Dear to the heart

Concert broadcast to the Zeiss-Grossplanetarium

Enjoy symphony concerts with a view of the starry sky in the Zeiss Grand Planetarium – heavenly sounds in the truest sense of the word.

Concert broadcast to the Zeiss-Grossplanetarium

Enjoy symphony concerts with a view of the starry sky in the Zeiss Grand Planetarium – heavenly sounds in the truest sense of the word.

Concert broadcast to the Zeiss-Grossplanetarium

Enjoy symphony concerts with a view of the starry sky in the Zeiss Grand Planetarium – heavenly sounds in the truest sense of the word.

Live-Concert broadcast to the Zeiss-Grossplanetarium – New Year’s Concert

The radioeins storytelling concert – “The Magic Mountain”

In the evening at the bar, someone tells great stories: Adventure, drama, entanglement, love, wisdom, humour. The radioeins storytelling lounge has been creating exactly this situation since 2023. The actress and author Meike Rötzer tells in her own words what she has gleaned from the most productive of all. The radioeins storytelling lounge now becomes a radioeins storytelling concert thanks to the RSB! The literary radio format takes to the live stage, musically enhanced by the large symphony orchestra and suitable works from Gustav Mahler to Maria Herz (!). Thomas Mann’s cult novel “The Magic Mountain” is itself an invitation.The event takes about 3 hours including a break.

Into the Distance

26 years old, and just married to a woman who is an avowed Fennoman (a Finland enthusiast), young Jean Sibelius starts composing his first tone poem. Rather than following a specific musical road map, his En saga is more of a fairy tale of mystic landscapes. It shows vast surfaces of sound, subdued melancholy, and here and there, cheerful trolls pop up for a perky little dance. Incidentally, the first sketches to this piece were made in Austria, where Sibelius, the composer with the Swedish accent, spent his time in Viennese coffee houses, reading the Finnish national epic, the Kalewala. »I never felt more Finnish than in Vienna, Italy and Paris.« In Kaija Saariaho’s case, the musical approach to the five poems by her compatriot Pentti Saarikoski had little to do with Finnish national romanticism but more with the urge to explore the art of composing. Saariaho, who passed away in 2023, had originally set the work for soprano and piano, and the Gürzenich Orchestra now examines the orchestral version. In the very first poem, The Face of Nature, the composer’s musical language builds bridges to Jean Sibelius, while Sumun läpi – Through the mist – explores impenetrable, mysterious worlds of sound. The soloist in this performance is a longtime artistic companion of Saariaho, the singer Anu Komsi. Whoever tries to spot British sounding melodies in Dvořák’s »English« symphony, his 8th, will most certainly be disappointed. The Czech composer merely switched to a British publisher for this buoyant work, hence the misleading title. The symphony is bold, and vigorously joyful. It has an introspective beginning, but after less than a minute, the atmosphere takes a turn for the jubilant, culminating in a finale with festive, beaming fanfares. Antonín Dvořák is on the fast lane to success: »You want to know what I do? My head is full – if only one could write everything down immediately! […] The ease exceeds all expectations and the melodies just keep coming.

Into the Distance

26 years old, and just married to a woman who is an avowed Fennoman (a Finland enthusiast), young Jean Sibelius starts composing his first tone poem. Rather than following a specific musical road map, his En saga is more of a fairy tale of mystic landscapes. It shows vast surfaces of sound, subdued melancholy, and here and there, cheerful trolls pop up for a perky little dance. Incidentally, the first sketches to this piece were made in Austria, where Sibelius, the composer with the Swedish accent, spent his time in Viennese coffee houses, reading the Finnish national epic, the Kalewala. »I never felt more Finnish than in Vienna, Italy and Paris.« In Kaija Saariaho’s case, the musical approach to the five poems by her compatriot Pentti Saarikoski had little to do with Finnish national romanticism but more with the urge to explore the art of composing. Saariaho, who passed away in 2023, had originally set the work for soprano and piano, and the Gürzenich Orchestra now examines the orchestral version. In the very first poem, The Face of Nature, the composer’s musical language builds bridges to Jean Sibelius, while Sumun läpi – Through the mist – explores impenetrable, mysterious worlds of sound. The soloist in this performance is a longtime artistic companion of Saariaho, the singer Anu Komsi. Whoever tries to spot British sounding melodies in Dvořák’s »English« symphony, his 8th, will most certainly be disappointed. The Czech composer merely switched to a British publisher for this buoyant work, hence the misleading title. The symphony is bold, and vigorously joyful. It has an introspective beginning, but after less than a minute, the atmosphere takes a turn for the jubilant, culminating in a finale with festive, beaming fanfares. Antonín Dvořák is on the fast lane to success: »You want to know what I do? My head is full – if only one could write everything down immediately! […] The ease exceeds all expectations and the melodies just keep coming.

Festival at the Funkhaus in Nalepastraße

As part of the events marking the 100th anniversary of the orchestra, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin had planned a festival at its former location, the Funkhaus in Oberschöneweide, from 14 to 16 June 2024.Unfortunately, it has not yet been possible to reach a signed agreement with the owner of the building regarding its use. A successful realisation of the festival is therefore not guaranteed at the present time. It is therefore with great regret that the festival has to be cancelled. The events scheduled for this weekend will be rescheduled at a later date if possible.

For a birthday only the best

Everyone’s allowed to love / A retro Valentine’s evening

What if, on Valentine’s Day, we stopped worrying about being behind the times, and rejoiced in the spirit of bygone days?On 14th February, that special evening, the NOSPR concert hall will resound with melodies from the first talking movies, the unforgettable compositions by Jerzy Petersburski and Henryk Wars. There will be no dearth of hits we know from the characteristic interpretations by Mieczysław Fogg, Hanka Ordonówna and Adam Aston!The 1920s and 1930s were the golden era of Polish song and the music of the period brings to mind specific associations: elegance, humour and a nostalgic romanticism. The NOSPR stage will host excellent musicians and actors recreating the unique atmosphere of that time. Such pieces as Każdemu wolno kochać [Everyone’s allowed to love], Już nie zapomnisz mnie [No more will you forget me], Tango milonga and Umówiłem się z nią na dziewiątą [Got a date with her at nine], in charming new arrangements by Paweł Steczek, will be performed by the NOSPR chamber orchestra and guest artists, such as Dorota Miśkiewicz, Wojciech Myrczek, Dorota Segda and Cezary Żak. This will be an evening filled with various shades of love.On Valentine’s Day, indulge yourself in romantic nostalgia.Julia Broniowska