RIAS Kammerchor Berlin - Freitag ¾ sechs

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor Berlin

Really old and extremely lively: For many seasons now, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin has been demonstrating how thrilling music from the 17th to the early 19th century can sound in its own series at the Konzerthaus Berlin.Bach's „St Matthew Passion“ was premiered for the second time in 1829 - in the Singakademie building in Berlin, which is now home to the Maxim Gorki Theatre. The conductor was Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, who was only twenty years old. He paved the way for a Bach renaissance with the version he arranged and shortened. In the era of Viennese Classicism, Bach's music had simply hardly ever been performed. The Passion, however, which was first presented to the congregation of St Thomas' Church in Leipzig in 1727, is one of the most haunting musical depictions of the story of the crucifixion.

›Schöne Töne Live‹

Composer Sven Helbig presents everything he encounters, notices, receives, and likes on his musical travels to the audience of his ›Schöne Töne‹ (Beautiful Sounds) weekly programme on the radioeins radio station. Here, electronica, ambient, new or ancient music meet classical orchestral music in an original and effortless way; here, you can experience an adventure trip through music from all over the world and from all times. For the second season, Helbig will perform his ›Schöne Töne‹ programme live twice, together with the DSO, at the Haus des Rundfunks broadcasting centre in Berlin. He moderates the evening himself in an entertaining and enjoyable way, welcomes exciting musical guests who can be experienced together with the orchestra, and shares anecdotes from his almost infinite treasure trove of musical stories.

Hallervorden & Yellow Cello

Season concert ›DSO Schulmusiken‹

With ›Klassik’s Not Dead‹ the DSO provides music education directly at Berlin schools, including the Beethoven-Gymnasium, the Canisius-Kolleg, the Droste-Hülshoff-Gymnasium, the Heinz-Berggruen-Gymnasium, and the Salvator Catholic School. In weekly lessons, members of the orchestra coach chamber music ensembles of all ages. By now, more than a dozen DSO musicians are involved. Some of them mentor the pupils for several years, supporting the musical process from the rehearsal of the works to technical questions and how to play together in a chamber music setting. The results of the collaboration are presented in a public chamber concert every school year.

DSO im Zoo

New Year’s Shows with Circus Roncalli

Celebrating New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day with the DSO and Circus Roncalli has been considered the absolute highlight at the turn of the year since 2003. The shows are sold out in no time at all. Bernhard Paul, Paul Daniel and the orchestra’s Managing Director Thomas Schmidt-Ott light a sensational firework with the DSO and an international circus ensemble. Breathtaking artistry, the funniest clowns and the most virtuoso clarinets the Tempodrom has ever seen enter into a symbiosis of symphonic beauty, glittering elegance, and pure thrills.

New Year’s Shows with Circus Roncalli

Celebrating New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day with the DSO and Circus Roncalli has been considered the absolute highlight at the turn of the year since 2003. The shows are sold out in no time at all. Bernhard Paul, Paul Daniel and the orchestra’s Managing Director Thomas Schmidt-Ott light a sensational firework with the DSO and an international circus ensemble. Breathtaking artistry, the funniest clowns and the most virtuoso clarinets the Tempodrom has ever seen enter into a symbiosis of symphonic beauty, glittering elegance, and pure thrills.

New Year’s Shows with Circus Roncalli

Celebrating New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day with the DSO and Circus Roncalli has been considered the absolute highlight at the turn of the year since 2003. The shows are sold out in no time at all. Bernhard Paul, Paul Daniel and the orchestra’s Managing Director Thomas Schmidt-Ott light a sensational firework with the DSO and an international circus ensemble. Breathtaking artistry, the funniest clowns and the most virtuoso clarinets the Tempodrom has ever seen enter into a symbiosis of symphonic beauty, glittering elegance, and pure thrills.

NEW: Academy Concert

Violinist and conductor Bernhard Forck is a specialist for early music and conducts the DSO concert on January 8 with soprano Anna Prohaska. Together with the members of the DSO's Ferenc Fricsay Academy, he conducted a two-day workshop on historical performance practice in January. The result can be experienced on January 22 at the Alte Pfarrkirche Pankow.