Philharmonic Chamber Music

If one takes the term “chamber music” literally, it suggests a reflective quality that doesn’t necessarily apply to the great works of the genre. This is especially true of Franz Schubert, whose music not only enchants us with its melodic beauty but also impresses us through its structural complexity and the extreme emotional worlds to which it leads us. These are more than enough reasons for the musicians of the Berliner Philharmoniker to focus on Schubert’s chamber music in this subscription series. The climax will be a Schubert marathon in April 2024 that passes through this landscape of the soul – including famous works like the “Trout” Quintet, the String Quintet in C major and the haunting “Death and the Maiden” Quartet.

The Scharoun Ensemble has a traditionally close connection with Schubert. His expansive Octet, coming from the tradition of ingeniously diverting serenades, was on the programme when the group was formed in 1983. Now it will be heard again in its 40th-anniversary concert. The Feininger Trio’s contribution emphasizes Schubert as a founding father of Romanticism. With his Piano Trio in E flat major as point of departure, the concert will press forward to the end phase of that era with darkly emotional trios by Johannes Brahms and Alexander von Zemlinsky.

A further concert in the series continues this journey in the direction of Expressionism and emerging Modernism, offering Verklärte Nacht and Pierrot Lunaire, two rapt, dreamlike masterworks from Arnold Schoenberg’s early and middle creative periods. To close this series, musicians including four soloists from the Berliner Philharmoniker and the pianist Eric Le Sage will undertake a colourful tour through the chamber repertoire, concluding with Schoenberg’s visionary First Chamber Symphony.

Konzerte dieser Serie

Wednesday,

27 Sep 2023,
20:00

Chamber Music Hall

Chamber Music | Series: Q – Philharmonic Chamber Music

Wed 27 Sep 2023, 20:00
Chamber Music Hall

Jubiläumskonzert 40 Jahre Scharoun Ensemble

Scharoun Ensemble Berlin

Wolfram Brandl violin

Christophe Horák violin

Rachel Schmidt violin

Micha Afkham viola

Claudio Bohórquez cello

Peter Riegelbauer double bass

Alexander Bader clarinet

Markus Weidmann bassoon

Stefan de Leval Jezierski french horn

Works by Hans Werner Henze, David Philip Hefti, Brett Dean and Franz Schubert

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Tuesday,

30 Jan 2024,
20:00

Chamber Music Hall

Chamber Music | Series: Q – Philharmonic Chamber Music

Tue 30 Jan 2024, 20:00
Chamber Music Hall

Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker

Stanley Dodds conductor

Philip Mayers piano

Tabatha McFadyen voice

Works by Franz Schreker and Arnold Schoenberg

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Tuesday,

05 Mar 2024,
20:00

Chamber Music Hall

Chamber Music | Series: Q – Philharmonic Chamber Music

Tue 05 Mar 2024, 20:00
Chamber Music Hall

Feininger Trio

Works by Franz Schubert, Alexander Zemlinsky, Konstantia Gourzi and Johannes Brahms

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Tuesday,

07 May 2024,
20:00

Chamber Music Hall

Chamber Music | Series: Q – Philharmonic Chamber Music

Tue 07 May 2024, 20:00
Chamber Music Hall

Emmanuel Pahud flute

Wenzel Fuchs clarinet

Daishin Kashimoto violin

Ludwig Quandt cello

Eric Le Sage piano

Works by Joseph Haydn, Alban Berg, Maria Theresia von Paradis, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Anton Webern, Gustav Mahler and Arnold Schoenberg

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