Konzerthaus Berlin

Ode To Joy

To celebrate Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th Birthday in 2020 the musicians of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin approach music with a good dose of self-irony.
The immaterial “spark of divinity” becomes a glowing co-actor to accompany them through iconic passages of Beethoven’s symphonies – right up to the grand finale of the Ninth and its “Ode to Joy”.

A contribution of the Konzerthaus Berlin to to the global project #GlobalOdeToJoy.

Directed and Edited by BORIS SEEWALD
Music Supervisor and Sound Mix RALF FORSTER

Producer BERNHARD VON HÜLSEN, MARIA WILLER

Director of Photography THOMAS FRISCHHUT
Gaffer MARTIN KÖNIG

Hair & Make-Up SUSANNE GLÖCKNER
Set Manager MÁRIA GÉCZI
Set Runner ELIAS AMLER
Commissioning Editor ELENA KOUNTIDOU

Produced by 3B PRODUKTION
for KONZERTHAUS BERLIN

MUSICIANS:
1st Violin SAYAKO KUSAKA
1st Violin ALINA LEPPER
2nd Violin JOHANNES JAHNEL
Viola AMALIA AUBERT
Cello NERINA MANCINI
Cello JAE-WONG SONG
Double Bass IGOR PROKOPETS
Bassoon BARBARA KEHRIG
Oboe MICHAELA KUNTZ
Clarinet ALEXANDRA KEHRLE
Trumpet PETER DÖRPINGHAUS
Trombone VLADIMIR VERES
Horn DMITRY BABANOV
Flute DANIEL WERNER
Kettledrum MICHAEL OBERAIGNER
Percussion JAN WESTERMANN