Nostalgic and innovative

Nostalgic and innovative SIMON RATTLE CONDUCTS STRAVINSKY'S "PETRUSHKA" LIVE STREAM: FRI, 03 NOV 2017, 20:00 (BERLIN TIME) New York: 15:00 / Tokyo: Sat. 04 Nov 2017. 04:00 add to calendar (Photo: Monika Rittershaus) EFTA00627177 Performances of Stravinsky have been among the highlights of the Rattle era with the Berliner Philharmoniker. In this concert Sir Simon presents the ballet Petrushka. This tragic love story of a puppet brought to life combines the nostalgic atmosphere of a Russian fair with an innovative musical language. Rachmaninov's late-Romantically tinged Third Symphony and the premiere of a short work by Unsuk Chin complete the programme. READ MORE Enchanting delicacy P SIMON RATTLE AND SEONG-JIN CHO WITH RAVELS PIANO CONCERTO IN G MAJOR LIVE STREAM: SAT, 04 NOV 2017, 19:00 (BERLIN TIME) New York: 14:00 / Tokyo: Sun, 05 Nov 2017. 03:00 P. add to calendar It To set the mood for the broadcast, here is an excerpt from the rehearsals (Photo: Harald Hoffmann) Before the Berliner Philharmoniker travel to Asia for the last time under the direction of Simon Rattle, they present their tour programme in Berlin. In addition to sonorous works by Brahms and Strauss, the concert includes Ravel's G major Piano Concerto, with its shifts between enchanting delicacy and jazz-influenced fervour. Standing in for an unfortunately indisposed Lang Lang, the evening's soloist is the Korean rising star Seong-Jin Cho, winner of the legendary Chopin competition in Warsaw in 2015. EFTA00627178 READ MORE Grief and consolation NEW IN THE ARCHIVE: YANNICK NEZET-SEGUIN CONDUCTS BRAHMS'S "DEUTSCHES REQUIEM* (Photo: Hans von der Woerd) Johannes Brahms, composer of the Deutsches Requiem which Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducted for the first time at the age of 22, is closer to the conductor's heart than almost any other composer. In a reading which has been refined over many performances, the chief conductor designate of the Metropolitan Opera in New York has now presented Brahms's unorthodox requiem, which conveys both grief and consolation in a unique manner, with the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Rundfunkchor Berlin and the soloists Hanna-Elisabeth Muller and Markus Werba. The concert opened with a fascinating discovery: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's short, extraordinarily exquisite cantata "Heilig". READ MORE EFTA00627179 Unique insights A NEW PHOTO BOOK PORTRAYS THE BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER DURING THE RATTLE ERA Life as a Berliner Philharmoniker is full of memorable moments — during a concert, backstage, and on tour. The photographer Monika Rittershaus has accompanied the orchestra and its chief conductor Sir Simon Rattle over many years and captured many such special moments. Her photos now appear in an extensive, elegantly produced book entitled moving music. ORDER NOW Mendelssohn's unwritten opera RECOMMENDATION OF THE WEEK: -ELIJAH" WITH SEIJI OZAWA. MATTHIAS GOERNE AND ANNETTE DASCH EFTA00627180 EFTA00627181 EFTA00627182