Mozart’s Gran Partita is a Serenade for thirteen instruments: twelve winds and double bass. The work in seven movements became world-famous far beyond the borders of classical music through Miloš Forman’s film Amadeus: Antonio Salieri’s first encounter with Mozart takes place at a performance of the Gran Partita. Igor Stravinsky’s highly original Octet combines woodwind and brass instruments. The three-movement composition, premiered in 1923 in Paris, is considered an important work in Stravinsky’s neoclassical style. Conducted by Zubin Mehta the Boulez Ensemble performs in the concentrated studio-like atmosphere of the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin. PROGRAM: Stravinsky: Octet for Wind Instruments; Mozart: Serenade “Gran Partita”
Daniel Barenboim plays Beethoven Piano Sonatas Op. 2/3
Daniel Barenboim plays Beethoven Piano Sonatas: Op. 27/2 “Moonlight Sonata”
Münchner Philharmoniker – Rudolf Buchbinder
PROGRAM: Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1; Joseph Haydn: Piano Concerto in D major, Hob. XVIII:11
Münchner Philharmoniker – Oksana Lyniv & Alice Sara Ott
PROGRAM Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415; Silvestrov: The Messenger ; Haydn: Symphony No. 96 in D major, Hob. I:96 “The Miracle”
Münchner Philharmoniker – Karina Canellakis
PROGRAM Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Adams: Shaker Loops
Münchner Philharmoniker – Andrés Orozco-Estrada
PROGRAM:Bartholdy: Symphony No. 1; Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 “Jupiter”
Cameron Carpenter at Konzerthaus Berlin
The exceptional organist Cameron Carpenter has been a guest in many major venues worldwide. However, he has a particularly close friendship with the Konzerthaus Berlin, not least because in the 2017/18 season he was Artist in Residence with the Berliner Konzerthausorchester am Gendarmenmarkt, where he also performed with his specially built organ. This instrument was the fulfilment of a long-cherished dream. The International Touring Organ (ITO), which was made according to his plans, enables him to perform at almost any place in the world – a matter of course for most instrumentalists, but a revolution for Cameron Carpenter as an organist. Carpenter played with this huge instrument in a corona-empty concert hall. Works by J.S. Bach, François Couperin, G.F. Händel, Krzysztof Penderecki and Cameron Carpenter.
450 Years Staatskapelle Berlin
On the occasion of its 450th birthday, the Staatskapelle Berlin under the baton of its chief conductor Daniel Barenboim embarks on a journey through music history. With Wagner and Beethoven, two composers are represented who have shaped the Staatskapelle’s repertoire decisively, in both opera and symphonic works. The programme is complemented by advanced music from the 20th and 21st centuries by Boulez and Widmann, the latter having dedicated a newly composed work to the Staatskapelle. PROGRAM Boulez: Initiale for seven brass instruments; Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Widmann:Zeitensprünge – 450 Takte für Orchester (World premiere of the commissioned work); Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Münchner Philharmoniker – Alain Altinoglu & Renaud Capuçon
PROGRAM Zimmermann: Giostra Genovese; Ravel: Violin Sonata, Tzigane, Le Tombeau de Couperin