Digital Concert Hall Archive

Simon Rattle conducts Mahler’s Second Symphony

2012-02-18 20:00:00 CET

The Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle have a special relationship with Gustav Mahler’s Second Symphony. After all, it was with this orchestra that the composer presented his work to the music world in December 1895. The symphony also has a special place in the biography of Simon Rattle.

Symphonic pictures with Sir Simon Rattle

2012-02-16 20:00:00 CET

There is a gallery of symphonic pictures to admire in this concert with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle. Strolling through this gallery is like a tour through Europe – with stops in France, the Czech Republic, Austria and England.

Simon Rattle conducts the completed Ninth Symphony of Anton Bruckner

2012-02-09 20:00:00 CET

Although Anton Bruckner died while working on the finale of his Ninth Symphony, he left countless sketches behind. In a piece of detective work which took over 25 years, these sketches were joined together into a breathtaking whole by an international team of researchers. The completed symphony is now performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle.

Andris Nelsons and Guy Braunstein with works by Brahms and Strauss

2012-02-02 20:00:00 CET

It was Hans von Bülow who said that Johannes Brahms’s Violin Concerto is a “concerto against the violin” – simply because the soloist is given little opportunity for virtuoso showmanship. In this concert, the Berliner Philharmoniker, soloist Guy Braunstein and conductor Andris Nelsons set about to uncover the evident as well as the hidden charms of the work.

Simon Rattle and Magdalena Kožená with songs by Dvořák and Mahler

2012-01-27 19:45:00 CET

Delicate melancholy in various forms characterizes this concert with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle. In addition to orchestral works by Ravel and Schubert, this concert includes late songs by Dvořák and Mahler. The soloist is the internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená.

A birthday concert for Frederick the Great

2012-01-24 20:00:00 CET

The 300th Birthday of Frederick the Great provides the occasion for an artistic summit. It includes works from the court of the music-loving monarch, interpreted by two leading early music ensembles: the Berliner Barock Solisten and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. Moreover, the concert features readings by star actors Burghart Klaußner and Armin Mueller-Stahl.

Late-night concert with HK Gruber’s “Frankenstein!!”

2012-01-21 22:30:00 CET

There is a pandemonium of bizarre villains in this late-night concert with HK Gruber’s jazzy, cabaret-style piece Frankenstein!!. The performers include members of the the Berliner Philharmoniker and, not least, the composer himself.

Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with Tugan Sokhiev and Boris Berezovsky

2012-01-21 20:00:00 CET

At his debut with the Philharmoniker in January 2010, Tugan Sokhiev appeared to one critic as “the perfect blend of Christian Thielemann, Gustavo Dudamel and the Russian school.” He now performs Franz Liszt’s First Piano Concerto with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Boris Berezovsky.

Daniel Barenboim conducts Elgar’s “The Dream of Gerontius”

2012-01-14 20:00:00 CET

While Edward Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius enjoys nearly the same esteem as Handel’s Messiah and Mendelssohn’s Elijah in his native England, almost every performance abroad is seen as a rediscovery. And it is to such that the Berliner Philharmoniker and conductor Daniel Barenboim invite you with this concert.

Nicola Luisotti conducts Poulenc’s Gloria and Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony

2011-12-23 20:00:00 CET

Composing works which were both modern and understandable – that was the supreme discipline for not just a few composers of the 20th century. Nicola Luisotti, music director of San Francisco Opera, presents works which realize this concept most beautifully with the Berliner Philharmoniker.