Chamber Music VI: Crossbones

Quergeister – Motiv: Georg Roither

In order to make a living from composing, composers very often had to submit to the ideas of their principals, write commissioned works, and fulfil stylistic or casting requirements. Some, however, did not like this and resisted in their own way. In the last chamber music concert of the 2025/26 season, our academics present works by musical personalities who broke the mould: Joseph Bologne, Mel Bonis, Dmitri Shostakovich, Henriëtte Bosmans, Giuseppe Sammartini and Georg Antheil.

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Inspired by productions from the opera repertoire, the orchestra's musicians put together six dramaturgically conceived programmes that are unparalleled in Berlin in terms of their musical range. From solo violin to songs to percussion ensembles, you will experience surprising concerts that are charmingly and knowledgeably moderated by our curating colleagues.

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George [1745 – 1799]Sonata No. 2 for 2 Violins in E flat major AllegroAria con Variatione

Mel Bonis [1858 – 1937]“Soir! Matin!”, Op. 76 for piano trio

Dmitri Shostakovich [1906 – 1975]String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108 AllegrettoLentoAllegro-Allegretto

Henriëtte Bosmans [1895 – 1952]Arietta for violin and piano (1917)

Giuseppe Sammartini [1695 – 1750]Sonata in A minor for 2 double basses, edited by Hugo Ruf AndanteAllegroMinuetto

Georg Antheil [1900 – 1959]Symphony for Five InstrumentsAllegroLentoPresto

Artists/Collaborators: Jihae Bae (Violine), Yujeong Nam (Violine), Emma Pirchner (Violine), Rebecca Thies (Violine), Balthasar Thom (Violine), Eden Meyer Khaiat (Viola), Hoyoon Kim (Viola), Sofia Blandu (Violoncello), Johann Eilrich (Violoncello), Simone Kreuzpointner (Kontrabass), Pablo Mascarós Molina (Kontrabass), Annika Rast (Flöte), Anton Franz (Fagott), Antoni Ivars Bertomeu (Trompete), Darian Keller (Posaune), Elda Laro (Klavier), Manon Gerhardt (Programmgestaltung), Isabella Homann (Programmgestaltung), Magdalena Makowska (Programmgestaltung), Margarethe Niebuhr (Programmgestaltung), Hannah Müller (Programmgestaltung)

Next date:

• Date Thursday, 11/June/2026 20:00
• Venue Tischlerei der Deutschen Oper Berlin
• Address Bismarckstraße 35, 10585 Berlin-Charlottenburg