Special Concert

Chamber concert: Between East and West

Dear to the heart

Supporting the »wir helfen« (we help) campaign by the newspaper Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger is more than just a tradition upheld by the Gürzenich Orchestra – it is of heartfelt importance. This season, contributing to the initiative for underprivileged children and adolescents in the region, the orchestra will play a passionate concert full of deep emotions. Before giving birth to his second concerto for piano and orchestra, with its endless melodies and sweeping, intense drama, Sergei Rachmaninoff had to fight his way through a deep valley of depression and self-doubt. In the end, hypno-therapy is what helped the Russian composer dissolve his writer’s block. Against all expectations, the concerto was a great success: It offers everything ranging from chamber musical intimacy to symphonic opulence, and demands everything from the soloist, emotionally and technically. No problem for the 24-year-old Russian pianist Alexander Malofeev, a sensational shooting star who has won countless prizes and travels the world. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky described his last symphony, the »Pathétique,« as his best work, as being dear to his heart. He claimed to have put »all his soul« into it. The fact that he died just a few days after the premiere amplifies the impression of someone who condenses all facets of his artistic identity and symphonic oeuvre, and puts them to paper. Yet the musical approach he chooses is absolutely surprising. One would think he might bring his last symphony to a rejoicing and triumphant end, an emphatic summary of his own highly successful career. Instead, Tchaikovsky chooses a melancholy, introspective ending – not so much a real finale as a touching farewell with many open questions, a musical »good bye« which, still today, goes straight to the heart.

Im Klang: Pelleas and Melisande

Beisl Concerts

Großer Ozean der Musik

Ein Wandelkonzert in der neuen Daueraustellung Der blaue Kontinent – Inseln des Pazifik Zur Ausstellungseröffnung im Übersee-Museum stellen wir mit einem Wandelkonzert den Blauen Kontinent – den Pazifik – mit Musik und Vorträgen in den Mittelpunkt. Welche Rolle spielt er für das globale Klima, welche Forschungsprojekte gibt es und: wie klingt der Pazifik eigentlich?Das Publikum flaniert individuell zwischen insgesamt 9 Stationen innerhalb des Museums und erlebt die eindringliche Kombination von wissenschaftlicher Expertise und traumhafter Musik. An 6 Stationen erwarten Sie sowohl ungewöhnliche Ensembles mit Marimbaphon oder Didgeridoo, als auch klassische Kammermusikformationen mit Musik aus pazifischen Regionen wie Ozeanien, Neuseeland, Nord- und Südamerika oder Asien. Zum Abschluss spielen die Musiker:innen Terry Rileys „in C“ aus den Anfängen der Minimal-Music. Daran anschließend ist das hauseigene Gamelan mit dem Ensemble Arum-Sih unter der Leitung von Joachim Burkhardt zu hören.An den übrigen 3 Stationen erwarten Sie Vorträge von Forscher:innen und Klima-Spezialisten:Dr. Annette Breckwoldt ist interdisziplinäre Meereswissenschaftlerinam. Sie arbeitet am Leibniz-Zentrum für Marine Tropenforschung (ZMT) und wird Sie mit vielen Fotos und Eindrücken nach Ozeanien mitnehmen, nach Fidschi und Neukaledonien. Ihr erst kürzlich gestartetes zweites Forschungs-Projekt 'SOCPacific' ( "A Sea of Connections“) befasst sich mit Riffpassagen als sozial-ökologische Schlüsselorte und Kommunikationszonen.Wie kann indigenes und akademisches Wissen verflochten werden, um die marine Biodiversität zu erhalten und sie nachhaltig zu nutzen?Dr. Klaus Grosfeld ist Klimawissenschaftler am Alfred-Wegener-Institut und Geschäftsführer des Helmholtz Forschungsverbundes „Regionale Klimaänderungen und Mensch (REKLIM)“. Er beleuchtet die ungeheuer vielfältige und wichtige Rolle, die der Pazifik für unseren Planeten und für uns Menschen spielt, insbesondere im Zusammenhang mit dem globale Klimageschehen, als wichtiger Handelsweg und für den Erhalt der Artenvielfalt.Dr. Marleen Stuhr ist Meereswissenschaftlerin am Leibniz-Zentrum für Marine Tropenforschung (ZMT) in Bremen. Sie berichtet in ihrem Vortrag “Vom Riff zum Strand – Karbonatproduktion, Sedimente und tropische Küsten im Wandel”, welche Auswirkungen menschliche Einflüsse auf die zentralen Funktionen des Ökosystems Korallenriff haben – etwa auf den Küstenschutz oder die Bildung von Inseln – und wie sie tropische Küsten verändern können. Eine wichtige Rolle spielen dabei neben Klimawandel und Korallenbleiche auch kleinste Lebewesen, die weiße Strände produzieren. Mitwirkende Ensembles:Oboe, Didgeridoo, ShakuhachiGregor Daul (Oboe)Anke Topp, Werner Sauer, Susanne Gesing (Didgeridoo)Oliver Schmidt (Shakuhachi)Marimbaphon, Violine, Cello & PercussionMarina Miloradovic (Violine)Karola von Borries (Cello)Pao Hsuan Tseng (Marimbaphon)Simon Herron (Percussion)Vincent Youmans (1898-1946): Tahiti-Trott/Tea for TwoGordon Stout (*1952): aus Two Mexican Dances: Nr.2Alan Menken (*1949): Under the Sea FagottquartettDirk EhlersJohannes WagnerBerker SenNaomi Kuchimura Harfe & FlöteHélène Freyburger (Flöte)Amandine Carbuccia (Harfe)Werke von Jean Cras, Gabriel Fauré u.a. CelloBenjamin StiehlSteve Reich (*1936): Cello Counterpoint für Cello Solo & Tonband Der Erlös des Konzertes geht an den Orchester des Wandels e.V.

“105 Friends” – Chamber concert

Fünf Freunde [Five Friends] is the title of the exhibition (which runs until August 17) dedicated to the works and artistic circle of Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Merce Cunningham, and John Cage. Examining cultural politics during the Cold War as well as the issue of what it meant to be a homosexual during this time opens up new perspectives on the historiography of post-war Modernism. As part of this collaboration, the musicians of the BRSO will be joined by more than 100 friends and will focus on the composer John Cage through chamber music concerts and panel discussions as well as “BRSO und du” programmes at Museum Brandhorst.

Chamber concert: Classic Vienna

Eugène Ysaÿe

Bamberger Symphoniker in Munich

After the BRSO was invited to perform in Bamberg last October, the Bamberg Symphony has now accepted our invitation to perform a concert. Chief Conductor Jakub Hrůša, a highly popular and regular guest conductor with the BRSO, will lead the Bamberg Symphony in an unusual program, about which he remarks: “I love surprises and breaking with conventions, as long as they are done in a subtle way.” The program includes Shostakovich’s rarely performed Eleventh Symphony that serves as a cautionary and thought-provoking response to the “eternal question of existence” already posed in Charles Ives’ The Unanswered Question. In addition, the exceptional Korean violinist Bomsori Kim, winner of the 2013 ARD Music Competition, will appear for the first time in a BRSO concert series and perform Korngold’s Violin Concerto.

Cinema:Sound - James Newton Howard in Concert

Konzert für Alle #9

Saisonpräsentation

The Bremen Philharmonic's 201st concert season is here! The season presentation offers a preview of the 25/26 season's highlights with the full orchestra, led by General Music Director Marko Letonja. Enjoy entertaining moderation and a surprise guest. Ticket sales open the same day.

Jubilee concert 100 years Rundfunkchor Berlin

JAZZIK #3

“105 Friends” – Chamber concert

Fünf Freunde [Five Friends] is the title of the exhibition (which runs until August 17) dedicated to the works and artistic circle of Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Merce Cunningham, and John Cage. Examining cultural politics during the Cold War as well as the issue of what it meant to be a homosexual during this time opens up new perspectives on the historiography of post-war Modernism. As part of this collaboration, the musicians of the BRSO will be joined by more than 100 friends and will focus on the composer John Cage through chamber music concerts and panel discussions as well as “BRSO und du” programs at Museum Brandhorst.

Preview Prater Picnic

Prater Picnic of the Wiener Symphoniker

Plácido Domingo und die Bremer Philharmoniker – My Life for Music

World-renowned Spanish tenor and baritone Plácido Domingo will perform a special gala concert, "My Life for Music," on June 28, 2025, at the Seebühne Bremen. The concert celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Bremer Philharmoniker and will feature a retrospective of Domingo's career, accompanied by a soprano and the Bremer Philharmoniker. Domingo's career began in the 1960s, and he has performed in major opera houses worldwide, receiving numerous awards. He has also conducted at major opera houses and served as director of the Washington National Opera and Los Angeles Opera.

Bock auf Klassik?!

Heavenwards

Admission is free (without access card). Towards the end of his life, Giuseppe Verdi, likely the most significant Italian opera specialist, returns to his artistic roots: church music. His four sacred pieces (Quattro pezzi sacri) seem to be striving towards heaven like pillars in a Gothic cathedral. The Ave Maria, sung a cappella, the stirring and painful Stabat Mater, and last but not least, the Te Deum, a hymn of praise in a voluminous, ceremonious setting for double chorus, solo soprano and orchestra: All this is unmistakably Verdi, expert in theatrics and master of musical effects. 100 years before Verdi, another theatre magician turned the church into a big stage: Like many of his works, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Mass in C minor is luminous and magnificent, and at the same time enigmatic and deeply mysterious. To this day, it is not clear why Mozart set to work on this monumental profession of faith: Was he honouring the vow he had made when he married his beloved Constanze Weber in the same year he wrote the mass? Or was it simply the expression of his very own personal spirituality? And what’s more: Why did the composition remain unfinished, just like the Requiem nine years later? What makes the C minor Mass so touching to the day is the immediacy of the emotions and feelings that are conveyed. And when the soprano spins her seemingly endless melodies in the famous aria »Et incarnatus est«, it feels as though the music opens the gates to heaven. A classic Mozart moment.

Sing-along concert with the Rundfunkchor Berlin

“105 Friends” – Chamber concert

Fünf Freunde [Five Friends] is the title of the exhibition (which runs until August 17) dedicated to the works and artistic circle of Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Merce Cunningham, and John Cage. Examining cultural politics during the Cold War as well as the issue of what it meant to be a homosexual during this time opens up new perspectives on the historiography of post-war Modernism. As part of this collaboration, the musicians of the BRSO will be joined by more than 100 friends and will focus on the composer John Cage through chamber music concerts and panel discussions as well as “BRSO und du” programs at Museum Brandhorst.

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