Concerts with works by

Lera Auerbach

Musik für Frauenstimmen

Works by Maria Xaveria Perucona, Johann Adolf Hasse, Gustav Holst, and Arvo Pärt, as well as piano music by Sofia Gubaidulina, Lera Auerbach, and Arvo Pärt.

Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Joana Mallwitz

Under the direction of Joana Mallwitz, the Konzerthausorchester will perform the world premiere of the orchestral version of a work by Lera Auerbach, to whom the Konzerthaus is dedicating a “Creative Portrait” this season. The composer was inspired by Modest Mussorgsky's “Pictures at an Exhibition” and texts by Jorge Luis Borges for “Labyrinth” (2018). In it, she sends listeners on a mysterious journey with a dream wanderer, during which they encounter a series of mythical creatures.

Monday at Last with dance

In Monday at Last, violinist Cecilia Zilliacus and cellist Kati Raitinen invite artists to perform both newer and older music. But this Monday, it's not guest musicians who take over the stage of the Grünewald Hall – it's dancers!Nadja Sellrup and Oscar Samuelsson have both been principal dancers at the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm, and participated in a number of acclaimed and talked-about performances at the Royal Swedish Opera. They both also have prominent international careers.Now we get to experience them in Connection–Band–Saraband with choreography by Pär Isberg, inspired by Ingmar Bergman's film Saraband, which focuses on relationships. The music comes from Bach's cello suites, which were important to Bergman.This exciting Monday at Last concert also features music by Sibelius, Lera Auerbach, and Erwin Schulhoff, as well as Jonas S Bohlin's To Cecilia for solo violin and choreography, written in 2023 for the Katrina Festival in Åland, where Cecilia Zilliacus is the artistic director.

Reverie and Rapture

Växjö-based Musica Vitae joins us accompanied by the British violinist and conductor Hugo Ticciati, who is active in Sweden. He founded the O/Modernt festival in 2011, known for its innovative and cross-genre programming, which also characterizes his concert with Musica Vitae.The first part of the concert presents music infused with religious reverie. We hear the mysticism of Hildegard of Bingen in Vos flores rosarum and wordless violin song in Arvo Pärt's Fratres. Additionally, two meditations on the theme of the suffering mother: John Tavener's Mother of God, Here I Stand from The Veil of the Temple, and Lera Auerbach's Sogno di Stabat Mater (Dream of Stabat Mater). After the interval, the mood shifts from spiritual contemplation to exalted rapture. In the enigmatically dancing Aksak and Ciphers, Swedish composer Albert Schnelzer has encoded both Brahms and family members in the score. This is followed by a musical dialogue between Philip Glass's baroque-inspired Symphony No. 3 and three arrangements of songs from the iconic grunge rock band Nirvana's album Nevermind. Bridging the gap between the baroque and contemporary rock music is Purcell’s Cold Song from his semi-opera The Fairy-Queen.

Ein Fest für Neues

Lera Auerbach, a prominent composer, pianist, and author, will have her piece, Adam's Lament, premiered at the 10th Philharmonic Concert. Award-winning trumpeter Selina Ott will debut with the Bremen Philharmonic, performing Weinberg's Trumpet Concerto. The concert concludes with Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, also known as the Fate Symphony. A pre-concert introduction starts 30 minutes prior in the Glocke's "Kleinen Saal".

Ein Fest für Neues

Lera Auerbach, a prominent composer, pianist, and author, will have her piece, Adam's Lament, premiered at the 10th Philharmonic Concert. Award-winning trumpeter Selina Ott will debut with the Bremen Philharmonic, performing Weinberg's Trumpet Concerto. The concert concludes with Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, also known as the Fate Symphony. A pre-concert introduction starts 30 minutes prior in the Glocke's "Kleinen Saal".

Honeck, Kavakos · Auerbach, Korngold, Beethoven

Honeck, Kavakos · Auerbach, Korngold, Beethoven