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DIGITAL CONCERT HALL WHERE WE PLAY JUST FOR YOU PROGRAMME 2015/2016 PROGRAMME 2015/2016 1 WELCOME TO THE DIGITAL CONCERT HALL When people think of classical music, they And there is a lot more to see and hear invariably think of Ludwig van Beethoven. in the Digital Concert Hall this season on top Interpretations of his symphonies were high- of the symphonic concerts of the Berliner lights of the tenure of all chief conductors of Philharmoniker: late-night concerts, educa- the Berliner Philharmoniker. In the 2015/2016 tional projects, concerts by youth orchestras season, Sir Simon Rattle will present his and a variety of bonus films. In short: as al- reading of these works – in the Berlin Phil- ways, you have the opportunity to immerse harmonie and in the Digital Concert Hall. yourself in the world of the Berliner Philhar- moniker. Sir Simon also appears on two occa- sions as an opera conductor. These include a concert performance of Wagner’s Tristan www.digital-concert-hall.com and Isolde with Stuart Skelton and Eva-Maria Westbroek. We will also encounter another famous pair of lovers in Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande – here directed by Peter Sellars and with Christian Gerhaher and Magdalena Kožená in the title roles. Debussy’s opera is part of a further theme that runs through the season, that of French music, which also includes works by Hector Berlioz, Henri Dutilleux, César Franck, Francis Poulenc, Maurice Ravel and Camille Saint-Saëns. Outstanding conductors and soloists will as usual appear as guest artists in these and many other works from all areas of the sym- phonic repertoire. 2 DIGITAL CONCERT HALL TICKETS Digital Concert Hall visitors have a choice MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION between subscriptions and tickets with vary- FOR € 14.90 US$ 17 ing periods of validity. All these tickets – de- signed for use with mobile and TV apps as Renewed automatically; cancellation possible well as on the Digital Concert Hall website at any time – offer you unlimited access to all concerts and documentation. Interviews, trailers and 12MONTH TICKET Education Programme videos are also avail- FOR € 149 US$ 170 able free of charge. No automatic renewal 30DAY TICKET FOR € 19.90 US$ 23 No automatic renewal 7DAY TICKET FOR € 9.90 US$ 11.50 No automatic renewal By the way: the 12-Month Ticket, 30-Day Ticket and 7-Day Ticket are also available as gift vouchers. PROGRAMME 2015/2016 3 DEVICES Computer Streaming Devices At www.digital-concert-hall.com, not only can The Digital Concert Hall is also available for you find out everything about our offer, but external streaming devices such as the Ama- you can also watch all the videos – or do so zon Fire TV box, the Amazon Fire TV Stick and on your television too, via a cable connection. the Google Nexus Player: a simple way to enjoy our concerts on television sets without TV & Blu-ray their own Internet connection. The Digital Concert Hall is installed as a free app on current devices from Sony, Samsung, Smartphone & Tablet LG, Loewe, Toshiba, Panasonic, Philips and Use our free mobile apps for iPhone and iPad Oppo. This allows you to easily enjoy great and for Android devices to be a guest in the concert experiences in your living room. Berlin Philharmonie wherever you happen to be – or to transmit the signal to your TV screen via Apple TV or Chromecast. PROGRAMME 2015/2016 PROGRAMME 2015/2016 5 AUGUST 2015 LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE FRI 28 AUGUST 7 P.M. New York: 1 p.m. /Tokyo: Sat, 2 a.m. Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle Conductor Benjamin Britten Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge for String Orchestra, op. 10 Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 4 in C minor 6 DIGITAL CONCERT HALL SEPTEMBER 2015 LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE Arnold Schoenberg Die glückliche Hand, SUN 13 SEPTEMBER 8 P.M. Monodrama for Baritone, Chamber Choir and Orchestra op. 18 New York: 2 p.m. /Tokyo: Mon, 3 a.m. Carl Nielsen Pan and Syrinx Berliner Philharmoniker Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 4 Matthias Pintscher Conductor “The Inextinguishable” Renaud Capuçon Violin In cooperation with Berliner Festspiele/ Gabriel Fauré Pelléas et Mélisande, Musikfest Berlin Suite op. 80 Matthias Pintscher Mar’eh for Violin and Orchestra LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE Arnold Schoenberg Chamber Symphony SAT 26 SEPTEMBER 7 P.M. No. 2, op. 38 New York: 1 p.m. /Tokyo: Sun, 2 a.m. Claude Debussy La Mer Berliner Philharmoniker In cooperation with Berliner Festspiele/ Zubin Mehta Conductor Musikfest Berlin Gil Shaham Violin Thierry Escaich Organ LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE Franz Schmidt Intermezzo and Carnival SAT 19 SEPTEMBER 7 P.M. Music from Notre Dame Erich Wolfgang Korngold New York: 1 p.m. /Tokyo: Sun, 2 a.m. Violin Concerto in D major Berliner Philharmoniker Camille Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 Sir Simon Rattle Conductor in C minor “Organ Symphony” Florian Boesch Bass-Baritone Members of the Rundfunkchor Berlin Gijs Leenaars Chorus Master Bernard Herrmann Psycho: A Narrative for String Orchestra PROGRAMME 2015/2016 9 OCTOBER 2015 LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE FREE WEBCAST TUE 13 OCTOBER 8 P.M. MON 05 OCTOBER 8 P.M. New York: 2 p.m. /Tokyo: Wed, 3 a.m. New York: 2 p.m. /Tokyo: Tue, 3 a.m. Berliner Philharmoniker At the invitation of the Berliner Sir Simon Rattle Conductor Philharmoniker Ludwig van Beethoven Leonora Overture Junge Deutsche Philharmonie No. 1 in C major Jonathan Nott Conductor Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 2 Antoine Tamestit Viola in D major Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Sofia Gubaidulina Viola Concerto in C minor Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D minor LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE WED 14 OCTOBER 8 P.M. LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE New York: 2 p.m. /Tokyo: Thu, 3 a.m. MON 12 OCTOBER 8 P.M. Berliner Philharmoniker New York: 2 p.m. /Tokyo: Tue, 3 a.m. Sir Simon Rattle Conductor Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle Conductor Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F major Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 1 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in C major in F major “Pastoral” Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E flat major “Eroica” 10 DIGITAL CONCERT HALL LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE THU 15 OCTOBER 8 P.M. SAT 24 OCTOBER 7 P.M. New York: 2 p.m. /Tokyo: Fri, 3 a.m. New York: 1 p.m. /Tokyo: Sun, 2 a.m. Berliner Philharmoniker Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle Conductor Giovanni Antonini Conductor Piotr Anderszewski Piano Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B flat major Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 101 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in D major “The Clock” in A major Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto in C minor, K. 491 Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 103 LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE in E flat major “Drumroll” FRI 16 OCTOBER 8 P.M. New York: 2 p.m. /Tokyo: Sat, 3 a.m. LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE Berliner Philharmoniker FRI 30 OCTOBER 8 P.M. Sir Simon Rattle Conductor New York: 3 p.m. /Tokyo: Sat, 4 a.m. Annette Dasch Soprano Eva Vogel Mezzo-Soprano Berliner Philharmoniker Christian Elsner Tenor Andris Nelsons Conductor Dimitry Ivashchenko Bass Baiba Skride Violin Rundfunkchor Berlin Simon Halsey Chorus Master Dmitri Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Richard Strauss An Alpine Symphony in D minor PROGRAMME 2015/2016 11 NOVEMBER 2015 LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE SUN 29 NOVEMBER 5 P.M. New York: 11 a.m. /Tokyo: Mon, 1 a.m. Education Project: Family Concert Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker Sarah Willis, Malte Arkona Presenters Merry QUIZmas! Musical Advent Quiz 12 DIGITAL CONCERT HALL DECEMBER 2015 LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE TUE 01 DECEMBER 8 P.M. SUN 20 DECEMBER 8 P.M. New York: 2 p.m. /Tokyo: Wed, 4 a.m. New York: 2 p.m. /Tokyo: Mon, 4 a.m. Berliner Philharmoniker Berliner Philharmoniker François-Xavier Roth Conductor Sir Simon Rattle Conductor Anna Caterina Antonacci Soprano Magdalena Kožená Mezzo-Soprano (Mélisande) Edgard Varèse Ionisation Christian Gerhaher Baritone (Pelléas) for 13 Percussionists Bernarda Fink Contralto (Geneviève) Jean-Baptiste Lully Suite from Franz-Josef Selig Bass-Baritone (Arkel) Le Bourgeois gentilhomme Gerald Finley Bass-Baritone (Golaud) Hector Berlioz Les Nuits d’été TBC Boy Soprano (Yniold) for Soprano and Orchestra Jörg Schneider Bass (Doctor) Claude Debussy Première Suite Sascha Glintenkamp Bass-Baritone d’orchestre (Shepherd) Maurice Ravel La Valse Rundfunkchor Berlin Nicolas Fink Chorus Master Peter Sellars Staging LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE SUN 06 DECEMBER 8 P.M. Claude Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande (semi-staged performance) New York: 2 p.m. /Tokyo: Mon, 4 a.m. Berliner Philharmoniker Bernard Haitink Conductor Till Fellner Piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto in C major, K. 503 Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D minor PROGRAMME 2015/2016 13 LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE THU 31 DECEMBER 5:30 P.M. New York: 11:30 a.m. /Tokyo: Fri, 1:30 a.m. Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle Conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter Violin Emmanuel Chabrier Overture to L’Étoile Camille Saint-Saëns Introduction et Rondo capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra in A minor Jules Massenet El Cid, Orchestral Suite Maurice Ravel Tzigane Francis Poulenc Les Biches, Ballet Suite Maurice Ravel La Valse 14 DIGITAL CONCERT HALL JANUARY 2016 LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE Aribert Reimann Sieben Fragmente für SAT 09 JANUARY 7 P.M. Orchester in memoriam Robert Schumann Richard Strauss 4 Symphonic Interludes New York: 1 p.m. /Tokyo: Sun, 3 a.m. from Intermezzo Berliner Philharmoniker Christian Thielemann Conductor Sophie Koch Soprano LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE Marie-Pierre Langlamet Harp SAT 16 JANUARY 10 P.M.