WELCOME TO THE DIGITAL CONCERT HALL An era is drawing to a close for the Berliner Other than all these reminiscences are Philharmoniker. With the 2017/2018 season, Wagner’s Parsifal and Janáček’s The Cunning Sir Simon Rattle’s tenure as the orchestra’s Little Vixen, two operas Sir Simon has never chief conductor comes to an end after 16 performed with the Berliner Philharmoniker years. The concerts programmed for the Phil- before. Concerts with Mahler’s Sixth Sym- harmonie and the Digital Concert Hall allow phony – with which Rattle made his debut us to relive some of the many highlights of with the Philharmoniker in 1987 – and the these years. traditional end-of-season concert at the Waldbühne bring this great chapter in the his- A performance of the oratorio The tory of the orchestra to a close. Crea tion, for example, lets audiences enjoy Rattle the celebrated Haydn conductor once In addition to Simon Rattle, there are a more, while with Schumann’s Paradise and host of outstanding guest conductors and the Peri, Sir Simon presents one of his fa- soloists in the Digital Concert Hall this sea- vourite works of the Romantic repertoire. We son, including Kirill Petrenko, who takes up also have another opportunity to hear the his position as the new chief conductor of the completion of Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony Berliner Philharmoniker in 2019. which caused a sensation in 2012, and Rattle conducting Stravinsky is, of course, also an We invite you to experience the 2017/2018 absolute must. On top of all that, there are season live and explore our video archive with joint appearances with artistic friends such its hundreds of concert recordings. The Ber- as Mitsuko Uchida and Daniel Barenboim. liner Philharmoniker look forward to seeing you! DIGITAL CONCERT HALL www.digital-concert-hall.com WHERE WE PLAY JUST FOR YOU PROGRAMME 2017/2018 Streaming Partner 1 DIGITAL CONCERT HALL PROGRAMME 2017/2018 2 TICKETS DEVICES Our tickets allow you to watch all concerts SUBSCRIPTION: and films in the Digital Concert Hall – as € 14.90 US$ 17 / MONTH often as you like, on any device you choose. With a 12-Month Ticket or Subscription, you Automatic renewal won’t miss any of the live broadcasts, plus Cancellation possible at any time you have permanent access to the archive. If you would like to try out the Digital Concert 12MONTH TICKET: Hall, we recommend our tickets with 7 or 30 € 149 US$ 169 days’ duration. Or you can explore the Digital Concert Hall free of charge with a no-obli- No automatic renewal gation registration which grants access to hundreds of interviews, to performances of 30-Day Ticket € 19.90 (US$ 23) our Educational Programme and a complete 7-Day Ticket € 9.90 (US$ 11) concert recording. 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Berlin Philharmonie wherever you happen to be – or to transmit the signal to your TV screen via Apple TV or Chromecast. PROGRAMME 2017/2018 4 PROGRAMME 2017/2018 AUGUST 2017 LIVE LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE FRI 25 AUGUST 7 P.M. New York: 1 p.m. / Tokyo: Sat, 2 a.m. Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle conductor Genia Kühmeier soprano Mark Padmore tenor Florian Boesch baritone Rundfunkchor Berlin Gijs Leenaars chorus master Georg Friedrich Haas Ein kleines symphonisches Gedicht – für Wolfgang commissioned by the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation première Joseph Haydn The Creation, Hob. XXI:2 5 DIGITAL CONCERT HALL SEPTEMBER 2017 LIVE LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE SUN 10 SEPTEMBER 8 P.M. SAT 23 SEPTEMBER 7 P.M. New York: 2 p.m. / Tokyo: Mon, 3 a.m. New York: 1 p.m. / Tokyo: Sun, 2 a.m. Berliner Philharmoniker Berliner Philharmoniker Susanna Mälkki conductor Alain Altinoglu conductor Gil Shaham violin Máté Szűcs viola Ferruccio Busoni Tanz-Walzer Maurice Ravel Rapsodie espagnole for orchestra, op. 53 Béla Bartók Viola Concerto, Sz 120 Béla Bartók Claude Debussy Suite from Pelléas Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz 112 et Mélisande, arranged by Alain Altinoglu Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 2 première in D major, op. 43 Albert Roussel Bacchus et Ariane, Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation Suite No. 2, op. 43 in cooperation with Berliner Festspiele/Musikfest Berlin LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE SAT 30 SEPTEMBER 7 P.M. LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE New York: 1 p.m. / Tokyo: Sun, 2 a.m. SAT 16 SEPTEMBER 7 P.M. Berliner Philharmoniker New York: 1 p.m. / Tokyo: Sun, 2 a.m. Daniele Gatti conductor Berliner Philharmoniker Paul Hindemith Marek Janowski conductor Symphony Mathis der Maler Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2 Hans Pfitzner 3 Orchestral Preludes in D major, op. 73 from Palestrina Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E flat major “Romantic” (2nd version from 1878/1880) Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation in cooperation with Berliner Festspiele/Musikfest Berlin 7 DIGITAL CONCERT HALL OCTOBER 2017 LIVE LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE SAT 07 OCTOBER 7 P.M. SAT 21 OCTOBER 7 P.M. New York: 1 p.m. / Tokyo: Sun, 2 a.m. New York: 1 p.m. / Tokyo: Sun, 2 a.m. Berliner Philharmoniker Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor Mitsuko Uchida piano Hanna-Elisabeth Müller soprano Amihai Grosz viola Wiebke Lehmkuhl contralto Markus Werba baritone Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Rundfunkchor Berlin Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K 595 Gijs Leenaars chorus master William Walton Viola Concerto Zoltán Kodály Háry János Suite Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach “Heilig”, cantata for solo contralto, 2 mixed choirs and 2 orchestras, Wq 217 LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE Johannes Brahms SAT 14 OCTOBER 7 P.M. A German Requiem, op. 45 New York: 1 p.m. / Tokyo: Sun, 2 a.m. Berliner Philharmoniker LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE Sir Simon Rattle conductor SAT 28 OCTOBER 7 P.M. Gerald Finley bass-baritone (Forester) New York: 1 p.m. / Tokyo: Sun, 2 a.m. Burkhard Ulrich tenor (Schoolmaster) Hanno Müller-Brachmann baritone Berliner Philharmoniker (Harashta) Ton Koopman conductor Angela Denoke soprano (Fox) Christina Landshamer soprano Lucy Crowe soprano (Vixen) Wiebke Lehmkuhl contralto Willard White bass (Parson, Badger) Tilman Lichdi tenor Vocalconsort Berlin Klaus Mertens bass Vocal Heroes Children’s Choirs RIAS Kammerchor Peter Sellars stage direction Justin Doyle chorus master Leoš Janáček Příhody lišky Bystroušky Johann Sebastian Bach (The Cunning Little Vixen) Mass in B minor, BWV 232 9 DIGITAL CONCERT HALL PROGRAMME 2017/2018 10 NOVEMBER 2017 DECEMBER 2017 LIVE LIVE LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE FRI 03 NOVEMBER 8 P.M. SUN 03 DECEMBER 3 P.M. SAT 09 DECEMBER 10 P.M. New York: 3 p.m. / Tokyo: Sat, 4 a.m. New York: 9 a.m. / Tokyo: 11 p.m. New York: 4 p.m. / Tokyo: Sun, 6 a.m. Berliner Philharmoniker Education Project: Vocal Heroes Philharmonie “Late Night” Sir Simon Rattle conductor Singalong Concert for Advent Sir Simon Rattle piano Igor Stravinsky Petrushka (1947 version) Vocal Heroes Children’s Choirs Daishin Kashimoto violin Unsuk Chin New Work commissioned Members of the Berliner Ludwig Quandt cello by the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation Philharmoniker Wenzel Fuchs clarinet première Sergei Rachmaninov Claude Debussy Symphony No. 3 in A minor, op. 44 LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE Sonata for Violin and Piano SUN 03 DECEMBER 8 P.M. Olivier Messiaen Quatuor pour la fin du temps New York: 2 p.m. / Tokyo: Mon, 4 a.m. Berliner Philharmoniker Bernard Haitink conductor LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE SAT 16 DECEMBER 7 P.M. Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 9 New York: 1 p.m. / Tokyo: Sun, 3 a.m. Berliner Philharmoniker LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE Christian Thielemann conductor SAT 09 DECEMBER 7 P.M. Genia Kühmeier soprano Elisabeth Kulman mezzo-soprano New York: 1 p.m. / Tokyo: Sun, 3 a.m. Daniel Behle tenor Berliner Philharmoniker Franz-Josef Selig bass Herbert Blomstedt conductor Rundfunkchor Berlin Maria João Pires piano Justin Doyle chorus master Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Ludwig van Beethoven Concerto No. 23 in A major, K 488 Missa solemnis in D major, op. 123 Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 3 in D minor (1st version from 1873) PROGRAMME 2017/2018 12 LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE FRI 22 DECEMBER 8 P.M. SUN 31 DECEMBER 5.30 P.M. New York: 2 p.m. / Tokyo: Sat, 4 a.m. New York: 11.30 a.m. / Tokyo: Mon, 1.30 a.m. Berliner Philharmoniker Berliner Philharmoniker Iván Fischer conductor Sir Simon Rattle conductor Vilde Frang violin Joyce DiDonato mezzo-soprano Mari Eriksmoen soprano Kitty Whately mezzo-soprano Antonín Dvořák Carnival Overture, op. 92 Ladies of the Igor Stravinsky Apollon musagète: Philharmonia Chorus Vienna Pas de deux Walter Zeh chorus master Richard Strauss Orchestral Songs Leonard Bernstein 3 Dance Episodes Béla Bartók Hungarian Peasant Songs from On the Town for orchestra, Sz 100 Dmitri Shostakovich Suite from Violin Concerto No.