Gemeinsame Gegensätze

By Henriette Schwarz, 21 April 2015

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“Ohne Scheu reizte das DSO Widmanns irres musikalisches Gewitter bis zum Äußersten aus”

Reviewed at Philharmonie: Großer Saal, Berlin on 18 April 2015

Widmann, Babylon Suite

Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16

Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms

Nikolai Lugansky, Piano

Rundfunkchor Berlin

Kent Nagano, Conductor

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Music from Wonderland to Heaven at Kölner Philharmonie

Kurt Gottschalk, 29th June

Hanna-Elisabeth Müller joined the visiting Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin for Mahler's Fourth Symphony and Unsuk Chin's surprising Puzzles and Games, derived from her opera Alice in Wonderland.

*****

Sounds of the contemporary from the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester

Elena Luporini, 21st January

Closing the 26th edition of the Ultraschall Berlin festival, André de Ridden and the DSO prove the vitality of the contemporary orchestra with a programme featuring works by Streich, Chin and Andre.

****1

May I have your attention? Pekka Kuusisto and the DSO in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 17th December

At the head of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, Pekka Kuusisto greets the holidays in Berlin with a Haydn-centred concert featuring works by Anna Clyne, Caroline Shaw and Beethoven.

****1

Opposites attract: Ticciati conducts a Pépin premiere in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 15th October

Camille Pépin's Le Sommeil a pris ton empreinte, a violin concerto dedicated to Renaud Capuçon, receives its German premiere.

*****

Manfred Honeck and the DSO dazzle Berlin's Philharmonie

Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 8th May

Manfred Honeck builds a magnificent monument of sound conducting the DSO Berlin in Mahler's Fifth Symphony, the highlight of the evening, preceded by violinist James Ehnes who brilliantly recreates Mozart's Third Concerto.

*****

DSO Berlin opens its 75th anniversary season

Zenaida des Aubris, 19th September

The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester performs works by Lang, Pärt, Stravinsky and Mahler under music director, Robin Ticciati.

****1

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Henriette Schwarz

Henriette hat Musikwissenschaft und Alte Geschichte an der Humboldt-Universität in ihrer Heimatstadt Berlin studiert. Ihre Liebe zur klassischen Musik, vor allem der Chormusik in all ihren Facetten, entdeckte sie schon in ihrer Kindheit. In ihrer Freizeit singt sie in verschiedenen Chören; besonders angetan haben es ihr dabei die Werke Josef Rheinbergers und Morten Lauridsens.

Gemeinsame Gegensätze: Das Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin überzeugte mit einem abwechslungsreichen Programm in der Philharmonie