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Philharmonie Berlin, Chamber Music Hall (Berlin)
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Since 2010, ensembles of the Staatskapelle have been performing in the Bode Museum. The concerts, lasting just over an hour, take place in the Gobelin Hall and feature music from past centuries. Visitors can combine the concerts with other museum activities, such as an exhibition visit or a meal at the museum café.
You can simply go to a concert at the Philharmonie, spontaneously, during your lunch break – and with free admission: every Wednesday at 13:00 between September and June. The programme lasts 40 to 50 minutes: chamber music, piano works or a percussion duo – everything from Tchaikovsky to tango. Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Karajan Academy regularly perform, as well as guests from the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Berlin music conservatories. As can be expected at a lunch concert, catering is available from 12 noon until shortly before the concert begins.
In their first joint programme, Akamus and the up-and-coming star of the countertenor scene Carlo Vistoli dedicate themselves to key works of church music: Vivaldi set religious texts such as the psalm ‘Nisi Dominus’ to music with bittersweet sadness and operatic verve. The Venetian composer's ‘Stabat mater’, on the other hand, is one of the darkest baroque settings of the pain of Mary, the ‘Mater dolorosa’ and mother of Jesus. ‘I have had enough’ is also one of Bach's most moving cantatas.
Experience the first chamber concert of the season in the extraordinary setting of Hangar 4 at the former Tempelhof Airport. Following this year's MESSIAH production, musicians from the Komische Oper Berlin orchestra, along with mezzo-soprano Karolina Gumos, present masterworks by Handel, including the impressive cantata Donna, che in ciel and the aria Haec est Regina virginium. The program is rounded off by works of other Baroque greats such as Antonio Vivaldi and Henry Purcell. In the monumental industrial hall, Baroque sounds merge with the raw aesthetics of the historical location, transforming the concert into an unforgettable experience. Experience Baroque anew!