20 21 Digital Concert Hall Where we play just for you Streaming Partner “Heat” Series See page 58 for more information Dear Friends of the When this brochure went to press, the plan- Berliner Philharmoniker ning from January 2021 onwards was not yet complete, which is why you will find the origi- In this brochure we give you a preview of the nal concert programmes here. In order to be 2020/21 season in the Digital Concert Hall and informed of all changes as soon as possible, an overview of our extensive archive. We are we recommend the newsletter of the Digital eagerly looking forward to the broadcasts Concert Hall and the website of the Berliner with chief conductor Kirill Petrenko and with Philharmoniker: berliner-philharmoniker.de outstanding guest conductors and soloists. We thank you for your loyalty, look forward to Like orchestras and concert halls throughout seeing you again during the new season and the world, we are also directly affected by the wish you good health. measures for containing the pandemic. The number of musicians on the stage is limited, as Your Digital Concert Hall Team is access to the hall for the audience. Because of the reduced size of the ensembles, If desired, you may remove this page from the it will probably not be possible to perform all brochure along the perforation. the works that were planned. In this case, we will develop customized programmes that take the necessary health measures into ac- count. These concerts will also offer the combi- nation of exciting programming and thrilling performances that you are accustomed to from the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Digital Concert Hall. Welcome to the Digital Concert Hall It has been more than one year since Kirill Donald Runnicles, works by Richard Strauss and Petrenko took up his post as chief conductor of other composers, with Christian Thielemann, the Berliner Philharmoniker, and the magic of and much more. the early days can still be felt. Kirill Petrenko ends his tenure as music director of the Bavar- Another central theme during this season is ian State Opera with the 2020/21 season and related to the Golden Twenties: the fin de will devote himself entirely to the Berliner siècle, which alternates between the euphoria Philharmoniker. He can thus further develop of the present and fear of the future. You can programmatic themes with the orchestra, experience the music of this period with for example, the focus on Austro-German Mahler’s Ninth Symphony under Kirill Petrenko Classicism, Romanticism and late Romanticism and Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, conducted – for Kirill Petrenko, the “most important pillar of by Susanna Mälkki. In addition, the 2020/21 our work together”. Works by Brahms, Strauss, season will again focus on contemporary Mendelssohn and Mozart will be featured. music – this time with a decidedly female em- phasis, presenting works by Sofia Gubaidulina, Another of Kirill Petrenko’s passions is Russian Olga Neuwirth, Anna Thorvaldsdóttir, Unsuk music, as shown by two opera productions. Chin and Kaija Saariaho. On the one hand, there is Tchaikovsky’s subtle but brutal war drama Mazeppa and, on the In addition to these programmatic motifs, there other, Rachmaninov’s ecstatic love drama is naturally much more to discover: multifaceted Francesca da Rimini. The music of Russia is a concerts with old and new friends of the focal point of the entire season, including per- Berliner Philharmoniker. You can look forward formances of works by Prokofiev, Stravinsky to Daniel Barenboim, Herbert Blomstedt, Zubin and Shostakovich, with appearances by con- Mehta, Andris Nelsons, Sir Simon Rattle and ductors such as Semyon Bychkov, Daniele Tugan Sokhiev. Among the soloists, violist Gatti and Paavo Järvi. Tabea Zimmermann occupies a special place as Artist in Residence. Other soloists this season The first Biennale of the Berliner Philharmoniker will include violinists Lisa Batiashvili, Baiba will also take place during the 2020/21 Skride and Frank Peter Zimmermann as well as season. In this new festival, the Berliner pianists Yefim Bronfman, Seong-Jin Cho, Igor Philharmoniker will devote themselves to an Levit and Daniil Trifonov. Further highlights are exciting theme each time: this season it will be the debuts of countertenor Philippe Jaroussky the “Golden Twenties”. Kirill Petrenko will and pianist Francesco Piemontesi with the naturally be on hand, conducting Kurt Weill’s orchestra. The Berliner Philharmoniker look “Berliner Symphonie” and other works. Also forward to welcoming these exciting partners on the festival programme are Paul Hindemith’s – and, of course, you. operatic shocker Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen (Murderer, Hope of Women), conducted by digital-concert-hall.com Foreword 2020/21 | 1 Tickets Devices Our tickets allow you to access all concerts The Digital Concert Hall offers you brilliant sound and films in the Digital Concert Hall – as often and razor-sharp images in state-of-the-art 4K as you like and on any device of your choice. resolution. On the move or at home, on the device With a 12-month ticket or subscription, you of your choice. never have to miss a live broadcast and you have permanent access to the archive. To try Computer it out, we recommend our 7- or 30-day tickets. At digital-concert-hall.com you can not only Or you can explore the Digital Concert Hall find out everything about what we have to free of charge with a no-obligation registra- offer, but you can also access all our videos – tion which gives access to hundreds of inter- including on your television set using a cable views, to Education Programme performances connection. and to selected concert recordings. TV The Digital Concert Hall is available as a free app on current devices from Panasonic, Sony, Subscription €14.00 per month Samsung, LG, Loewe and Philips, which is a Automatic renewal particularly convenient way to bring great Can be cancelled at any time concert evenings into your living room. 12-month ticket €149.00 Streaming devices No automatic renewal The Digital Concert Hall is also available for streaming devices such as Apple TV, Amazon 30-day ticket €19.90 Fire TV, Google Chromecast, Roku Player and 7-day ticket €9.90 the Xbox One game console: an easy way to enjoy our concerts on TVs without their own By the way: the 12-month, 30-day and internet connection. 7-day tickets are also available as gift vouchers. Smartphone & tablet Use our free mobile apps for iPhone, iPad and Android devices to visit the Philharmonie Berlin when you are on the move – or use Apple Airplay and Google Cast to transmit the signal to your TV screen. Programme 2020/21 | 2 Programme 2020/21 | 3 Programme 2020/21 Programme Programme 2020/21 | 4 August Live Live from the Philharmonie Berlin Fri 28 Aug 19:00 New York: 13:00 / Tokyo: Sat, 02:00 Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Arnold Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht (version for string orchestra) Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, op. 98 All live concerts inf the 2020/21 season will be broadcast again the following day as a repeat. September Live Live from the Philharmonie Berlin Live from the Philharmonie Berlin Tue 1 Sep 20:00 Sat 19 Sep 19:00 New York: 14:00 / Tokyo: Wed, 03:00 New York: 13:00 / Tokyo: Sun, 02:00 Berliner Philharmoniker Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Kirill Petrenko conductor Daniil Trifonov piano Frank Peter Zimmermann violin Ludwig van Beethoven Concerto for Alban Berg Concerto for Violin and Piano and Orchestra No. 3 C minor, op. 37 Orchestra, “To the Memory of an Angel” Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 1 Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 5 in F major, in C minor, op. 11 op. 76 In association with Berliner Festspiele/ Live from the Philharmonie Berlin Musikfest Berlin Sun 13 Sep 20:00 New York: 14:00 / Tokyo: Mon, 03:00 Live from the Philharmonie Berlin Berliner Philharmoniker Sat 26 Sep 19:00 Daniel Harding conductor New York: 13:00 / Tokyo: Sun, 02:00 Alban Berg Three pieces from the Berliner Philharmoniker Lyric Suite Lahav Shani conductor Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 Francesco Piemontesi piano in F major, op. 68 “Pastoral” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concerto for In association with Berliner Festspiele/ Piano and Orchestra No. 27 in B flat major, Musikfest Berlin K. 595 Robert Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, op. 38 “Spring” Programme 2020/21 | 6 Programme 2020/21 | 7 October Live Live from the Philharmonie Berlin Live from the Philharmonie Berlin Sat 3 Oct 19:00 Sat 17 Oct 19:00 New York: 13:00 / Tokyo: Sun, 02:00 New York: 13:00 / Tokyo: Sun, 02:00 Berliner Philharmoniker Berliner Philharmoniker Marek Janowski conductor Marc Minkowski conductor Noah Bendix-Balgley violin Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 59 Max Bruch Concerto for Violin and in A major “Fire Symphony” Orchestra No. 1 in G minor, op. 26 Ludwig van Beethoven The Creatures Johannes Brahms Serenade No. 2 of Prometheus, ballet music, op. 43 in A Major, op. 16 Live from the Philharmonie Berlin Live from the Philharmonie Berlin Sat 24 Oct 19:00 Sat 10 Oct 19:00 New York: 13:00 / Tokyo: Sun, 02:00 New York: 13:00 / Tokyo: Sun, 02:00 Berliner Philharmoniker Berliner Philharmoniker Daniel Barenboim conductor François-Xavier Roth conductor Tabea Zimmermann viola Bedřich Smetana Má vlast (My Country) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Symphony in D major, Wq 183 No. 1 Live from the Philharmonie Berlin Paul Hindemith Der Schwanendreher, Sat 31 Oct 19:00 Concerto for viola and small orchestra New York: 14:00 / Tokyo: Sun, 03:00 Béla Bartók Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz 113 Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor Andrew Norman Sabina for string orchestra Richard Strauss Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No.