Welcome to the Digital Concert Hall he time has finally come! Four years have Emmanuelle Haïm, the singers Marlis Petersen passed since the Berliner Philharmoniker – the orchestra’s Artist in Residence – Diana T elected Kirill Petrenko as their future chief Damrau, Elīna Garanča, Anja Kampe and Julia conductor. Since then, the orchestra and con- Lezhneva, plus the instrumentalists Isabelle ductor have given many exciting concerts, fuel- Faust, Janine Jansen, Alice Sara Ott and Anna ling anticipation of a new beginning. “Strauss Vinnitskaya. Yet another focus should be like this you encounter once in a decade – if mentioned: the extraordinary opportunities to you’re lucky,” as the London Times wrote about hear members of the Berliner Philharmoniker their Don Juan together. as protagonists in solo concertos. With the 2019/2020 season, the partnership We invite you to accompany the Berliner officially starts. It is a spectacular opening with Philharmoniker as they enter the Petrenko era. Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, whose over- Look forward to getting to know the orchestra whelmingly joyful finale is perfect for the festive again, with fresh inspiration and new per- occasion. Just one day later, the work can be spectives, and in concerts full of energy and heard once again at an open-air concert in vibrancy. front of the Brandenburg Gate, to welcome the people of Berlin. Further highlights with Kirill Petrenko follow: the New Year’s Eve concert, www.digital-concert-hall.com featuring works by Gershwin and Bernstein, a concert together with Daniel Barenboim as the soloist, Mahler’s Sixth Symphony, Beethoven’s Fidelio at the Baden-Baden Easter Festival and in Berlin, and – for the European concert – the first appearance by the Berliner Philharmoniker in Israel for 26 years. In addition to all new beginnings, wonderful traditions are continued. These include, in par- ticular, the guest performances of longtime friends such as Herbert Blomstedt, Gustavo Dudamel, Mariss Jansons, Paavo Järvi, Zubin Mehta, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Christian Thielemann. Of course, Sir Simon Rattle returns to the Berliner Philharmoniker – with rarities that he has never conducted here before. The women among this season’s guests play a particularly important role: the conductor PROGRAMME 2019/2020 | 1 Tickets Devices Our tickets allow you to watch all concerts and SUBSCRIPTION: films in the Digital Concert Hall – as often as € 14.90 (US$ 17) / MONTH you like, on any device you choose. With a Automatic renewal 12-Month Ticket or Subscription, you won’t miss Cancellation possible at any time any of the live broadcasts, plus you have per- manent access to the archive. If you would like 12-MONTH TICKET: € 149 (US$ 169) to try out the Digital Concert Hall, we recom- No automatic renewal mend our tickets with 7 or 30 days’ duration. Or you can explore the Digital Concert Hall free of 30-Day Ticket € 19.90 (US$ 23) charge with a no-obli gation registration which 7-Day Ticket € 9.90 (US$ 11) grants access to hundreds of interviews, per- formances of our Educational Programme, By the way: the 12-Month Ticket, the 30-Day and selected concert recordings. Ticket and the 7-Day Ticket are also available as gift vouchers. With the latest 4K resolution, the Digital Concert you to easily enjoy great concert experiences Hall offers brilliant sound and crystal clear in your living room. images. On the go or at home, on the device of your choice. Streaming Devices The Digital Concert Hall is also available for Computer external streaming devices such as Apple TV, At www.digital-concert-hall.com, not only can Amazon Fire TV and the Roku Streaming Player: you find out everything about our offer, but you a simple way to enjoy our concerts on television can also watch all the videos – or do so on your sets without their own Internet connection. television, via a cable connection. Smartphone & Tablet TV & Blu-ray Use our free mobile apps for iPhone and iPad The Digital Concert Hall is installed as a free and for Android devices to be a guest in the app on current devices by Panasonic, Sony, Berlin Philharmonie wherever you happen Samsung, LG, Loewe, Philips and can also be to be – or to transmit the signal to your TV screen used in conjunction with the Xbox. This allows via Apple TV or Chromecast. PROGRAMME 2019/2020 | 2 PROGRAMME 2019/2020 | 3 Programme 2019/2020 August September LIVE LIVE Live from the Philharmonie Live from the Brandenburg Gate Live from the Philharmonie Live from the Philharmonie FRI 23.08. 19:00 SAT 24.08. 20:00 SUN 08.09. 20:00 SAT 21.09. 19:00 New York: 13:00 / Tokyo: Sat, 02:00 New York: 14:00 / Tokyo: Sun, 03:00 New York: 14:00 / Tokyo: Mon, 03:00 New York: 13:00 / Tokyo: Sun, 02:00 Berliner Philharmoniker Berliner Philharmoniker Berliner Philharmoniker Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Kirill Petrenko conductor Peter Eötvös conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali conductor Marlis Petersen soprano Marlis Petersen soprano Isabelle Faust violin Alice Sara Ott piano Elisabeth Kulman mezzo-soprano Elisabeth Kulman mezzo-soprano Benjamin Bruns tenor Benjamin Bruns tenor Peter Eötvös Alhambra, Concerto for Violin Uuno Klami Kalevala-Suite, op. 23: Kwangchul Youn bass Kwangchul Youn bass and Orchestra No. 3 (German première) 4. Cradle Song for Lemminkäinen Rundfunkchor Berlin Rundfunkchor Berlin Iannis Xenakis Shaar for large string 5. The Forging of the Sampo Gijs Leenaars chorus master Gijs Leenaars chorus master orchestra Maurice Ravel Concerto for Piano and Edgard Varèse Amériques (1st version Orchestra in G major Alban Berg Lulu Suite Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 1918–22, rev. 1997) Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 1 in E minor Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 in D minor, op. 125 In cooperation with Berliner Festspiele / Kindly supported by Deutsche Bank and the Musikfest Berlin Friends of the Berliner Philharmoniker e.V. Live from the Philharmonie SAT 28.09. 19:00 New York: 13:00 / Tokyo: Sun, 02:00 Live from the Philharmonie SAT 14.09. 19:00 Berliner Philharmoniker New York: 13:00 / Tokyo: Sun, 02:00 Mikko Franck conductor Anna Vinnitskaya piano Berliner Philharmoniker Daniel Harding conductor Einojuhani Rautavaara Apotheosis Kate Lindsey mezzo-soprano Sergei Prokofiev Concerto for Piano Andrew Staples tenor and Orchestra No. 2 in G minor, op. 16 Shenyang bass-baritone Claude Debussy Printemps Rundfunkchor Berlin (orchestral version) Gijs Leenaars chorus master Maurice Ravel Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 Hector Berlioz Roméo et Juliette, Symphonie dramatique, op. 17 In cooperation with Berliner Festspiele / Musikfest Berlin PROGRAMME 2019/2020 | 7 October LIVE Live from the Philharmonie Live from the Philharmonie SAT 05.10. 19:00 SAT 19.10. 19:00 New York: 13:00 / Tokyo: Sun, 02:00 New York: 13:00 / Tokyo: Sun, 02:00 Berliner Philharmoniker Berliner Philharmoniker Adam Fischer conductor and piano Emmanuelle Haïm conductor Julia Lezhneva soprano Lucy Crowe soprano Florian Sempey baritone Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425 “Linz” Henry Purcell Suite from The Fairy Queen Joseph Haydn “Berenice, che fai?”, George Frideric Handel Music for the Cantata for Soprano and Orchestra, Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 Hob. XXIVa: 10 Apollo e Dafne, Cantata for Soprano, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “Ch’io mi Bass, Flute, Oboe, Strings and Continuo, scordi di te?” – “Non temer, amato bene”, HWV 122 Scena and Rondo, K. 505 Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 104 in D major Live from the Philharmonie SAT 26.10. 19:00 New York: 13:00 / Tokyo: Sun, 02:00 Live from the Philharmonie SAT 12.10. 19:00 Berliner Philharmoniker New York: 13:00 / Tokyo: Sun, 02:00 François-Xavier Roth conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano Berliner Philharmoniker Paavo Järvi conductor Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 59 in A major Janine Jansen violin “Fire Symphony” Béla Bartók Concerto for Piano and Jean Sibelius Tapiola, Symphonic Poem, Orchestra No. 3, Sz 119 op. 112 Edgard Varèse Arcana for large orchestra Peter Tchaikovsky Concerto for Violin and (revised version from 1960) Orchestra in D major, op. 35 Robert Schumann Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 97 “Rhenish” PROGRAMME 2019/2020 | 8 November LIVE Live from the Philharmonie Live from the Philharmonie Live from the Philharmonie SAT 26.10. 22:00 SAT 02.11. 19:00 FRI 08.11. 20:00 New York: 16:00 / Tokyo: Sun, 05:00 New York: 14:00 / Tokyo: Sun, 03:00 New York: 14:00 / Tokyo: Sat, 04:00 Late Night Berliner Philharmoniker Berliner Philharmoniker Zubin Mehta conductor Zubin Mehta conductor Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker Amihai Grosz viola François-Xavier Roth conductor Ludwig Quandt violoncello Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C minor (2nd Version from 1890) Edgard Varèse Density 21.5 for solo flute Richard Strauss Don Quixote, Hyperprism for winds and percussion Symphonic Poem, op. 35 instruments Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 3 Intégrales for small wind orchestra and in E flat major, op. 55 “Eroica” percussion Ionisation for 13 percussionists Octandre for seven winds and double bass Offrandes, two pieces for soprano and chamber orchestra Poème électronique for audio tape December LIVE Live from the Philharmonie Live from the Philharmonie SAT 07.12. 19:00 SUN 15.12. 11:00 New York: 13:00 / Tokyo: Sun, 03:00 New York: 05:00 / Tokyo: 19:00 Berliner Philharmoniker Education Project: Family Concert Christian Thielemann conductor Anja Kampe soprano Winds of the Berliner Philharmoniker Sarah Willis horn and presenter Richard Strauss Sonatina for 16 Winds Malte Arkona presentation No. 1 in F major, WoO 135 “From the Workshop of an Invalid” Merry QUIZmas Three Hymns, op. 71 Der Rosenkavalier, Suite, op. 59 Live from the Philharmonie SAT 21.12.