Apr 2019 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Daniele Gatti conductor N. N. 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 Giuseppe Verdi Otello Concert performance |
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| 26 Apr 2019 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Varian Fry Quartett Bruno Delepelaire cello Works by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Franz Schubert |
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| 28 Apr 2019 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Daniele Gatti conductor N. N. 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 Giuseppe Verdi Otello Concert performance |
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May 2019
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| 02 May 2019 | 20:00 | Centro Congressi Lingotto | Berliner Philharmoniker Daniel Harding conductor |
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| 03 May 2019 | 20:00 | LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura | Berliner Philharmoniker Daniel Harding conductor |
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| 05 May 2019 | 16:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Thomas Thieme speaker Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker Cordelia Höfer piano Götz Teutsch programme supervision |
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| 07 May 2019 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Seong-Jin Cho piano
Works by Franz Schubert, Claude Debussy and Modest Mussorgsky |
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| 09 May 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Paul Lewis piano Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Anton Bruckner |
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| 10 May 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Paul Lewis piano Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Anton Bruckner |
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| 11 May 2019 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Paul Lewis piano Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Anton Bruckner |
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| 12 May 2019 | 16:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Thomas Thieme speaker Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker Cordelia Höfer piano Götz Teutsch programme supervision |
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| 14 May 2019 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Mahler Chamber Orchestra Matthew Truscott conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano Soloists of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn |
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| 16 May 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Herbert Blomstedt conductor Yefim Bronfman piano Works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Wilhelm Stenhammar |
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| 17 May 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Herbert Blomstedt conductor Yefim Bronfman piano Works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Wilhelm Stenhammar |
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| 18 May 2019 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Herbert Blomstedt conductor Yefim Bronfman piano Works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Wilhelm Stenhammar |
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| 22 May 2019 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Carlos Núñez bagpipes, shepherd’s flutes, irish recorder Pancho Álvarez guitar and hurdy-gurdy Xurxo Núñez percussion Andrew Lawrence-King irish harp and salterio Frank McGuire irish frame drum Sale begins 27 May 2018, online 8 a.m., phone and box office 11 a.m. (Europe/Berlin) |
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| 23 May 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Paavo Järvi conductor Hanna-Elisabeth Müller soprano Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Alban Berg and Anton Bruckner |
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| 24 May 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Paavo Järvi conductor Hanna-Elisabeth Müller soprano Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Alban Berg and Anton Bruckner |
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| 25 May 2019 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Paavo Järvi conductor Hanna-Elisabeth Müller soprano Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Alban Berg and Anton Bruckner |
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| 27 May 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Orquesta Típica »El Afronte« Mulo Francel saxophone Émile Parisien saxophone Vincent Peirani accordion Sale begins 27 May 2018, online 8 a.m., phone and box office 11 a.m. (Europe/Berlin) |
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| 30 May 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Michael Sanderling conductor Bruno Delepelaire cello Works by Joseph Haydn and Dmitri Shostakovich |
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| 31 May 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Michael Sanderling conductor Bruno Delepelaire cello Works by Joseph Haydn and Dmitri Shostakovich |
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June 2019
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| 01 Jun 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Michael Sanderling conductor Bruno Delepelaire cello Works by Joseph Haydn and Dmitri Shostakovich |
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| 03 Jun 2019 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Mathieu Dufour flute Sarah Willis fernch horn Anna Mehlin violin Martin von der Nahmer viola David Riniker cello Henrik Schwarz DJ Works by Henrik Schwarz |
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| 06 Jun 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Daniel Barenboim conductor Radu Lupu piano Works by Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven and Robert Schumann |
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| 07 Jun 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Daniel Barenboim conductor Radu Lupu piano Works by Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven and Robert Schumann |
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| 08 Jun 2019 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Daniel Barenboim conductor Radu Lupu piano Works by Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven and Robert Schumann |
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| 12 Jun 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Krystian Zimerman piano | Make Enquiry |
| 13 Jun 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Constantinos Carydis conductor Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Dmitri Shostakovich |
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| 14 Jun 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Constantinos Carydis conductor Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Dmitri Shostakovich |
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| 15 Jun 2019 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Constantinos Carydis conductor Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Dmitri Shostakovich |
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| 20 Jun 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Andris Nelsons conductor Daniil Trifonov piano Works by Alexander Skrjabin and Dmitri Shostakovich |
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| 21 Jun 2019 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Andris Nelsons conductor Daniil Trifonov piano Works by Alexander Skrjabin and Dmitri Shostakovich |
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| 22 Jun 2019 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Andris Nelsons conductor Daniil Trifonov piano Works by Alexander Skrjabin and Dmitri Shostakovich |
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| 23 Jun 2019 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Daniil Trifonov piano Noah Bendix-Balgley violin Christian Stadelmann violin Máté Szűcs viola Bruno Delepelaire cello Works by Robert Schumann, Daniil Trifonov and Johannes Brahms |
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| 26 Jun 2019 | 20:00 | Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Großer saal | Berliner Philharmoniker Tugan Sokhiev conductor Marianne Crebassa mezzo-soprano Works by Sergei Prokofiev and Maurice Ravel |
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| 27 Jun 2019 | 20:00 | Elbphilharmonie, Großer saal | Berliner Philharmoniker Tugan Sokhiev conductor Marianne Crebassa mezzo-soprano Works by Sergei Prokofiev and Maurice Ravel |
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| 29 Jun 2019 | 20:15 | Waldbühne Berlin | Berliner Philharmoniker Tugan Sokhiev conductor Marianne Crebassa mezzo-soprano Works by Sergei Prokofiev and Maurice Ravel |
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About the Event
The 1890s – symphonic grandeur, chamber-music idyll
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s 2011/2012 season will be focusing on the 1890s. During these years of grandiloquent, ear-splitting music, universal historic validity was claimed for orchestral works like the powerful symphonic quadriga that can be experienced next season in the Philharmonie: Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” (1893), Mahler’s “Resurrection” (1895), as part of the complete cycle, Bruckner’s Ninth (1896) and Dvorák’s “New World”. But alongside such expansive works, the decade also produced quiet idylls of exquisite euphony, chamber-music masterpieces headed by the compositions of Johannes Brahms, who not only represented his age but also transcended it. Also typical of the period are the creations of Max Bruch, Hugo Wolf, Max Reger and August Klughardt.
Late Night: Luciano Berio
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s focus on Berio pays homage to an outstanding, completely undogmatic creator of new music. His works reflect the Italian composer’s extensive and profound experience with his great musical forebears, especially with Gustav Mahler. Eight of his 14 Sequenzas – a cycle of solo works, some in orchestral versions – will be presented by members of the orchestra. The new Late Night series, which directly follows five concerts in the big auditorium, offers an ideal venue for the Berio pieces, which will be presented in context with other major examples of new music.
Soloists from the orchestra
Soloists have been a permanent fixture of Philharmonic concerts since 1882. Current and former players have made solo appearances with the orchestra, as have touring virtuosi and famous artists who settled in Berlin. Along with internationally prominent guests, the 2011/2012 season is providing four musicians from the Philharmonic’s own ranks with grateful assignments. The trumpeter Gábor Tarkövi will be heard with percussionist Jan Schlichte in Wolfgang Rihm’s rhapsody Marsyas; Daniel Stabrawa will revive the Third Violin Concerto of the Hungarian Jeno Hubay; Guy Braunstein dedicates his virtuosity to the Violin Concerto by Brahms and Albrecht Mayer will bring his to bear on Richard Strauss’s late Oboe Concerto.
Singers
The world of vocal music embraces so much more than just a voice with piano accompaniment. The concert series Singers illuminates different facets of vocal delivery. Gerald Finley will be accompanied by a string quartet and a trio consisting of oboe, viola and piano, while Magdalena Kožená will be joined by Berlin’s Scharoun Ensemble. Of course, there will also be “classical” song recitals, though with exceptional programmes: Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings Liszt, Fauré, Taneyev and Tchaikovsky; Jonas Kaufmann has chosen songs by Duparc, Mahler and Strauss; Sophie Karthäuser is juxtaposing Verlaine settings by Debussy, Foccroulle and Hahn; while Joyce DiDonato goes on a musical journey to Venice.
Chamber Music
The quartet concert is the classical form of chamber performance, and thus the six evenings making up the series Quartet are cornerstones of the Philharmonic’s chamber music. Once again this season leading international ensembles will be coming to Berlin, including the Cuarteto Casals, the Vogler Quartet, the Fine Arts Quartet and the Emerson Quartet. The Philharmonie will also celebrate a major anniversary of one of its own ensembles: 25 years since the founding of the Philharmonia Quartet. In the Chamber Music Prism series, other formations – piano trio, wind quintet and brass ensemble – will present repertoire ranging from the early Baroque of Michael Praetorius to contemporary pieces.
Piano Recitals
The roster of artists who will be seating themselves at the Chamber Music Hall’s Steinway grand in the Piano series is highly international: along with familiar faces like the Italian Maurizio Pollini, the Chinese Lang Lang and New York-born Murray Perahia – this year’s Pianist in Residence – we welcome three Philharmonic debutants: the British Christian Blackshaw as well as the French Lise de la Salle and American Jonathan Biss, two outstanding talents of the young generation.
Choral Works
Rundfunkchor Berlin is one of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s closest and longest-standing musical partners. Again in the 2011/12 the chorus and the orchestra will join forces for exciting projects, among them the world premiere of Jonathan Harvey’s new Weltethos and performances of Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius. But other renowned choruses will also be collaborating with the Philharmonic: MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig (Mahler: Symphony No. 8), Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Beethoven: Missa Solemnis), RIAS Kammerchor (Debussy: Nocturnes) and the Boys of Berlin’s Staats- und Domchor (Mahler: Symphony No. 8).
