Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9 “The Great”
The capital city debut of young conductor Joana Mallwitz on the podium of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin took place on November 28, 2020. The program included Franz Schubert’s last work, “The Great”, his Symphony in C major D 944, which already breathes the spirit of Romanticism. Joana Mallwitz shares the Konzerthaus Berlin’s desire to bring classical […]
We Care For You
Magic moments, a catchy tune and an important message: “WE CARE FOR YOU” is the title of the Berlin Red Cross nurses’ song. With “nursing is art” as their theme, the song and the video clip deal with the seven fundamental principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement. The lead singer, Ute Spiegel, […]
Rivalry in Music: Stravinsky vs Schoenberg
At the beginning of the 20th century there were two celebrated liberators of music who were the complete opposite of each other: the stylishly nonchalant Igor Stravinsky who revolutionized the musical field from the rhythm-section on the one hand – and on the other the smart and world-weary Arnold Schoenberg with his visionary 12-tone-music. What […]
Gendarmenmarkt – always classical, yet ever-changing
Part of the series “Geheimnisvolle Orte” (“Mysterious places”) With the Konzerthaus at its center, flanked by the French and German dome the Gendarmenmarkt, some say, is the most beautiful square in Berlin. Like perhaps no other square, it mirrors the changeful history of the city. Life on the square changed time and again – as […]
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”. […]
Virtual tour: Drawing the City. Paper-based works from 1945 to the Present
Virtual tour through the exhibition “Drawing the City. Paper-based works from 1945 to the Present“ with Annelie Lütgens (Head of Department Prints and Drawings), and Thomas Köhler (Director of Berlinische Galerie)
