Movies: Berlin Philharmonic

A live performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera....

John Williams has made cinematic history with his film scores and transported entire generations into his musical worlds. He has composed the soundtracks for cinema blockbusters such as "Star Wars", "Jurassic Park", "E.T." and "Harry Potter". In this...

At the Baden-Baden Easter Festival, the Berliner Philharmoniker and conductor Jakub Hrůša perform the Concerto for Orchestra, a work composed by Béla Bartók during his exile in the United States. Also on the programme is Beethoven's Piano Concerto No...

or twenty years the Berliner Philharmoniker has celebrated its 1882 founding with a concert at a major European venue, and the 2011 event takes place at the magnificent Teatro Real in Madrid. The renowned orchestra, under the baton of Sir Simon Rattl...

Mariss Jansons conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker in the 2001 edition of the Europakonzert, filmed live at the Hagia Eirene in Istanbul on 1 May 2001. The program features Haydn’s Symphony No. 24 in G Major “Surprise” Mozart’s Concerto No. 2 in D...

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The conductor of this New Year’s Eve concert is Daniel Barenboim, one of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s oldest friends. He also takes on the role of soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 26 – a work of sparkling beauty and nuanced expression. There a...

The London Telegraph described pianist Alice Sarah Ott as the “hottest new talent in classical music”. She now makes her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker performing Ravel’s vibrant, jazz-influenced Piano Concerto in G major. Another artist maki...

Karajan had been appointed music director for life of the Berlin Philharmonic in 1955, and soon the orchestra mastered the entire palette of Karajan's subtly defined phrasings, moods and orchestral colors. At home in the majesty of Bruckner or the ra...

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Sir Simon Rattle, the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Rundfunkchor Berlin give an impeccable performance of the powerful biblical oratorio “The Gospel According to the Other Mary” by John Adams, one of the most renowned contemporary composers. The so...

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The Waldbühne in Berlin is one of the most appealing outdoor amphitheatres, with over 20.000 in attendance, the annual concert of the Berliner Philharmoniker in the Waldbühne is a highlight of every concert season. In 2007 Sir Simon Rattle conducted ...

Stockholm's Vasa Museum harbours an extraordinary historical attraction: a large, fully intact sailing ship from the 17th century, the Vasa. Nowadays, the huge exhibition hall of the Vasa Museum is home to the ancient ship. These unusual surroundings...

Cañizares is the first and only flamenco guitarist invited by the Berlin Philharmonic along with the one who performed the Concert of Aranjuez under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle at the Teatro Real in Madrid....

Riccardo Muti conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra's traditional ‘Concert for Europe’, this year at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Italy. The programme includes excerpts from works by Rossini, Verdi and Brahms....

The Berlin Philharmonic brings in the New Year with a festive concert featuring performances of music by Gershwin, Bernstein, Porter & Loewe....

Otto Nicolai: Overture to Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor) Edward Elgar: Falstaff in C minor, Op. 68 Piotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64...

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