At the start of their biennale entitled Paradise Lost? On the Threat to Nature, the Berliner Philharmoniker and chief conductor Kirill Petrenko continue their acclaimed Beethoven interpretations with the “Pastoral”. Beethoven shared the love of nature expressed in this work with Schubert and Mahler, whose music is on the programme under the direction of Zubin Mehta and Tugan Sokhiev. Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, which Gustavo Dudamel will combine with Beethoven’s rarely performed incidental music to Goethe’s Egmont, offers rugged landscapes of the soul. Marek Janowski conducts Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony, the composer’s most famous work, while Jonathan Nott conducts the Fourth Symphony by the American composer Charles Ives – visionary and powerful music.
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
Main Auditorium
Berliner Philharmoniker
Tugan Sokhiev conductor
Amihai Grosz viola
Works by
Lili Boulanger, Donghoon Shin and Gustav Mahler
Lili Boulanger
D’un matin de printemps
Donghoon Shin
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (Premiere), commissioned by the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation and the Tonkunstler Orchester
Amihai Grosz viola
Interval
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D major
Biennale of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Main Auditorium
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Works by
Edgard Varèse, Miroslav Srnka and Ludwig van Beethoven
Edgard Varèse
Arcana for large Orchestra (revised version from 1960)
Miroslav Srnka
Superorganisms, commissioned by Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic and Orchestre de Paris
Interval
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastoral”
Main Auditorium
Berliner Philharmoniker
Zubin Mehta conductor
Himari violin
Works by
Carl Maria von Weber, Henryk Wieniawski and Franz Schubert
Carl Maria von Weber
Oberon: Overture
Henryk Wieniawski
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in F sharp minor, op. 14
Himari violin
Interval
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in C major, D 944 “Great”
Main Auditorium
Berliner Philharmoniker
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
N. N. speaker
N. N. soprano
Works by
Ludwig van Beethoven and Piotr Tchaikovsky
Ludwig van Beethoven
Incidental Music to Goethe's Egmont, op. 84
N. N. speaker, N. N. soprano
Interval
Piotr Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op. 64
| Price category | Block/row | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A
Row 1–12
B Row 1–3 E Row 1–2 |
552 € |
| 2 |
B
Row 4–10
E Row 3–4 |
483 € |
| 3 |
C
Row 1–3
D Row 1–2 E Row 5–6 |
420 € |
| 4 |
E
Row 7–8
F Row 1–2 |
372 € |
| 5 |
C
Row 4–7
D Row 3–4 F Row 3–5 H Row 1–2 |
309 € |
| 6 |
C
Row 8–11
D Row 5–6 H Row 3–5 |
240 € |
| 7 |
G
Row 1–4 right
K Row 1–2 |
186 € |
| 8 |
G
Row 1–5 left
K Row 3–4 Wheelchair positions |
186 € |