György Ligeti was inspired by the vivid text of the Catholic mass for the dead to write one of the great choral works of the 20th century. Both his apocalyptic Requiem and his orchestral work Apparitions make use of an intense, exciting tonal idiom, which...
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Richard Wagner paid tribute to her with his Tristan: Mathilde Wesendonck, the composer’s adored muse and the author of five poems which Wagner set to music in his Wesendonck Lieder. The work, heard with two prominent artists in this performance – Daniel...
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Dvořák’s captivating Eighth Symphony reflects the dance rhythms of the Czech people and the beauty of the Bohemian countryside. Schumann’s Concert Piece for Four Horns also evokes associations with joyful scenes of nature. Ligeti, in turn, combines the...
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Alan Gilbert, chief conductor of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, presents three 20th-century works which creatively confront the music of the past. Boris Blacher takes one of the most famous themes from the violin literature as the point of departure...
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Sergej Rachmaninow Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 3 d-Moll op. 30 Mao Fujita Klavier (anstelle von Nikolai Lugansky) Antonín Dvořák Symphonie Nr. 8 G-Dur op. 88
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Strom Festival brings together visionary artists whose work is grounded in electronic music but with regular practices beyond club music frameworks to reside for a night in the singular spatial setting of the Philharmonie Berlin. The invited artists are...
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Thomas Leyendecker, seit 2005 Posaunist der Berliner Philharmoniker, stellt in diesem Werkstattkonzert außergewöhnliche Solowerke für sein Instrument vor.
Musik und Kunst der 50er und 60er Jahre Luciano Berio Sequenza V für Posaune John Cage Solo for...
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Alan Gilbert is not only a conductor, but is also a trained violinist – and it is in this role that we hear him in this this Late Night in György Ligeti’s Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano. His chamber music partners are pianist Kirill Gerstein and Philharmoniker...
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Passionate, visionary, powerful – critics praise conductor Klaus Mäkelä with words like these. Despite his youth, the native of Finland, who is chief conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic and the Orchestre de Paris, is already in great demand internationally....
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Hector Berlioz was one of the great revolutionaries of music, and one of the first true Romantics. By including non-musical content, he also became an »inventor« of programme music, which had an enormous reach in the further course of the 19th century...
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Zubin Mehta and Yefim Bronfman have been artistic companions for many years – Mehta was on the podium when Bronfman made his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker in 1983. During this programme, we will hear the two musicians in Béla Bartók’s highly...
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Festival »Music and Healing« – Konzert 1 Harrison Birtwistle Panic, Dithyrambe für Altsaxofon, Jazzschlagzeug, Blechbläser und Perkussion Robin Ticciati Dirigent , Asya Fateyeva Altsaxofon John Dowland Lachrimae or Seaven Teares: Semper Dowland semper...
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