Posts Tagged ‘Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin’
Monday, December 1st, 2014
By Rebecca Schmid Last week at the Philharmonie featured the debut of the young conductor Joshua Weilerstein with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin alongside a guest appearance of Riccardo Chailly with the Berlin Philharmonic. It was an interesting opportunity to consider the qualities that can make or break a leader at the podium. A rumoured candidate […]
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Tags: Berlin Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Diana Tishchenko, Joshua Weilerstein, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov, Riccardo Chailly, Schumann, Tchaikovsky
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Friday, October 10th, 2014
By Rebecca Schmid “This is not a minimalist piece,” announced Cameron Carpenter in onstage discussion of Terry Riley’s At the Royal Majestic, an organ concerto which made its German premiere with the Deutsches-Symphonie Orchester Berlin (DSO) at the Philharmonie on Oct.9. His feet laced up in knee-high converse sneakers, Carpenter proceeded to play an excerpt […]
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Tags: Adolf Woelfli, Berlin, Cameron Carpenter, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Giancarlo Guerrero, Johann Fanger, Terry Riley, Xul Kolar
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2014
By Rebecca Schmid Given the range of works across the classical repertoire, one wonders how the same Brahms and Beethoven warhorses continue to dominate programming, especially in the midst of constant debate about how to keep the art form lively. The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin manages to prove an exception. An evening of Honegger, Franck, Roussel […]
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Tags: Albert Roussel, Arthur Honegger, betrand chamayou, Cesar Franck, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Maurice Ravel, musicalamerica, Rebecca Schmid, Stéphane Denève
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Friday, April 27th, 2012
By Rebecca Schmid Of Berlin’s seven major orchestras, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester (DSO) is beloved among connoisseurs for its innovative programming. For the past five seasons, the orchestra has offered “Casual Concerts” concluding with a DJ act in the foyer of the Philharmonie, as initiated by former Music Director Ingo Metzmacher. In what the Berliner Zeitung […]
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Tags: Barbara Frittoli, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ewa Wolak, Hans Graf, Hindemith, Jana Kurucová, Lioba Braun, Maria Luigia Borsi, Melanie Diener, puccini, Skryabin, Theodor Adorno
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