Revelatory and uncompromising at Ultraschall Festival

By Sam Johnstone, 22 January 2018

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“A delicate and faltering work... that coaxes itself from silence before ushering itself out again”

Reviewed at Haus des Rundfunks: Großer Sendesaal, Berlin on 17 January 2018

Zimmermann, Photoptosis

Wildberger, Canto

Holliger, Concerto for violin and orchestra "Homage to Louis Soutter"

Heinz Holliger, Conductor

Thomas Zehetmair, Violin

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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Sam Johnstone

Sam Johnstone is a musician and writer based in Berlin. He has written on classical, contemporary and world music for Sinfini Music, The Cusp and World Music Network, and about the influence of the avant-garde on contemporary music in Germany and Japan whilst studying at Oxford University and SOAS, University of London. Sam blogs at www.spljohnstone.com and tweets at @spljohnstone

Revelatory and uncompromising works at Ultraschall Festival