Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra

Zwei starke Frauen der Musik traten beim Musikfest Berlin im Konzert des Philadelphia Orchestra hervor: als Solistin Lisa Batiashvili und als Komponistin Florence Price.

Der ungekrönte Star des Abends war Branford Marsalis, der träumerisch mit Glasunows sehnsuchtsvollen Melodien verzzauberte.

The premiere of Wynton Marsalis’ Symphony no. 5 is postponed, substituted by selections from his Jungle Symphony, along with a disappointing Beethoven’s Seventh at Carnegie Hall. 

Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the premiere of For Marilyn Crispell alongside the 1873 version of Bruckner’s “Wagner Symphony”, the Third.

Guest conductor Harry Bicket brings a sense of urgency to Mozart's Requiem and pulse-quickening energy to Symphony no. 40.

“Years ago, I composed for the great Chaliapin. Now he is dead, and so I compose for a new kind of artist, the Philadelphia Orchestra.” Cameron Kelsall explores the relationship between Sergei Rachmaninov and the orchestra he composed for in exile.