Beethovens Missa solemnis: Frieden in der Musik

By Sebastian Urmoneit, 16 December 2017

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Reviewed at Philharmonie: Großer Saal, Berlin on 14 December 2017

Beethoven, Mass in D major, “Missa solemnis”, Op.123

Berliner Philharmoniker

Christian Thielemann, Conductor

Luba Orgonášová, Soprano

Elisabeth Kulman, Mezzo-soprano

Daniel Behle, Tenor

Franz-Josef Selig, Bass

Rundfunkchor Berlin

Philipp Ahmann, Choirmaster / chorus director

Petrenko and Serebrennikov forge a new Ring in Salzburg

Phillip Richter, 1st April

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s much-anticipated return to Salzburg gets off to an impressive musical start. Kirill Serebrennikov’s staging raises numerous questions, but answers few of them.

****1

Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker in Seoul

SangKwon Lee, 9th November

On their Asian tour, the Berliner Philharmoniker reaffirms its renown in a concert of Schumann and Brahms at the Seoul Arts Center.

*****

Pitch perfect: Petrenko conducts Dusapin, Zimmermann and Brahms

Elena Luporini, 17th September

At this year's Musikfest Berlin, Kirill Petrenko conducts his Berliner Philharmoniker in a devilishly intricate programme.

****1

A place to call our own: Marin Alsop in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 22nd February

For her debut at the head of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Marin Alsop reflects on what a ‘home’ is through works by Tarkiainen, Dean, Copland and Villa-Lobos.

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Robertson conducts the German premiere of Srnka's Superorganisms

Elena Luporini, 13th February

At the Philharmonie, David Robertson steps in for Kirill Petrenko for a concert all about the wonders of nature, featuring Varèse, Srnka and Beethoven.

****1

Berlin Phil à la hongroise with Seong-Jin Cho

Elena Luporini, 9th December

The Berlin Phil celebrates Seong-Jin Cho's recently inaugurated residency with a Hungarian-themed chamber concert.

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Sebastian Urmoneit

Sebastian Urmoneit sudierte Musikwissenschaft und Philosophie in Berlin (u. a. bei Carl Dahlhaus). Ergänzendes Studium an der HdK Berlin (UdK)(u. a. bei Heinrich Poos und Hartmut Fladt), Dissertation zu Wagners „Tristan und Isolde“; Aufsätze über Schubert, Wagner, Wolf, Strauss und Brahms; Herausgabe: Joseph Haydn, Memoria, Band 11 mit Hartmut Fladt. Werkeinführungen für das Berliner Konzerthaus, das Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, die Bamberger Symphoniker, die Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, die Südwestdeutsche Konzertdirektion Erwin Russ GmbH, die Dachauer Schlosskonzerte, die Albert Konzerte GmbH in Freiburg u. a.