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”
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
Daniel Barenboim plays Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Daniel Barenboim is one of the most accomplished Beethoven experts of our time. From the very beginning of his career, he has been intensively and repeatedly engaged with the composer’s manifold works. Barenboim marked the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth by recording his thirty-two piano sonatas at Berlin’s Pierre Boulez Saal. The exceptional musician has been exploring Beethoven’s music for more than seven decades and his fifth complete survey of the sonatas arose from a period of deep immersion in Beethoven’s scores due to the cancellation of public concerts because of the coronavirus pandemic. With this sonata cycle, the great Daniel Barenboim has set himself a legacy!