Dressed in black, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe poses with their instruments in front of an elegant building. They stand on stone steps and hold various instruments in their hands, including violins, clarinets, a horn and a bassoon.
Chamber Orchestra of Europe | Picture: Julia Wesely

Series O

Included: four concerts
Prices: 128 to 166 €

The Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe have been bringing together the best of two worlds for decades: the spirit of chamber music, where every individual musician plays a crucial role, and the symphonic ideal, which places collective sound at the forefront.

In the Mahler Chamber Orchestra’s concert with violist Antoine Tamestit, Bach’s ingenious mastery of fugue meets the deeply personal expression of Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony. Similarly, in the Chamber Orchestra of Europe’s concert with Simon Rattle, ancient compositional forms intertwine with emotional intensity. By contrast, the concert conducted by Antonio Pappano is characterised by dance-like energy and the distinctive local colours of Czech and Spanish music. Violinist María Dueñas and pianist Alexander Lonquich are both charismatic soloists who, as sensitive chamber musicians, are perfectly suited to the concept of the series.

Group picture of the orchestra in front of a dramatic sky

Chamber Music Hall

Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Antoine Tamestit viola

Works by
Johann Sebastian Bach, Paul Hindemith, Alfred Schnittke and Dmitri Shostakovich

Johann Sebastian Bach
“Vor deinen Thron tretʼ ich hiermit”, Chorale, BWV 327

Paul Hindemith
Trauermusik for Viola and String Orchestra

Johann Sebastian Bach
The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus I

Johann Sebastian Bach
The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus III

Alfred Schnittke
Monolog for viola and string orchestra

Interval

Johann Sebastian Bach
The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus II

Johann Sebastian Bach
The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IV

Dmitri Shostakovich
Chamber Symphony in C minor, op. 110a (orch. Rudolf Barshai)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich, Choral, BWV 668

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Main Auditorium

At the invitation of the Berliner Philharmoniker

Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Sir Simon Rattle conductor

Works by
Béla Bartók, Ferruccio Busoni and Johannes Brahms

Béla Bartók
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106

Ferruccio Busoni
Two Studies on Doctor Faust, op. 51: No. 1 Sarabande

Interval

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, op. 98

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Chamber Music Hall
Price category Block/row Price
1
A D E
184 €
2
B C F

Wheelchair positions 1

147 €