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What would films like Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones or Harry Potter be without his extraordinary music? John Williams, superstar of American film music, gave all these blockbusters their unmistakable sound. His soundtracks provide so much more than catchy tunes; they lend depth and nuance to both stories and characters. John Williams had hoped to conduct the Berliner Philharmoniker himself, personally guiding the Berlin audience through the cosmos of his work. Unfortunately, he has been obliged to withdraw from the performance for health reasons. Stéphane Denève, his close friend and musical associate and Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, will conduct in his place.
Artists
Berliner Philharmoniker
Stéphane Denève conductor (replacing John Williams)
Bruno Delepelaire cello
Programme
John Williams
Sound the Bells
Superman March
Dracula: Night Journeys
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Symphonische Suite: Three Million Light Years from Home
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Symphonische Suite: Stargazers
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Symphonische Suite: Adventures on Earth
Interval
Hook: The Flight to Neverland
Jaws: Out to Sea/The Shark Cage Fugue
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Fawkes the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Harry’s Wondrous World
Memoirs of a Geisha: Sayuri’s Theme
Bruno Delepelaire Violoncello
Star Wars, The Force Awakens: March of the Resistance
Star Wars, Return of the Jedi: Luke and Leia
Star Wars, Suite for Orchestra: Main Title
Additional information
Duration ca. 2 hours and 15 minutes (incl. 20 minutes interval)
Main Auditorium
61 to 215 €
Introduction
19:15
Series F: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Main Auditorium
61 to 215 €
Introduction
19:15
Series M: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Main Auditorium
61 to 215 €
Introduction
18:15
Biography
Stéphane Denève
Stéphane Denève is Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. A graduate of the Paris Conservatoire, he began his career assisting Sir Georg Solti, Georges Prêtre and Seiji Ozawa. His first position as chief conductor came in 2005 with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, followed by a tenure with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Denève has also served as Principal Guest Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra and Chief Conductor of the Brussels Philharmonic. Born in Tourcoing near Lille, he regularly appears with many of the world’s leading orchestras and opera houses, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, the New York Philharmonic, the Royal Opera House in London, and La Scala in Milan.
Denève has a particular affinity for French repertoire as well as for music of the 20th and 21st centuries. In addition to conducting, he is deeply committed to nurturing young talent, working with institutions such as the Tanglewood Music Center of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the New World Symphony, America's orchestral academy. In 2020, Stéphane Denève conducted the Nobel Prize Concert with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic. Two years later, he led the official gala celebrating John Williams’s 90th birthday with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington. These concert he mark his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Bruno Delepelaire
Bruno Delepelaire was born in Paris and began playing the cello at the age of five. He studied with Philippe Muller at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 2012, he moved to Berlin to continue his training with Jens Peter Maintz at the University of the Arts and with Ludwig Quandt at the Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker. He also took part in masterclasses with renowned musicians such as François Salque, Wen-Sinn Yang, and Wolfgang Boettcher. Bruno Delepelaire gained orchestral experience with the Verbier Festival Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, as well as other ensembles. He has been Principal Cello of the Berliner Philharmoniker since November 2013.
Delepelaire has won several awards as a soloist and with his string quartet, Quatuor Cavatine. As a chamber musician, he also performs with the Berlin Piano Quartet and with the 12 Cellists of the Berliner Philharmoniker. As a soloist, he has appeared with numerous symphony orchestras, including the Berliner Philharmoniker. In 2021, when John Williams made his conducting debut with the orchestra, Bruno Delepelaire performed the solo part in Williams’s Elegy for Cello and Orchestra.
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