Afternoon Concert

Orgelstunde am Karsamstag

Espresso-Konzert

At our Espresso Concerts in the early afternoon, we serve two kinds of caffeine – one made from Arabica beans and, of course, a cup of musical espresso: outstanding young talents present surprise programmes that really wake you up!

Magic Powder

Abracadabra, hocus-pocus, hey presto, bam! FeNek knows lots of musical spells with which he can conjure up rhythms and melodies, as well as instruments. What is that magic? What does an orchestra sprinkled with a good fairy’s magic dust sound like? To find out, come to the concert at the Warsaw Philharmonic and bring a hand-made wand with you. Who knows what you’ll be able to conjure up? Bring to the concert… a hand-made wand

Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Juraj Valčuha

Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale of the Little Mermaid is world-famous: In the depths of the sea, the mermaid swaps her fish tail for legs with the sea witch so that she can emerge into the human world. This costs her her voice. During a storm, she rescues a prince. However, he ends up marrying someone else and she, the creature of nature, has to perish as foam on the waves. Alexander Zemlinsky has captured her tragic fate in impressive, dazzling orchestral colours. Sergei Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3 is also a work full of passion and one of the composer's most popular works. He played the New York premiere in 1909 himself and gave it the nickname ‘Concerto for Elephants’, as elephants are considered to be extremely sensitive animals. It requires both enormous technical skill and a very sensitive interpretation of the lyrical passages. In them, the composer pays homage to his Russian homeland, from which he was to flee eight years later, never to return.

Espresso-Konzert

At our Espresso Concerts in the early afternoon, we serve two kinds of caffeine – one made from Arabica beans and, of course, a cup of musical espresso: outstanding young talents present surprise programmes that really wake you up!

Die Ersten

KlangKüken

You don't have to travel far to experience distant lands. Sometimes, it's enough to open your ears to unfamiliar non-European instruments to get a sense of how rich our world is in sounds, rhythms, and stories.

KlangKüken

You don't have to travel far to experience distant lands. Sometimes, it's enough to open your ears to unfamiliar non-European instruments to get a sense of how rich our world is in sounds, rhythms, and stories.

KlangKüken

You don't have to travel far to experience distant lands. Sometimes, it's enough to open your ears to unfamiliar non-European instruments to get a sense of how rich our world is in sounds, rhythms, and stories.

Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Anja Bihlmaier

„The 'Concert Românesc' reflects my deep love for Romanian folk music and Romanian-speaking culture as such. The piece was immediately banned and only performed many decades later,“ says Ligeti about his 1951 work, which was banned at the time due to some dissonances that were considered undesirable. The Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov then takes his place amog the Konzerthausorchester. In the Piano Concerto in G major from 1784, Mozart leaves old formal principles behind, including the fact that the winds are already frequently entrusted with solo tasks. The concert, conducted by Anja Bihlmaier, ends with Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 8, which beautifully showcases the orchestral instruments in a lyrical and melodic manner - from the waltz-loving strings to the virtuoso flute dancing along in the last movement.

Espresso-Konzert

At our Espresso Concerts in the early afternoon, we serve two kinds of caffeine – one made from Arabica beans and, of course, a cup of musical espresso: outstanding young talents present surprise programmes that really wake you up!

A Musical Bunch

FeNek is occasionally visited by a musical gang. So what is it? Well, a gang is a group of people who like and respect each other and are harmonious, not only at concerts. Every meeting brings new musical adventures: together they figure out how to give each other a tune, tap out a rhythm or catch a harmony, while asking each other strange questions. ‘Do tigers eat irises?’ ‘Which is better to have: feathers or quills?’ ‘Who’s the mysterious pumpkin eater?’ As you may have guessed, this is quite a crazy bunch, but they’re also sensitive and attentive to lyrical, romantic sounds... played, for example, on the piano. If you’d like to join the musical gang, come to the concert at the Philharmonic, and don’t forget to bring along... a hand-made drum. Bring to the concert… a hand-made drum

Junggenies

From History to Fable

Do you like listening to stories? Curling up in an armchair and casting your thoughts far away? Well, we have for you stories turned into sounds. Some of them take place among us, and we recognise in them familiar faces and situations. They take place in the world around us and can happen to anyone. But there are also fairy tales, which carry us far away, where no one has ever been before, beyond the mountains, beyond the forests, to the land of imagination, which will determine what our fairytale world will be like and who we will meet there. We invite you to join us on a musical journey from history to fable.

Espresso-Konzert

At our Espresso Concerts in the early afternoon, we serve two kinds of caffeine – one made from Arabica beans and, of course, a cup of musical espresso: outstanding young talents present surprise programmes that really wake you up!

London Symphony Orchestra/ Half Six Fix – Berlioz

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.

Espresso-Konzert

At our Espresso Concerts in the early afternoon, we serve two kinds of caffeine – one made from Arabica beans and, of course, a cup of musical espresso: outstanding young talents present surprise programmes that really wake you up!

Orgelstunde an Christi Himmelfahrt

In the Music Theatre: Pinocchio

Let’s play ‘hot or cold’. Do you know a little boy who’s just getting to know people and the world and to learn about everything? Cold? He has a completely hard body but a soft heart? Still cold? I’ll also say that the little boy has a tendency to err from the truth, and with every lie he tells, his nose gets longer and longer. Warmer? So I’d add that this little boy has good intentions, but succumbs to various temptations – just like all of us! And his Daddy carved him out of an old piece of wood that talked. Hot! Yes, the protagonist of our musical play will be the world’s most famous marionette. Come and meet Pinocchio! Parts: Karolina Iwańska-Paśnicka Lisica, Knocica Małgorzata Godlewska Wróżka, pani Rosaura Marek Murawa Policjant, Dyrektor Teatru, Papuga, Nauczyciel, Dyrektor Cyrku Grzegorz Hardej Pinokio

Espresso-Konzert

At our Espresso Concerts in the early afternoon, we serve two kinds of caffeine – one made from Arabica beans and, of course, a cup of musical espresso: outstanding young talents present surprise programmes that really wake you up!

Komponistenmusik

Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Joana Mallwitz

‘There is still no music that is closer to my heart than Schubert's,’ says Joana Mallwitz. This composer and his works were the ‘initial spark’ for her to become a conductor. ‘I'm really looking forward to conducting Schubert's “Great” in C major not in front of cameras and an empty hall, as I did in 2020 when I made my debut with the Konzerthausorchester due to the coronavirus, but in front of an audience. I think it's one of the best pieces ever,’ says our chief conductor. Before that, cello soloist Kian Soltani will delight you with Tchaikovsky's longing look back at the musical world of Mozart, who gave his guild the charming ‘Rococo Variations’. The programme opens with ‘D'un matin de printemps’, one of only six chamber music works that belong to the oeuvre of Lili Boulanger, who was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1913. It was composed in 1918 a few weeks before she died of tuberculosis at the age of 24 and is an impressionistic portrayal of a spring morning.

Espresso-Konzert mit dem Konzerthausorchester Berlin

At our espresso concerts in the early afternoon, we serve two kinds of caffeine - in cups and, of course, musically: outstanding young musicians present surprise programs that really wake you up - in this case on the podium of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and as a viola soloist!

Espresso-Konzert

At our Espresso Concerts in the early afternoon, we serve two kinds of caffeine – one made from Arabica beans and, of course, a cup of musical espresso: outstanding young talents present surprise programmes that really wake you up!

Alles hat seine Zeit

A sound, a melody plays, and as you listen, time passes. Images, memories, stories, and fantasies emerge. What sound hides in your father's fogged cup? What composition is concealed in your great-aunt's worn cross-stitch blanket? What memories surface when you hear a particular song? Join us on a musical search for vanished sounds!

Alles hat seine Zeit

A sound, a melody plays, and as you listen, time passes. Images, memories, stories, and fantasies emerge. What sound hides in your father's fogged cup? What composition is concealed in your great-aunt's worn cross-stitch blanket? What memories surface when you hear a particular song? Join us on a musical search for vanished sounds!

Espresso-Konzert

At our Espresso Concerts in the early afternoon, we serve two kinds of caffeine – one made from Arabica beans and, of course, a cup of musical espresso: outstanding young talents present surprise programmes that really wake you up!

Organo con stromenti

Espresso-Konzert

At our Espresso Concerts in the early afternoon, we serve two kinds of caffeine – one made from Arabica beans and, of course, a cup of musical espresso: outstanding young talents present surprise programmes that really wake you up!