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Podcast Nr. 13
Ton Koopman is one of the outstanding musicians of the “Early Music” movement. He was one of the first who researched how Baroque and Classical music actually sounded when it was first performed. In January 2010 Ton Koopman conducted the Berliner Philharmoniker for the first time in a programme featuring works by Bach and Haydn. In this introducton Ton Koopman talks about his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker and the repertoire he performed on this occasion.
Podcast Nr. 12
In December 2009 Christian Thielemann performed several great choral works by Johannes Brahms with the Rundfunkchor Berlin and the Berliner Philharmoniker. Sarah Willis, horn player of the orchester, talks to Thielemann on this occasion about his long history with the Berliner Philharmoniker - which he first encountered as a harpsichordist and viola player! - and about his time as assistant of Herbert von Karajan.
Podcast Nr. 11
In December 2009 Donald Runnicles and the Berliner Philharmoniker performed Johannes Brahms’s “A German Requiem” in the Berlin Philharmonie. The performance was particularly appealing due to the participation of the Atlanta Symphony Chorus who has partnered the orchestra on several occasions in the past and has always impressed with its sophisticated sound. In this intermission interview Runnicles and his fellow scotsman Fergus McWilliam, horn player of the Berliner Philharmoniker, talk about their common Scottish roots, the Requiem and the collaboration between conductor and orchestra.
Podcast Nr. 10
In December 2009 the Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos made a guest appearance with the Berliner Philhamoniker playing Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Concerto. Walter Küssner, viola player of the Berliner Philharmoniker, talks to him about the general character of the piece, it's "Classical" expression and the particuliar role of the solo instrument.
Podcast Nr. 9
John Carewe - composer, conductor and former teacher at the Royal Academy of Music - tells the story of one of the most amazing dramatic works from the beginning of the 20th century: the monodrama “Erwartung”, composed by Arnold Schoenberg in 1909. This podacast was produced on the occasion of a performance with soprano Evelyn Herlitzius and the Berliner Philharmoniker under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle.
Podcast Nr. 8
In October 2009 Iván Fischer conducted the Berliner Philharmoniker in a "Ungarian Night" featuring works by Haydn, Bartók, Kodály, Brahms and Liszt. On this occasion Emmanual Pahud, internationally acclaimed soloist and principal flute of the Berliner Philharmoniker, led this insightful conversation with the Hungarian conductor.
Podcast Nr. 7
In an interview given on the occasion of the opening of the Berliner Philharmoniker's 2009-10 season Principal conductor Sir Simon Rattle talks to Claus Spahn, music critic of the German publication "Die Zeit". Main topics of the interview are the orchestra's Digital Concert Hall, an innovative video platform opened in January 2009, and the repertoire of the new season.
Podcast Nr. 6
In October 2009 violinist Janine Jansen made her debut in a philharmonic concert in Berlin with Benjamin Britten's Violin Concerto and Daniel Harding conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker. In this intermission interview Sarah Willis, horn player of the Berliner Philharmoniker, introduces the artists to the orchestra's online audience.
Podcast Nr. 5
Guy Braunstein, 1st Konzertmeister of the Berliner Philharmoniker since 2000, was soloist in a performance of Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Semyon Bychkov conducting. In this intermission interview Stanley Dodds, violinist of the orchestra, talks to Bychkov and Braunstein about this concert which also included Stravinsky's Symphony of Wind Instruments and Schoenberg's "Verklärte Nacht".
Podcast Nr. 4
Daniel Barenboim and conductor Asher Fisch talk with Stanley Dodds, violinist of the Berliner Philharmoniker, on the occasion of a "Polish Evening" of the orchestra including Chopin's Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 with Barenboim as soloist. The concert is available as a video stream from the Berliner Philharmoniker's Digital Concert Hall.
Podcast Nr. 3
Simon Halsey, chorus master and chief conductor of the Berliner Rundfunkchor, introduces Joseph Haydn's oratorio "The Seasons", its history and musical characteristics. The Rundfunkchor performed the work with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle in September 2009. A recording is available from the orchestra's Digital Concert Hall at www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/dch
Podcast Nr. 2
In June 2009 conductor Pierre Boulez and pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard performed Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand with the Berliner Philharmoniker. In an interview with Christoph Franke they talk about this amazing collaboration. The concert also included works by Bartók and Boulez himself and is available as a video stream from the Berliner Philharmoniker's Digital Concert Hall at www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/dch.
Podcast Nr. 1
Magic, morals and Mozart – Pamela Rosenberg speaks with John Adams about his musical fairy tale "A Flowering Tree", performed on 21 and 22 December 2006 in the Berlin Philharmonie.
