Date
24.08. – 18.09.2024
Organiser
Berliner Festspiele
Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker
Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Bruckner · Rihm / Kirill Petrenko
Mazzoli · Eötvös · Ives / Jonathan Nott
Prokofiev · Schoenberg / Lahav Shani
While the “Americas” define the face of popular music from bossa nova to jazz and hip-hop, in art music this part of the world often still seems like terra incognita. In 2024, the Musikfest Berlin – organised by the Berliner Festspiele in collaboration with the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation – will therefore be dedicated to the double continent: Amériques is the title of the edition, after the powerful orchestral piece by Edgar Varèse. International guest orchestras, the Berliner Philharmoniker and other Berlin-based orchestras present a festival programme that juxtaposes an American focus with a diverse panorama of European music, from Renaissance works to contemporary composers.
Musikfest Berlin
Main Auditorium
At the invitation of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Antonello Manacorda conductor
Anna Prohaska soprano
Works by
Charles Ives, Eberhard Kloke, Gustav Mahler and Antonín Dvořák
Charles Ives
Seven Somgs from 114 Songs, transcr. for soprano and small orchestra by Eberhard Kloke
Anna Prohaska soprano
Eberhard Kloke
The Answered Question für kleines Orchester op. 131
Interval
Gustav Mahler
Seven early songs for soprano and orchestra (arr. Eberhard Kloke)
Anna Prohaska soprano
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World”
Musikfest Berlin
Main Auditorium
Berliner Philharmoniker
Jonathan Nott conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
Ernst Senff Chor Berlin choir
Works by
Missy Mazzoli, Peter Eötvös and Charles Ives
Missy Mazzoli
Orpheus undone
Peter Eötvös
Cziffra Psodia for piano and orchestra (German Premiere)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
Interval
Charles Ives
Symphony No. 4
Ernst Senff Chor Berlin choir
Musikfest Berlin
Main Auditorium
Berliner Philharmoniker
Jonathan Nott conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
Ernst Senff Chor Berlin choir
Works by
Missy Mazzoli, Peter Eötvös and Charles Ives
Missy Mazzoli
Orpheus undone
Peter Eötvös
Cziffra Psodia for piano and orchestra (German Premiere)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
Interval
Charles Ives
Symphony No. 4
Ernst Senff Chor Berlin choir
Musikfest Berlin
Main Auditorium
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Works by
Wolfgang Rihm and Anton Bruckner
Wolfgang Rihm
IN-SCHRIFT
Interval
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
Musikfest Berlin
Main Auditorium
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Works by
Wolfgang Rihm and Anton Bruckner
Wolfgang Rihm
IN-SCHRIFT
Interval
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
Musikfest Berlin
Chamber Music Hall
Harry Ward violin
Angelo de Leo violin
Tobias Reifland viola
Solène Kermarrec cello
Andraž Golob clarinet
Works by
Wolfgang Rihm and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Rihm
Four Studies for a clarinet quintet
Interval
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581