Posts Tagged ‘Philharmonie’
Friday, March 17th, 2017
By: Frank Cadenhead There was considerable concern about the future of the Philharmonie complex when it opened its doors in January of 2015. It was two years later than originally scheduled and almost three times the original cost estimate. It was still not totally finished and was in a poor area of town next to […]
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Tags: Cité de la Musique, Elbphilharmonie, Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonie, Salle Pierre Boulez
Posted in An American in Paris | Comments Off on The Paris Philharmonie’s Second Year Numbers.
Tuesday, June 17th, 2014
By Rebecca Schmid If Krzysztof Urbanski’s debut with the Berlin Philharmonic late last month should serve as any indication, this is a conductor whom we can expect to hear again soon at the Philharmonie. The young Polish native, quickly on the rise on the both sides of the Atlantic, presided over an all-Czech program on […]
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Tags: Andreas Buschatz, Andreas Ottensamer, Berlin Philharmonic, Dvorak, Krzysztof Urbanski, Martinu, musicalamerica, Philharmonie, Rebecca Schmid, Smetana, Sol Gabetta
Posted in Berlin Times | Comments Off on Krzysztof Urbanski makes Berlin Philharmonic Debut
Friday, February 28th, 2014
By Rebecca Schmid In the final scene of Bach’s St. John Passion, staged by Peter Sellars at the Philharmonie on Feb.27, the members of the Rundfunkchor gather in meditation around a spotlight, the rest of the hall submerged in darkness. The body of Jesus has been quietly removed during a lament of Mary Magdalene, his […]
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Tags: Anna Prohaska, Berlin Philharmonic, Camilla Tilling, Christian Gerhaher, Concentus Musicus, Dido and Aeneas, Dixit Dominus, J.S. Bach, Les Arts Florissants, Magdalena Kožená, Mark Padmore, MusicAeterna, MusicalAmerica.com, Nurial Rial, Perm Opera, peter sellars, Philharmonie, Rebecca Schmid, Roderick Williams, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle, St Matthew Passion, St. John Passion, Teodor Currentzis, Thomas Quasthoff, Topi Lehtipuu
Posted in Berlin Times | Comments Off on Ritual in the Philharmonie: Bach’s ‘St. John Passion’ and MusicAeterna
Tuesday, October 8th, 2013
By Rebecca Schmid Vladimir Putin has given the western world much reason for protest over the past year. There is the law banning homosexual “propaganda.” Two members of Pussy Riot still sit behind bars. According to some residents (and ex-residents) of the former Soviet Union, Russia is reverting to a full-blown totalitarian dictatorship. The businessman […]
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Tags: Amnesty International, Anna Politkowskaja, Arte, Arvo Part, Berlin, Daniel Barenboim, Elsbeth Moser, Emmanuel Pahud, Gidon Kremer, Giya Kancheli, Greenpeace, Khatia Buniatishvili, Kremerata Baltica, Leonid Desyatnikov, Martha Argerich, Michail Chodorkowski, Mieczysław Weinberg, Osteuropa, Philharmonie, Pussy Riot, Reporters without Borders, Sergei Nakariakov, Sofia Gubaidulina, Svetlana Gannushkina, To Russia with Love, Vladimir Putin
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Friday, January 11th, 2013
By Rebecca Schmid Journeys have provided powerful inspiration to writers, painters and composers alike, opening eyes to new ways of seeing the world. The broadening of artists’ palettes has sometimes allowed them to capture a landscape more vividly than the natives could themselves. One only has to think of Dvorak’s New World Symphony, Gauguin’s portraits […]
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Tags: Andreas Ottensamer, Berlin Philharmonic, Berlin Times, bruckner, Daishin Kashimoto, Dvorak, Gauguin, Mendelssohn, musical america, Philharmonie, Rebecca Schmid, Riccardo Chailly, Switzerland
Posted in Berlin Times, Uncategorized | Comments Off on An Italian, and possibly a Swiss, Symphony at the Philharmonie
Friday, July 6th, 2012
By Rebecca Schmid A timpanist just tall enough to rumble his mallets over the kettle drums stares out from beneath his specs as Lars Vogt slides onto the bench for the opening chords of Grieg’s Piano Concerto. “I like that sound!” says Music Director Donato Cabrera to the young percussionist as he walks out into […]
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Tags: Alasdair Neale, ascap, Berlin, Donato Cabrera, Grieg, John Adams, Lars Vogt, Liam Boisset, Mahler, Michael Tilson Thomas, Midori, Omar Shelly, Philharmonie, Ronald Gallman, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, Shaker Loops, Sir Simon Rattle, Yo-Yo Ma
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