The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Note- This represents the Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra Schedule from October 1999 to May 2000. Later
performances will be posted in subsequent editions of the Arts4All
Newsletter.
Unless otherwise noted, please address ticket
orders to:
Berliner Festspiele GmbH,
Budapester Straße 48, 10787 Berlin
Where can you buy tickets ?
1. At the box office of the
Philharmonie: Open Mondays to Fridays, from 3 pm to 6pm Saturdays,
Sundays and holidays from 11am to 2pm. Tickets are available at the
door, one hour before concert begin. The box office is closed on
December 24 and December 31, 1999, and on January 1 and May 1, 2000.
Telephone information available during opening hours on (49 30)
25488-132
2. At all other ticket outlets
in Berlin
How can you order tickets
?
Please address orders to the Ticket Office of the
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert-von-Karajan-Strasse 1, D -
10785 Berlin. If possible, we would ask you to use the order form
available here: http://www.berlin-philharmonic.com/engl/4vorv/b40001f_.htm.
There is also the possibility to order via fax on 25488-323, or via
e-mail:
kartenbuero@philharmonic.sireco.de
We accept Visa, Eurocard and
American Express credit cards, as well as EC cards at the ticket
counter.
Written orders for subscription concerts can be
made until the beginning of the advance booking period if stating a
credit card number, or until eight weeks before the concert if not
using a credit card. The tickets will be sent by mail.
Written orders for extra
concerts and chamber music concerts can be made up to three weeks
before the concert stating a credit card number, or up to eight weeks
before if not using credit card.
Processing fees for written orders, including
postal charges, are 5 DM per ticket
Orchestral Concerts in the
Philharmonie
Chamber Music in the
Chamber Music Hall
Concerts 1999/2000
Chamber Music Hall
Sunday, October 31, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on
12.9.1999 / Series K 3
Philharmonia Quartett
Walter Jens Reciter
Joseph Haydn The seven last words of the Saviour
Philharmonie
Thursday / November 4, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Friday, November 5, 1999 /
8 p.m.
Saturday, November 6, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 12 September 1999 / Series D
Nikolaus Harnoncourt Conductor
Olli Mustonen Piano
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Ouverture "The
Fair Melusina" op. 32
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano concerto No 3 C minor
op. 37
Symphony No 8 F major op. 93
Philharmonie
Sunday, November 7, 1999 / 7.30 pm
Concerto and talk with Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Ticket sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Special
concerto
Nikolaus Harnoncourt Conductor
Olli Mustonen Piano
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Ouverture "The
Fair Melusina" op. 32
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano concerto No 3 C minor
op. 37
Symphony No 8 F major op. 93
Chamber Music Hall
Sunday, November 7, 1999 / 4 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Series K 6
Sundays at four - Piano
FranV ois-René Duchable Piano
Robert Schumann Symphonic Etudes op. 13
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano sonata No 21 C-major
op. 53 ("Waldstein")
Frédéric Chopin 4 Ballads
Chamber Music Hall
Tuesday / November 9, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Series K 5
Haydn–Ensemble Berlin
Hansjörg Schellenberger Direction
Wolfgang Schulz Flute
Margit-Anna Süss Baroque-Harp
Joseph Haydn Symphony No 16 B-major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concerto for Flute,
Harp and Orchestra C-major KV 299
Saverio Mercadante 3 Polkas for a small orchestra
Joseph Haydn Symphony No 63 C-major ("La
Roxelane")
Philharmonie
Thursday / November 11, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Friday, November 12, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Saturday, November 13, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 12 September 1999 /
Series A
The Myth of Love and Death
Daniel Barenboim Conductor
Gunnar Gudbjörnsson Tenor
Men of the Radio Choir Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven "Egmont"-Ouverture
op. 84
Elliott Carter Allegro scorrevole
Franz Liszt A Faust-Symphony
Philharmonie
Wednesday / November 17, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 12 September 1999
Maurizio Pollini Piano recital
Robert Schumann Allegro B minor op. 8
Phantasy C major op. 17
Frédéric Chopin Scherzo No 1 B-minor op.20
Nocturnes C sharp-minor, D flat major op. 27
Sonata No 2 B flat-minor op. 35
Chamber Music Hall
Thursday / November 18, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Series K 4
Beethoven - Bach
Frank-Peter Zimmermann Violin
Christian Zacharias Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonatas for Piano and Violin No 1 D major op. 12
No 1
No 2 A major op. 12 No 2, No 3 E flat major op.
12 No 3,
No 4 A minor op. 23
Philharmonie
Friday, November 19, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Saturday, November 20, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Sunday, November 21, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 7 November 1999 / Series
C
Günter Wand Conductor
Anton Bruckner Symphony No 7 E major
Chamber Music Hall
Monday, November 22,1999 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Series K 4
Beethoven - Bach
Frank-Peter Zimmermann Violin
Christian Zacharias Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonatas for Piano and Violin No 5 F major op. 24
("Spring")
No 6 A major op. 30 No 1, No 7 c minor op. 30 No
2
Chamber Music Hall
Friday, November26, 2000 / 8 pm
Students of the Academy of the Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra
Programme to be announced
Philharmonie
Saturday, November 27, 1999 / 19 Uhr
Monday, November 29, 1999 / 19 Uhr
Ticket sales starting on 7. 11. 1999 / Special
concert
The Myth of Love and Death
Claudio Abbado Conductor
Karita Mattila, Vladimir Chernov, Gudjon
Oskarsson,
Fabio Sartori, Julian Konstantow, Lucio Gallo
u.a. Soloists
European Festival Choir
Giuseppe Verdi Simon Boccanegra
Concert performance
Chamber Music Hall
Sunday, November 28, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Series K 2
Scharoun Ensemble Berlin
Christoph Mueller Direction
Vladimir Stoupel Piano
Nikos Skalkottas Octet
Georges Enescu Chamber symphony op. 33
Nikos Skalkottas Piano concerto No 3
Chamber Music Hall
Thursday / December 2, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Series K 4
Beethoven - Bach
Frank-Peter Zimmermann Violin
Christian Zacharias Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonatas for Piano and Violin No 8 G major op. 30
No 3,
No 9 A major op. 47 ("Kreutzer"), No 10
G major op. 96
Philharmonie
Friday, December 3, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Saturday, December 4, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Sunday, December 5, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 7 .11. 1999 / Series D
Claudio Abbado Conductor
Christine Schäfer Soprano
Stefan Dohr Horn
Matthias Pintscher
"Hérodiade-Fragmente". Dramatic Scene for
Soprano and Orchestra (1999) premiere
Richard Strauss Horn concerto No 1 E flat major
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No 7 A major op. 92
Philharmonie
Wednesday / December 8, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Thursday / December 9, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Friday, December 10, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 7. 11. 1999 / Series A
Claudio Abbado Conductor
Soloists und Programme to be announced.
Philharmonie
Sunday, December 12, 1999 / 11 am
Ticket sales starting on 7 .11.1999 / Special
concert
Claudio Abbado Conductor
Daniel Barenboim Piano
Wolfgang Stresemann Memorial Concert
Franz Schubert Symphony No 7 B minor D 759
("Unfinished")
Memorial speech by Richard von Weizsäcker
Johannes Brahms Piano concerto No 1 D minor op.15
Chamber Music Hall
Sunday, December 12, 1999 / 4 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Series K 6
Sunday at four - Piano
Stephen Hough Piano
Joseph Haydn Sonata No 48 C major
George Tsontakis Ghost Variations
Franz Schubert Sonata B flat major D 960
Chamber Music Hall
Monday, December 13, 1999 / 8 pm
Ticket Sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Series K 3
The Myth of Love and Death
Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and
Guests
Claudio Abbado Conductor
Anna Caterina Antonacci Soprano
Georg Faust Violoncello Klaus Stoll Violone
Lee Santana, Stephen Stubbs Lute
Hildegard Perl Viola da gamba
Kay Johannsen Harpsichord
Claudio Monteverdi Con che soavità,
Lamento d'Arianna "Lasciate mi morire"
Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
and other works
Philharmonie
Thursday / December 16, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Friday, December 17, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Saturday, December 18, 1999 / 8 p.m.Ticket sales
starting on 28.11.1999 / Series B
Mariss Jansons Conductor
Carl Maria von Weber Ouverture to
"Oberon"
Richard Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra op. 30
Antonin Dvorák Symphony No 8 G major op. 88
Chamber Music Hall
Sunday, December 19, 1999 / 4 p.m.
Ticket Sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Series K 6
Piano Duo Andreas Grau, Götz Schumacher
Franz Schubert Fantasia F minor D 940
Sergej Rachmaninow Three Songs
György Kurtág Bach-Transcriptions
Olivier Messiaen Visions de l'Amen
Chamber Music Hall
Monday, December 20, 1999 / 8 pm
Ticket Sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Special
concert
Berlin Baroque Soloists
Rainer Kussmaul Violin und Conductor
Wolfram Christ Viola d'amore
Georg Faust Violoncello
Michala Petri Recorder
Johann Bernhard Bach Suite No 1 g minor
Georg Philipp Telemann Suite for Recorder, String
and Basso continuo G minor
Antonio Vivaldi Concert for Violoncello, String
und
Basso continuo D major
Concert for Viola d'amore, String und Basso
continuo D major
Concert for Recorder, String und Basso continuo D
major
Concert for Violin, String und Basso continuo F
minor
Philharmonie
Tuesday / December 21, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Wednesday / December 22, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Thursday / December 23, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 28.11.1999 / Series C
The Myth of Love and Death
Mariss Jansons Conductor
Hilary Hahn Violin
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No 2 D major op. 36
Dmitri Schostakowitsch Violin concerto No 1 A
minor op. 99
Sergej Prokofjew Excerpts from "Romeo and
Juliet" op. 64
Philharmonie
Thursday / December 30, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 28.11.1999 / Special
concert
Claudio Abbado Conductor
Nothing but Finali
Soloists and Programme to be announced
Philharmonie
Friday, December 31, 1999 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 28.11.1999 / Special
concert
Claudio Abbado Conductor
Silvester in the Philharmonie
Program as 30. December
Philharmonic celebration after the concert (with
buffet)
with the Salon Orchestra "Die Berliner"
and the RIAS Big Band
Chamber Music Hall
Tuesday / January 11, 2000 / 8 pm
Ticket Sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Series K 2
The Myth of Love and Death
Thomas Quasthoff Baritone
Justus Zeyen Piano
Franz Schubert Die Winterreise D 911
Philharmonie
Wednesday / January 12, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Thursday / January 13, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Friday, January 14, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 28.11.1999 / Series D
Bernard Haitink Conductor
Rainer Sonne Violin
Neithard Resa Viola
Benjamin Britten Double concerto for Violin,
Viola and Orchestra
Dmitri Schostakowitsch Symphony No 8 C minor op.
65
Philharmonie
Tuesday / January 18, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Wednesday / January 19, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Thursday / January 20, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 28.11.1999 / Series B
Bernard Haitink Conductor
Richard Goode Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano concerto No 4 G major
op. 58
Robert Schumann Symphony No 2 C major op. 61
Chamber Music Hall
Friday, January 21, 2000 / 8 pm
Ticket Sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Series K 1
The Myth of Love and Death
Stella Doufexis Mezzosoprano
Henrik Schaefer Viola
Martin Menking Violoncello
Dominik Wollenweber Oboe
Eric Schneider Piano
Peter Benary 4 songs on poems by Else
Lasker-Schüler
for Mezzosoprano, Oboe, Viola and Violoncello World
Premiere
Karlheinz Stockhausen "In Freundschaft"
for Oboe solo
Paul Hindemith "A frog he went
a-courting", Variations on an
old english children's song for Speaker,
Violoncello and Piano
August Klughardt "Schilflieder" op. 28
on poems by
Nikolaus Lenau for Piano, Oboe and Viola
Charles Martin Loeffler Quatre poèmes op. 5 on
poems
by Baudelaire and Verlaine for Mezzosoprano,
Viola and Piano
Chamber Music Hall
Saturday, January 22, 2000 / 8 pm
Ticket Sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Series K 5
Haydn-Contrasts
Haydn–Ensemble Berlin
Hansjörg Schellenberger Direction and Oboe
René Giessen Harmonica
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony F major K 75
Heitor Villa-Lobos Concerto for Harmonica and
small orchestra
Vincenzo Righini Idomeneus-Concerto for Oboe and
Strings
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Passepied and Gavotte
from "Idomeneo"
Joseph Haydn Symphony No 65 A major
Philharmonie
Monday, Januar y 24, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Tuesday / January 25, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Wednesday / January 26, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 28.11.1999 / Series C
Zoltán Pesko Conductor
Zoltán Kocsis Piano
György Kurtág Messages and New Messages (work
in progress)
Premiere
Franz Liszt Piano concerto No 1 E flat major
György Kurtág Quasi una fantasia op. 27
Boris Blacher Paganini Variations op. 26
Philharmonie
Saturday, January 29, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Sunday, January 30, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Monday, January 31, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 9.1.2000 / Series A
Herbert Blomstedt Conductor
Wenzel Fuchs Clarinet
Daniele Damiano Bassoon
Richard Strauss Don Juan op. 20
Duett-Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon
Max Reger Variations and Fugue on a theme by
Johann Adam Hiller op. 100
Chamber Music Hall
Tuesday / February 1, 2000 / 8 pm
Ticket Sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Series K 1
Philharmonia Quartett
Joseph Haydn String quartet E flat major op. 32
No 2
Benjamin Britten String quartet No 2
Ludwig van Beethoven String quartet F major op.
18 No 1
Philharmonie
Wednesday / February 9, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Thursday / February 10, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Friday, February 11, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 9.1.2000 / Series D
Lorin Maazel Conductor
Emmanuel Pahud Flute
Lorin Maazel Monaco Fanfares op. 8
Music for Flute and Orchestra op. 11
Béla Bartók Concerto for orchestra
Chamber Music Hall
Saturday, February 12, 2000 / from 2 p.m.
Ticket Sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Special
concert
Schubert–Marathon
Members and Guests of the Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra
Chamber music and lectures
Chamber Music Hall
Sunday, February 13 2000 / 4 p.m.
Ticket Sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Series K 6
Sundays at four - Piano
Boris Berezovsky Piano
Sergej Rachmaninow Moments musicaux op. 16
Nikolai Medtner Sonata op. 23 No. 2
Maurice Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales
Gaspard de la nuit, La valse
Philharmonie
Wednesday / February 16, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Thursday / February 17, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Friday, February 18, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 9.1.2000 / Series C
Daniel Barenboim Conductor
Nikolaj Znaider Violin
Carl Nielsen Violin concerto op. 33
Peter Tschaikowsky Symphony No 5 E minor op. 64
Chamber Music Hall
Tuesday / February 22, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Ticket Sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Special
concert
Brass-Ensemble of the Berliner Philharmonic
Programme to be announced.
Chamber Music Hall
Thursday / February 24, 2000 / 8 pm
Ticket Sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Series K 2
The Myth of Love and Death
"..mein Wort verbrennt in Traurigkeit for
Dich" – A musical-literal evening
Gert Voss Reciter
Konrad Junghänel Artistic direction and lute
Maria Christina Kiehr, Johanna Koslowsky Soprano
Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and
Guests
Verses by Rainer Maria Rilke and Thomas Bernhard
Music from the time of the war 1618-48 (Galilei,
Schütz,
Hammerschmidt , Marini, Schein, Albert,
Rosenmüller)
and pieces by Rihm and Schubert
Philharmonie
Friday, February 25, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Saturday, February 26, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Sunday, February 27, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 9.1.2000 / Special
concert
Claudio Abbado Conductor
Alfred Brendel Piano
Christine Schäfer Sopran Stella Doufexis
Mezzosoprano
Rainer Trost Tenor Andreas Schmidt Bass
Swedish Radio Chorus
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano concerto No 1 C major
op. 15
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mass C minor KV 427
Philharmonie
Thursday / March 2, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Friday, March 3, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 4, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 9.1.2000 / Series B
Lorin Maazel Conductor
Han-Nah Chang Violoncello
Sergej Prokofjew Symphony classique D major op.
25
Peter Tschaikowsky Variations on a Rokoko theme
for violoncello and orchestra op. 33
Dmitri Schostakowitsch Symphony No 5 D minor op.
47
Philharmonie
Wednesday / March 8, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Music in dialogue with Elmar Budde
Ticket sales starting on 13.2.2000 / Special
concert
Kent Nagano Conductor
Pierre-Laurent-Aimard Piano
Dominique Kim Ondes Martenot
Olivier Messiaen Turangalîla-Symphony
Philharmonie
Thursday / March 9, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Friday, March 10, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 11, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 13.2.2000 / Series A
Kent Nagano Conductor
Pierre-Laurent-Aimard Piano
Dominique Kim Ondes Martenot
Olivier Messiaen Turangalîla-Symphony
Chamber Music Hall
Sunday, March 12, 2000 / 4 p.m.
Ticket Sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Series K 6
Sundays at four - Piano
Pierre-Laurent Aimard Piano
Olivier Messiaen Vingt regards sur l'enfant
Jésus
Chamber Music Hall
Monday, March 13, 2000 / 8 pm
Students of the Academy of the Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra
Programme to be announced.
Chamber Music Hall
Thursday / March 16, 2000 / 8 pm
Ticket Sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Series K 5
Haydn-Contrasts
Haydn–Ensemble
Hansjörg Schellenberger Direction
Michael Haydn Divertimento in G for Oboe, 2
Horns,
Bassoon, Viola and Violone
Antal Dorati Notturno and Capriccio for Oboe and
String quartet
Joseph Haydn Cassatio in G for Strings
Giovanni Pacini Octet F major for Oboe, Bassoon,
Horn,
3 Violins, Cello and Bass
Philharmonie
Saturday, March 18, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 19, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Monday, March 20, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 13.2.2000 / Series D
Christoph von Dohnányi Conductor
Béla Bartók Musik for Strings, percussion and
celesta
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No 3 E flat major
op. 55 ("Eroica")
Philharmonie
Friday, March 24, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 25 2000 / 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 26, 2000 / 11 a.m.
Ticket sales starting on 13.2.2000 / Series C
Sir Roger Norrington Conductor
Hansjörg Schellenberger Oboe, Stefan Schweigert
Bassoon
Toru Yasunaga Violin, Ludwig Quandt Violoncello
Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by
Thomas Tallis
Joseph Haydn Sinfonia concertante B flat major
Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique op. 14
Philharmonie
Wednesday / March 29, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Thursday / March 30, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Friday, March 31, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 13.2.2000 / Series B
Nikolaus Harnoncourt Conductor
Thomas Zehetmair Violin
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Violin concerto E
minor op. 64
Anton Bruckner Symphony No 3 D minor
Philharmonie
Tuesday / April 4, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Wednesday / April 5, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Thursday / April 6, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 13.2.2000 / Series A
Nikolaus Harnoncourt Conductor
Anton Bruckner Symphony No 8 C minor
Philharmonie
Friday, May 5, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 6, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Sunday, May 7, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Ticket sales starting on 2.4.2000 / Series A
Claudio Abbado Conductor
Gil Shaham Violin
Johannes Brahms Violin concerto D major op. 77
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No 6 F major op. 68
Chamber Music Hall
Tuesday / May 2, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Ticket Sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Series K 2
Philharmonia Quartett
Ludwig van Beethoven String quartet G major op.
18 No 2
Benjamin Britten String quartet No 3
Joseph Haydn String quartet C major op. 76 No 3
Philharmonie
Wednesday / May 10, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Thursday / May 11, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Friday, May 12, 2000 7 8 p.m. Ticket sales
starting on 2.4.2000 / Series C
Claudio Abbado Conductor
Martha Argerich Piano
Magdalena Kozena Soprano
Stefan Dohr Horn
Philip Langridge Tenor
Benjamin Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and
Strings op. 31
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano concerto No 2 B flat
major op. 19
Gustav Mahler Symphony No 4 G major
Chamber Music Hall
Sunday, May 28, 2000 / 8 pm
Ticket Sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Series K 1
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Sylvia McNair Soprano
Roger Vignoles Piano
Claude Debussy Ariettes oubliées
Joaquin Rodrigo Songs
John Corigliano New composition Premiere
and other pieces
Chamber Music Hall
Wednesday / May 31, 2000 / 8 p.m.
Ticket Sales starting on 12.9.1999 / Series K 3
The Myth of Love and Death
Toru Yasunaga, Jean-Claude Velin Violin
Brett Dean Viola Martin Löhr Violoncello
Marie-Pierre Langlamet Harp
Wenzel Fuchs Clarinet
Emmanuel Pahud Flute
Maurice Ravel Introduction and Allegro for Harp,
Flute, Clarinet
and String quartet
Charles Koechlin Quintett "Primavera"
op. 156
Max Bruch 3 Pieces for Clarinet, Violoncello and
Harp
Claude Debussy Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
Sebastian Currier "Night Time" for
Violin and Harp Premiere
Camille Saint-Saens Fantasy for Violin and Harp
op. 124
Philharmonie
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31, 1999, and on January 1 and May 1, 2000. Telephone information
available during opening hours on (49 30) 25488-132
2. At all other ticket outlets in Berlin
How can you order tickets ?
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Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert-von-Karajan-Strasse 1, D -
10785 Berlin. If possible, we would ask you to use the order form
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25488-323, or via e-mail:
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credit card number, or until eight weeks before the concert if not
using a credit card. The tickets will be sent by mail.
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music concerts can be made up to three weeks before the concert
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General Information
Advance ticket sales for concerts of the Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra begin on the following Sundays - between 11am
and 2pm - at the box office in the Philharmonie.
12th September 1999 for concerts up to
13th November
7th November 1999 for concerts up to
12th December
28th November 1999 for concerts up to
26th Januar 2000
9th January 2000 for concerts up to 4th
March 2000
13th February 2000 for concerts up to
6th April 2000
2nd April 2000 for concerts up to 19th
June 2000
Ticket sales for all chamber music concerts
starts at 12 September 1999.
On each of the first days mentioned above, sales
are limited to two tickets per person per concert. From the second day
onwards, tickets may be bought in unlimited numbers. Tickets for
concerts of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra may also be purchased at
the usual theatre and concert ticket outlets.
For ticket seekers outside of Berlin, there is
also the possibility to place a written order for tickets. As a
general rule, only two tickets for a maximum of four concerts per
concert season can be reserved. The order must be received by the
ticket office at least eight weeks before the desired concert date. We
do apologise that we are not able to accept any enquiries or orders
until the new season preview has been published. We process
reservations in the the order that they are received, and we are not
able to answer orders before August 1st of the current year.
Sales of tickets are subject to
our conditions of trade. These are displayed in the foyer of the
Philharmonie, and a copy can be sent upon request.
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Press and Public Relations
The department for press and public relations is
your source of information on the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and
the Philharmonie. Our aim is to keep you as informed as possible on
the activities of the orchestra, and we would be more than happy to
answer any questions you might have concerning the orchestra and the
Philharmonie.
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Information
Publications
The Berlin Philharmonic publishes the following
periodicals:
"Philharmonische Blätter" - a
philharmonic newsletter (5 volumes per season)
Season Preview
Monthly Preview of all concerts in the
Philharmonie and the Chamber Music Hall
Programs for the philharmonic concerts
Special publications to accompany the thematic
cycles of recent seasons (e.g. Antique Greece, Faust, Shakespeare,
Berg/Büchner, Wanderer, The Myth of Love and Death), publications
about the Philharmonie, etc.
A subscription to the german language
Philharmonische Blätter- - a newsletter with articles about the
orchestra, its members, activities and current repertoire (five
volumes plus the season preview) costs 26 DM if ordering inside
Germany, or 55 DM from elsewhere in Europe. For the cost of overseas
subscriptions, please enquire directly to the address below. A
subscription for the monthly list of all concerts in the Philharmonie
and the Chamber Music Hall costs 20 DM.
Orders can be sent to :
Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester, Press &
Public Relations
Herbert-von-Karajan-Strasse 1, 10785 Berlin
Tel. 25488-254 or -178, Fax 261 4887 or e-mail: presseinfo@philharmonic.sireco.de
and pr@berlin-philharmonic.com
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The Philharmonie
Built according to plans by Hans Scharoun, and
completed in 1963, the Philharmonie is one of the most unconventional
buildings in Berlin. Widely admired for its bold design, it forms both
the main feature and the heart of an area in Berlin known as the
Cultural Forum. The Chamber Music Hall was added to the Philharmonie
in 1987, designed by the architect Edgar Wisniewski, based also upon
original plans by Scharoun.
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The Building
The Philharmonie, designed by Hans Scharoun, was
opened on the 15th October 1963 with a concert by the Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra under Herbert von Karajan. About 270 concerts
take place every year in the main auditorium, which seats 2,440. This
is where the Berlin Philharmonic give their concerts, as well as guest
orchestras, chamber formations of all varieties, and soloists. The
Chamber Music Hall, with a capacity of 1,180 , is host to around 240
concerts a year, ranging from smaller orchestral formations and
chamber music groups to recitals. The design of both halls is based
upon the concept of "music as the centre of attention", with
the concert podium in the centre of the hall, and the audience seated
in terraced blocks surrounding the stage on all sides.
Architecture as a musical
instrument
Architecture as a musical
instrument - the Berlin Philharmonie has achieved just that. The three
interlinked pentagons represent a move away from the infinite
regularity of a square foundation, to the most human of all symbols,
the pentagon, as an age-old symbol of life. These three pentagons,
each encompassed by another, yet all three intertwined, symbolise the
intention of this site; the perfect harmonisation of man, music, and
space. This intrinsic quality cannot be ascertained from the outside.
Even if grey and white, folded tiling had been used to cover the
building, as was originally planned, the exterior would have always
maintained an element of incomprehensibility to the observer. As it is
on the inside as well; there is no one standpoint, neither in the
foyer nor in the hall, where the building can be observed and
comprehended as a whole. Not until a series of views and perspectives
has been observed, or until we move about in its space, do we begin to
see a lucidity in what seemed to be chaos, or do we begin to sense an
unusual order and a unique logic in what otherwise seemed to be pure
chance. Form, rhythm - a metamorphosis takes place. The spatial
dimensions of length and height have been wed to time, the dimension
of music. A space has been created for a society of free people, to
carry their cultural and artistic intentions into the world, a world
that is being formed of their own hand; in ever changing directions.
And in ever changing sounds......
Ulrich Conrads
Public Access
The Philharmonie can be reached by bus on the
lines 148 (Philharmonie), 142, 248, 348 (Kulturforum),129 (Potsdamer
Brücke).
It can also be accessed by S-Bahn on the lines
S1, S2, S25 (Potsdamer Platz), and by subway on the U2 (Potsdamer
Platz).
Parking possibilities in the vicinity of the
Philharmonie are restricted due to the construction currently underway
at Potsdamer Platz. Parking ground at the Arcades Potsdamer Platz
nearby.
Friends of the Philharmonie
The Association of the Friends
of the Philharmonie
The Association of the Friends of the
Philharmonie is a non profit organization founded in 1949, then with
the particular goal of erecting a new home for the Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra. Their initiative and provision of a considerable amount of
funds, were decisive factors leading to the building of the
Philharmonie, the finishing of the Chamber Music Hall, and the
purchase of harpsichords and concert pianos. A bust of Karajan by
Professor Baier (Hallein) donated by the association was unveiled in a
special ceremony, and now has its place in the south foyer of the
Philharmonie.
Now that these goals have been achieved, the
association has the following objectives: the further furbishment of
the Chamber Music Hall, supporting special artistic projects of the
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,providing support for young
musicians,the upkeep of orchestral traditions, and the maintenance of
records relevant to the history of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
The association remains in very close contact
with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. It organises three gala events
each season, in which members of the orchestra usually participate.
Regard is often given at these events to younger members of the
orchestra, and young musical talent. Reputable conductors and
soloists, amongst them Menuhin, Solti, Barenboim and Abbado, as well
as authorities in musicology have also spoken as guests of the
association.
Becoming a member of the
association is a chance to be part of the events surrounding the
Berlin Philharmonic. The minimum joining fee per year is 60 DM, and is
tax-deductible as a donation.
Gesellschaft der Freunde der Berliner
Philharmonie e.V.
Herbert-von-Karajan-Strasse 1
D 10785 Berlin
Phone (49 30) 25488-222
Fax 25488-245
Office hours Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9 a.m to 1
p.m.
Imprint
Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester
Herbert-von-Karajan-Strasse 1
D 10785 Berlin
Phone (49 30) 25488-0
Fax (49 30) 261 4887
Artistic Director
Claudio Abbado
General Manager
Dr. Elmar Weingarten
Press & Public Relations
Dr. Helge Grünewald
Phone (49 30) 25488-254 / -178 / -253
Fax (49 30) 261 4887
e-mail: presseinfo@philharmonic.sireco.de
presse@philharmonic.sireco.de
