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Schubert’s Seventh Symphony is shrouded in mystery. Not only did it remain “unfinished”; its inner turmoil offers a profound glimpse into the soul of Romanticism. Fear and oppression stand in stark contrast to light and joy; dark, menacing sounds alternate with dance-like melodies that seem to dance on the rim of the abyss. Daniel Barenboim, honorary conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker, pairs this work with Beethoven’s Seventh – a symphony that knows no doubt, radiating an energetic blend of optimism and determination.
Artists
Berliner Philharmoniker
Daniel Barenboim conductor
Programme
Carl Maria von Weber
Oberon: Overture
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 7 in B minor, D 759 “Unfinished”
Interval
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92
Additional information
Duration ca. 1 hour and 45 minutes (incl. 20 minutes interval)
Main Auditorium
49 to 156 €
Introduction
19:15
Series F: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Main Auditorium
49 to 156 €
Introduction
19:15
Series E: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Main Auditorium
49 to 156 €
Introduction
18:15
Series H: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Biography
Daniel Barenboim
When eleven-year-old Daniel Barenboim witnessed Edwin Fischer conducting from the piano, he thought: ”That's exactly what I want to do!“ And so the young pianist, who had already appeared in public at the age of seven in his native Buenos Aires, embarked on a career as a conductor - as the youngest member of Igor Markevitch’s conducting class. Daniel Barenboim made his conducting debut in 1967 and in the following years took on leading positions at the Orchestre de Paris, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and La Scala, Milan before becoming General Music Director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in 1992, a position he held until the beginning of 2023.
Together with the Palestinian-American philosopher and academic Edward Said, he founded the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, which takes a unique stand for tolerance and international understanding. In 2015, he also founded the Berlin Barenboim-Said Academy, which supports young musicians from the Middle East. Barenboim has enjoyed a decades-long artistic partnership with the Berliner Philharmoniker since his debut as a soloist in 1964 and as a conductor in 1969. The orchestra appointed him to the positions of honorary member in 1992 and honorary conductor in 2019. ”Even when I was a child“, he says, ”the Berliner Philharmoniker was my model of what an orchestra could and should sound like.“
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