Caroline Shaw / Gabriel Kahane

Sō Percussion with Caroline Shaw

Powerhouse percussion ensemble Sō Percussion and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and singer Caroline Shaw return to perform music from their upcoming album, Rectangles and Circumstance.

Composer in Residence: Caroline Shaw & Kamus Quartet

For lovers of chamber music the Recital Hall is the venue of choice. You can hear the musicians breathe and you can practically touch them. This hall is also cherished by musicians for its beautiful acoustics and direct contact with the audience. In the Recital Hall you can hear the best musicians of our time. Buy your tickets now and experience the magic of the Recital Hall for yourself!

Timothy Ridout – Récital solo : Bach, Britten, Shaw

Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin / Jae-Hyuck Cho / Gabriel Adorján

Dance is much more than just moving to music. It is the universal language of the soul that has connected us humans since the beginning of time. Through dance, we express emotions that words alone cannot capture – joy, sadness, love, longing, freedom. Every turn, every leap and every step tells a story that comes from deep within us. This evening transports the audience into a world of musical sophistication and passionate dance. The German Chamber Orchestra Berlin and the Korean star pianist Jae-Hyuck Cho offer an unforgettable concert evening under the motto »Mozart and Dance!«.

Konzert zum einhundertsten Todesjahr von Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Gabriel Fauré, einer der bedeutendsten französischen Komponisten, ist vor genau 100 Jahren gestorben. Dieser Abend ist seinen Werken gewidmet.

WDR Big Band feat. Sabeth & Gabriel Pérez - La Adivina + Livestream

New York based singer and composer Sabeth Pérez brings her new repertoire to Cologne in November. Inspired by the spirituality of South American seer Adivina, Sabeth and her father, Argentinian arranger Gabriel Pérez, translated the legends into modern South American jazz.

Récital de Véronique Gens autour des mélodies de Gabriel Fauré

Igor Levit / Berliner Barock Solisten

When Igor Levit takes his seat at the keyboard, one thing is for sure: you’ll hear the pieces on the programme as never before. The German-Russian pianist makes his very own mark, often as unexpected as it is brilliant, on every work he plays, whisking even veteran repertoire warhorses into the here and now. In this concert Levit is accompanied by the Berliner Barock Solisten in music by two composers who can be described without exaggeration as pinnacles of music history: Johann Sebastian Bach and his son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. The most famous of the Bach sons made a no less illustrious career for himself than his father, and was admired by fellow composers like Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn. In this cleverly thought-out programme, Levit and the Berlin ensemble create a father-son dialogue along entirely modern lines.

Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine

It takes some confidence to dedicate a sacred work personally to the Pope. But Claudio Monteverdi was keen to reach as large an audience as possible when he published his »Vespro della Beata Vergine« in 1610. With the work, he sought to express all the facets of his compositional prowess, and the »Vespers for the Blessed Virgin« remains one of the greatest works of sacred music to this day. In 13 movements, Monteverdi demonstrates his mastery and his ability to integrate all the contrasting stylistic influences of his time into one diverse whole. The six-strong Flemish instrumental ensemble Les Cornets Noirs specialises in the music of Monteverdi’s time. Together with the singers of the Delectus Cantionum ensemble, they present a historically informed and musically expressive performance of this legendary work.

Hathor Consort / Dorothee Mields / Romina Lischka

What traces do wars leave on the music of the time? The Hathor Consort, a viol ensemble of to which harp, organ and cornett are added, joins forces with soprano Dorothee Mields to look for echoes of the Thirty Years’ War in the works of composers who witnessed this catastrophic period in European history. With his »Trostgedichten in Widerwertigkeit deß Kriegs«, the poet Martin Opitz wrote an influential treatise of edification in the midst of this fierce conflict that claimed the lives of around a third of the population. The composers of the age attempted to process the deep trauma of violence, hunger and utter defencelessness through their music. This programme brings together four musical witnesses of the time:Heinrich Schütz, Samuel Scheidt, Andreas Hammerschmidt and Heinrich Albert. The acclaimed Hathor Consort focuses mainly on Renaissance and Baroque music, but it regularly combines this with music from other cultures as well as with contemporary works. Dorothee Mields likewise focuses entirely on Early Music, and her clear and intimate soprano is regarded as one of today’s top voices in the field of historic performing practice.