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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February 2020
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04 Feb 2020 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Beatrice Rana piano
Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Robert Schumann, Isaac Albéniz and Igor Stravinsky |
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07 Feb 2020 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Ensemble Correspondances Sébastien Daucé organ and direction Lucile Richardot mezzo-soprano Works by Robert Johnson, John Coperario, William Lawes, Martin Peerson, Nicolas Lanier, Matthew Locke, James Hart, George Jeffreys and Henry Purcell |
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12 Feb 2020 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Works by Igor Stravinsky, Bernd Alois Zimmermann and Sergei Rachmaninov |
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13 Feb 2020 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Works by Igor Stravinsky, Bernd Alois Zimmermann and Sergei Rachmaninov |
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14 Feb 2020 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Works by Igor Stravinsky, Bernd Alois Zimmermann and Sergei Rachmaninov |
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15 Feb 2020 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Works by Igor Stravinsky, Bernd Alois Zimmermann and Sergei Rachmaninov |
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16 Feb 2020 | 16:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Philharmonic Salon Heikko Deutschmann speaker Imogen Kogge speaker Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker Cordelia Höfer piano Götz Teutsch programme supervision |
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16 Feb 2020 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Philharmonic Piano Quintet
Works by Frank Bridge, Danny Elfman and Johannes Brahms |
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17 Feb 2020 | 20:00 | Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg | Berliner Philharmoniker
Works by Igor Stravinsky, Bernd Alois Zimmermann and Sergei Rachmaninov |
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18 Feb 2020 | 19:30 | Hannover Congress Centrum, Kuppelsaal | Berliner Philharmoniker
Works by Igor Stravinsky, Bernd Alois Zimmermann and Sergei Rachmaninov |
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19 Feb 2020 | 20:00 | Kölner Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker
Works by Igor Stravinsky, Bernd Alois Zimmermann and Sergei Rachmaninov |
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20 Feb 2020 | 20:00 | Alte Oper Frankfurt | Berliner Philharmoniker
Works by Igor Stravinsky, Bernd Alois Zimmermann and Sergei Rachmaninov |
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21 Feb 2020 | 19:30 | Kulturpalast Dresden | Berliner Philharmoniker
Works by Igor Stravinsky, Bernd Alois Zimmermann and Sergei Rachmaninov |
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23 Feb 2020 | 16:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Philharmonic Salon Heikko Deutschmann speaker Imogen Kogge speaker Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker Cordelia Höfer piano Götz Teutsch programme supervision |
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26 Feb 2020 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Scharoun Ensemble Berlin Guests Ulrich Matthes speaker |
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27 Feb 2020 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor Elīna Garanča mezzo-soprano Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D minor |
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28 Feb 2020 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor Elīna Garanča mezzo-soprano Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D minor |
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29 Feb 2020 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor Elīna Garanča mezzo-soprano Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D minor |
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March 2020
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01 Mar 2020 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Scholars of the Karajan Academy Ariane Matiakh direction Elisabeth Kulman mezzo-soprano Works by Joseph Haydn, Gabriel Fauré and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
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05 Mar 2020 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle conductor Works by Richard Strauss and Ludwig van Beethoven |
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06 Mar 2020 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle conductor Works by Richard Strauss and Ludwig van Beethoven |
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07 Mar 2020 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle conductor Works by Richard Strauss and Ludwig van Beethoven |
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09 Mar 2020 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Bernhard Forck violin and direction Works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach |
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12 Mar 2020 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle conductor Works by Luciano Berio and Béla Bartók |
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13 Mar 2020 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle conductor Works by Luciano Berio and Béla Bartók |
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13 Mar 2020 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Festival Tel Aviv – Berlin Israel Contemporary Players Ilan Volkov conductor |
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14 Mar 2020 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle conductor Works by Luciano Berio and Béla Bartók |
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14 Mar 2020 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Festival Tel Aviv – Berlin Israel Contemporary Players Ilan Volkov conductor |
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25 Mar 2020 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic Jazzrausch Bigband STEGREIF.orchester Nils Landgren trombone |
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April 2020
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03 Apr 2020 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | La Voce Strumentale Dmitry Sinkovsky direction Julia Lezhneva soprano Works by Georg Philipp Telemann, Nicola Porpora, Carl Heinrich Graun, Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Adolf Hasse and Georg Friedrich Händel |
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04 Apr 2020 | 18:00 | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Ludwig van Beethoven Fidelio, op. 72 (3rd version from 1814) |
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05 Apr 2020 | 11:00 | Brenners Park-Hotel, Orangerie, Baden-Baden | Philharmonic Salon | Make Enquiry |
05 Apr 2020 | 14:00 | Kurhaus Baden-Baden, Weinbrennersaal | Works by Ludwig van Beethoven | Make Enquiry |
05 Apr 2020 | 15:30 | Theater Baden-Baden | Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker Vocal Soloists from Baden-Württemberg’s Academies of Music Karl Amadeus Hartmann Simplicius Simplicissimus |
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05 Apr 2020 | 18:00 | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Berliner Philharmoniker Tugan Sokhiev conductor Works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Modest Mussorgsky |
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05 Apr 2020 | 21:30 | Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden | Scharoun Ensemble Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven Septet in E flat major, op. 20 |
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06 Apr 2020 | 15:30 | Kulturhaus LA8, Kristallsaal, Baden-Baden | Philharmonisches Streichquartett
Works by Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Anton Webern and Josef Suk |
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06 Apr 2020 | 18:00 | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 6 |
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07 Apr 2020 | 11:00 | Kurhaus Baden-Baden, Weinbrennersaal | Berlin Philharmonic Winds
Works by Ludwig van Beethoven |
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07 Apr 2020 | 12:30 | Kurhaus Baden-Baden, Weinbrennersaal | Works by Ludwig van Beethoven | Make Enquiry |
07 Apr 2020 | 14:00 | Kurhaus Baden-Baden, Weinbrennersaal | Works by Ludwig van Beethoven | Make Enquiry |
07 Apr 2020 | 18:00 | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Ludwig van Beethoven Fidelio, op. 72 (3rd version from 1814) |
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08 Apr 2020 | 15:30 | Kulturhaus LA8, Kristallsaal, Baden-Baden | Juliane Banse soprano Feininger Trio Works by Wolfgang Rihm, Karl Amadeus Hartmann and Hans Werner Henze |
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08 Apr 2020 | 21:00 | Casino Baden-Baden | Bolero Berlin | Make Enquiry |
09 Apr 2020 | 20:30 | Theater Baden-Baden | Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker Vocal Soloists from Baden-Württemberg’s Academies of Music Karl Amadeus Hartmann Simplicius Simplicissimus |
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10 Apr 2020 | 13:00 | Kurhaus Baden-Baden, Weinbrennersaal | Helena Madoka Berg violin Bettina Sartorius violin Martin Stegner viola Yumino Weber cello Venus Ensemble Berlin Works by Ludwig van Beethoven |
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10 Apr 2020 | 14:30 | Kurhaus Baden-Baden, Weinbrennersaal | Christoph von der Nahmer violin Cornelia Gartemann violin Julia Gartemann viola Martin Menking cello Borchard Quartett Works by Ludwig van Beethoven |
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10 Apr 2020 | 16:00 | Kurhaus Baden-Baden, Weinbrennersaal | Athenäum Quartett Christoph von der Nahmer violin Anna Mehlin violin Kyoung Min Park viola Nikolaus Römisch cello Works by Ludwig van Beethoven |
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10 Apr 2020 | 18:00 | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Ludwig van Beethoven Missa solemnis in D major, op. 123 |
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11 Apr 2020 | 14:00 | Kurhaus Baden-Baden, Runder Saal | Christophe Horák violin Simon Roturier violin Micha Afkham viola Bruno Delepelaire cello Brahms Ensemble Cornelia Gartemann violin Ludwig Quandt cello Works by Ludwig van Beethoven |
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11 Apr 2020 | 15:30 | Theater Baden-Baden | Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker Vocal Soloists from Baden-Württemberg’s Academies of Music Karl Amadeus Hartmann Simplicius Simplicissimus |
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11 Apr 2020 | 18:00 | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Berliner Philharmoniker Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D minor |
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12 Apr 2020 | 13:00 | Kurhaus Baden-Baden, Weinbrennersaal | Philharmonisches Streichquartett Apos Quartett Noah Bendix-Balgley violin Luis Esnaola López violin Amihai Grosz viola Stephan Koncz cello Works by Ludwig van Beethoven |
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12 Apr 2020 | 16:00 | Kurhaus Baden-Baden, Weinbrennersaal | Varian Fry Quartett Marzona Quartett Works by Ludwig van Beethoven |
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12 Apr 2020 | 18:00 | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Berliner Philharmoniker Herbert Blomstedt conductor Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Anton Bruckner |
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13 Apr 2020 | 13:00 | Kurhaus Baden-Baden, Weinbrennersaal | Aleksandar Ivic violin Anna Mehlin violin Sebastian Krunnies viola Solène Kermarrec cello Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in C sharp minor, op. 131 |
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13 Apr 2020 | 14:30 | Kurhaus Baden-Baden, Weinbrennersaal | Daniel Stabrawa violin Krzysztof Polonek violin Amihai Grosz viola Dietmar Schwalke cello Noah Bendix-Balgley violin Marlene Ito violin Naoko Shimizu viola Knut Weber cello Works by Ludwig van Beethoven |
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13 Apr 2020 | 18:00 | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Ludwig van Beethoven Fidelio, op. 72 (3rd version from 1814) |
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17 Apr 2020 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Ludwig van Beethoven Fidelio, op. 72 (3rd version from 1814) |
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19 Apr 2020 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Ludwig van Beethoven Fidelio, op. 72 (3rd version from 1814) |
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23 Apr 2020 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Iván Fischer conductor Works by Joseph Haydn and Franz Liszt |
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24 Apr 2020 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Iván Fischer conductor Works by Joseph Haydn and Franz Liszt |
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25 Apr 2020 | 14:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Beethoven Marathon
Works by Ludwig van Beethoven |
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26 Apr 2020 | 14:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Beethoven Marathon
Works by Ludwig van Beethoven |
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May 2020
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01 May 2020 | 12:00 | Charles Bronfman Auditorium, Tel Aviv | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Works by Gustav Mahler and Max Bruch |
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02 May 2020 | 21:00 | Charles Bronfman Auditorium, Tel Aviv | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 6 |
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03 May 2020 | 20:00 | International Convention Center Jerusalem | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 6 |
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06 May 2020 | 19:30 | Palace of Arts, Budapest | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Works by Gustav Mahler |
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07 May 2020 | 20:00 | Smetana Hall, Prag | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Works by Gustav Mahler |
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08 May 2020 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic Grégoire Maret harmonica Romain Collin piano Edmar Castañeda harp Special Guest: N. N. N. N. |
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09 May 2020 | 19:30 | Musikverein, Wien | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Works by Gustav Mahler |
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10 May 2020 | 19:30 | Musikverein, Wien | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 6 |
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11 May 2020 | 20:15 | Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Works by Gustav Mahler |
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13 May 2020 | 20:15 | Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 6 |
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14 May 2020 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Cédric Tiberghien piano
Works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Morton Feldman, John Cage and George Crumb |
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14 May 2020 | 20:00 | Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brüssel | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Works by Gustav Mahler |
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15 May 2020 | 20:00 | Philharmonie Luxembourg | Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Works by Gustav Mahler |
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18 May 2020 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Philharmonic Octet Berlin
Works by Hugo Kaun, Toshio Hosokawa and Franz Schubert |
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19 May 2020 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Berliner Barock Solisten Reinhard Goebel direction Benjamin Appl baritone Christoph Hartmann oboe Works by Johann Bernhard Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Monsieur Bach de Berlin and Johann Sebastian Bach |
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21 May 2020 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Daniel Stabrawa violin and direction Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Andrzej Panufnik and Franz Schubert |
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22 May 2020 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Daniel Stabrawa violin and direction Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Andrzej Panufnik and Franz Schubert |
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24 May 2020 | 16:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Philharmonic Salon | Make Enquiry |
25 May 2020 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Chamber Orchestra of Europe Renaud Capuçon violin Works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert |
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26 May 2020 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Scholars of the Karajan Academy Zoi Tsokanou conductor Marlis Petersen soprano Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Ernst Krenek, Arnold Schoenberg, Manfred Trojahn and Walter Braunfels |
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28 May 2020 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Tugan Sokhiev conductor Emmanuel Pahud flute Works by Aram Khachaturian and Igor Stravinsky |
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29 May 2020 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Tugan Sokhiev conductor Emmanuel Pahud flute Works by Aram Khachaturian and Igor Stravinsky |
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30 May 2020 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Tugan Sokhiev conductor Emmanuel Pahud flute Works by Aram Khachaturian and Igor Stravinsky |
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31 May 2020 | 16:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Philharmonic Salon | Make Enquiry |
June 2020
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04 Jun 2020 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Mariss Jansons conductor Denis Matsuev piano Guillaume Jehl trumpet Works by Dmitri Shostakovich and Igor Stravinsky |
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05 Jun 2020 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Mariss Jansons conductor Denis Matsuev piano Guillaume Jehl trumpet Works by Dmitri Shostakovich and Igor Stravinsky |
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06 Jun 2020 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Mariss Jansons conductor Denis Matsuev piano Guillaume Jehl trumpet Works by Dmitri Shostakovich and Igor Stravinsky |
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09 Jun 2020 | 20:00 | Chamber Music Hall | Marlis Petersen soprano Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker Stephan Matthias Lademann piano Works by Karl Weigl, Franz Schubert and Theodor Kirchner |
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11 Jun 2020 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Gustavo Dudamel conductor Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor “Resurrection” |
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12 Jun 2020 | 20:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Gustavo Dudamel conductor Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor “Resurrection” |
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13 Jun 2020 | 19:00 | Philharmonie | Berliner Philharmoniker Gustavo Dudamel conductor Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor “Resurrection” |
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20 Jun 2020 | 20:15 | Waldbühne Berlin | Berliner Philharmoniker Gustavo Dudamel conductor |
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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).