Britten in Berlin

By Christie Franke, 25 November 2013

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Reviewed at Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Berlin on 21 November 2013

Britten, War Requiem, Op.66

Konzerthausorchester Berlin

Cantus Domus

North London Chorus

Berliner Madchenchor

Ralf Sochaczewsky, Conductor

Murray Hipkin, Conductor

Sabine Wusthoff, Choirmaster / chorus director

Nicole Chevalier, Soprano

Nicky Spence, Tenor

Sebastian Noack, Baritone

Music against Death: Joana Mallwitz conducts Nono and Mahler in Berlin

David Grundy, 14th September

Joana Mallwitz pairs rare Luigi Nono with Mahler's Fourth Symphony at the Konzerthausorchester's Musikfest Berlin programme.

****1

Earth, wind and fire: Valčuha and Apkalna at the Konzerthaus Berlin

Elena Luporini, 5th July

For the end of the season, Berlin's Konzerthaus unleashes the fury of the elements with a concert featuring Bernd Richard Deutsch's Organ Concerto Okeanos, together with works by Sibelius and Shostakovich.

*****

Batons and broomsticks with Joana Mallwitz in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 22nd February

A folk-centred programme delights Berlin's Konzerthaus under the conducting of Joana Mallwitz – with the special participation of soloist Elisabeth Leonskaja.

****1

The continuation of beautiful friendships in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 14th October

At Berlin's Konzerthaus, Chief Conductor Christoph Eschenbach leads the premiere of Christian Mason's orchestral work An Ocean of Years and reunites with American pianist Tzimon Barto.

****1

Transparent, alert Mozart from Vikingur Ólafsson in Berlin

Zenaida des Aubris, 10th September

Pablo Heras-Casado a programme featuring a classic combination of Mozart and Schumann.

****1

Schubert shines in Berlin: Joana Mallwitz at the Konzerthaus

Roy Westbrook, 28th November

A memorable account of Schubert's "Great" C major symphony, conducted – and analysed – by Joana Mallwitz.

*****

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Christie Franke

Christie Franke is a Berlin-based writer and opera lover. Her blog, Tiny Doom’s Opernpalais, chronicles her adventures as an opera-lover and writer, serving as discussion ground for character profiles, operatic plot holes, and the magic of music in everyday life.

Britten's War Requiem thrills at the Berlin Konzerthaus