Only penguins wear tailcoats here!
The DSO is on an animalesque mission right in time for the new school year and the start of the season. ›DSO at the Zoo‹ – a day full of concerts for the whole family on Sunday, 8 September.
Zoo Berlin
The Berlin Zoo is not only Germany’s oldest and most-visited zoo, but is also considered the world’s most species-rich zoo. Its inhabitants include not just the only Giant Pandas in Germany, but also 1,200 other species – from the gigantic elephant to the tiny poisonous spider. The Berlin Zoo has been inviting animal lovers to discover and explore its unique variety of species since 1844. That composers have also been fascinated and inspired by fauna time and again is proven with a brief look at music history, including Schubert’s ›Trout‹, Rimsky-Korsakov’s ›Flight of the Bumble Bee‹, Prokofiev’s ›Peter and the Wolf‹, and of course Camille Saint-Saëns’s ›Carnival of the Animals‹. These are ideal prerequisites for a collaboration between animals and music, between zoo and orchestra.
8 Sept 2024: A musical Day at the Zoo
In cooperation with the Berlin Zoo, the DSO is holding a day full of concerts for the whole family on Sunday, 8 September between noon and 5 p.m. Numerous chamber music ensembles will perform on the music stage in the zoo restaurant, and can also be heard here and there with little pop-up concerts on the zoo grounds – be it on the baboons’ rock, at the house for antelopes or around the rhino pagoda.
The programme will be announced in July
A zoo ticket suffices for entry, and the concerts themselves are free for visitors. For subscribers and members of the DSO’s supporting circle, admission to the zoo will be discounted.
Get yout ticket for the Zoo online
Concerts and venues (good weather)
| Time | Venue | Ensembles and Programmes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 pm | Zoo Stage (7) | Oboe Quartet | ||
| 12:15 pm | Plateau near the Elephants (1) | Violin Duo | ||
| 12:30 pm | Zoo Stage (7) | Trio: Flute, Oboe and Cello | ||
| 12:45 pm | At the Seals’ (2) | Oboe Quartet | ||
| 01:00 pm | Zoo Stage (7) | Violin Duo | ||
| 01:15 pm | Antelope House (3) | Trio: Flute, Oboe and Cello | ||
| 01:30 pm | Lichtenstein Bridge (5) | Oboe Quartet | ||
| 01:45 pm | Rhino Pagoda (6) | Violin Duo | ||
| 02:00 pm | Zoo Stage (7) | Peter and the Wolf | ||
| 02:00 pm | Panda Pavillion (4) | Trio: Flute, Oboe and Cello | ||
| 02:15 pm | Plateau near the Elephants (1) | Trumpet Duo | ||
| 02:30 pm | At the Seals’ (2) | Cello Duo | ||
| 03:00 pm | Zoo Stage (7) | Trumpet Duo | ||
| 03:15 pm | Antelope House (3) | Bassoon Trio | ||
| 03:30 pm | Zoo Stage (7) | Cello Duo | ||
| 03:45 pm | Lichtenstein Bridge (5) | Trumpet Duo | ||
| 04:00 pm | Zoo Stage (7) | Peter and the Wolf | ||
| 04:00 pm | Rhino Pagoda (6) | Bassoon Trio | ||
| 04:15 pm | Panda Pavillion (4) | Cello Duo | ||
| 05:00 pm | Zoo Stage (7) | Bassoon Trio |
Concerts and venues (bad weather)
| Time | Venue | Ensembles and Programmes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 pm | Zoo Stage (7) | Oboe Quartet | ||
| 12:15 pm | Antelope House (3) | Violin Duo | ||
| 12:30 pm | Zoo Stage (7) | Trio: Flute, Oboe and Cello | ||
| 12:45 pm | Zoo Restaurant (9) | Oboe Quartet | ||
| 01:00 pm | Zoo Stage (7) | Violin Duo | ||
| 01:15 pm | Hippo Bay (8) | Trio: Flute, Oboe and Cello | ||
| 01:30 pm | Antelope House (3) | Oboe Quartet | ||
| 01:45 pm | Zoo Restaurant (9) | Violin Duo | ||
| 02:00 pm | Zoo Stage (7) | Peter and the Wolf | ||
| 02:00 pm | Antelope House (3) | Trio: Flute, Oboe and Cello | ||
| 02:15 pm | Antelope House (3) | Trumpet Duo | ||
| 02:30 pm | Zoo Restaurant (9) | Cello Duo | ||
| 03:00 pm | Zoo Stage (7) | Trumpet Duo | ||
| 03:15 pm | Hippo Bay (8) | Bassoon Trio | ||
| 03:30 pm | Zoo Stage (7) | Cello Duo | ||
| 03:45 pm | Zoo Restaurant (9) | Trumpet Duo | ||
| 04:00 pm | Zoo Stage (7) | Peter and the Wolf | ||
| 04:00 pm | Antelope House (3) | Bassoon Trio | ||
| 04:15 pm | Hippo Bay (8) | Cello Duo | ||
| 05:00 pm | Zoo Stage (7) | Bassoon Trio |
Ensembles and Programmes
Cello Duo
Sara Minemoto and David Adorján Violoncello
Programme:
Johann Sebastian Bach Suite Nr. 1 in G major BWV 1007 for violoncello solo, arranged for two violoncelli
Camille Saint-Saëns ›The Swan‹ from ›The Carnival of the Animals‹, arranged for two violoncelli
Trumpet Duo
Raphael Mentzen and Alex Rodriguez Parés Trumpet
Programme:
Eugène Bozza ›Dialogue‹
Werner Pirchner ›Drübermutig‹
Werner Pirchner ›Frage und Antwort‹
Alpine folk tunes
Johann Sebastian Bach Duos
Georg Philipp Telemann Duos
Oboe Quartett
Martin Kögel Oboe
Marija Mücke Violine
Henry Pieper Viola
Thomas Rößeler Violoncello
Programme:
Allan Stephenson ›Miniature Quartet‹
Bassoon Trio
Karoline Zurl, Douglas Bull and Hendrik Schütt Bassoon
Excerpts from:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento KV 229 Nr. 3 in G major
Geoffrey Hartley Suite for three bassoons
Julius Weissenborn Littel Suite for three bassoons
Michel Corrette Concerto in D major ›Le Phénix‹
Trio: Flute, Oboe and Cello
Kornelia Brandkamp Flute
Jesús Pinillos Rivera Oboe
Claudia Benker-Schreiber Violoncello
Programme:
Johann Sebastian Bach Allegro ma non presto from Sonata BWV 1039
Wolfagang Amadeus Mozart Duos for Flute and Oboe from ›The Magic Flute‹
Joseph Haydn London Trio Nr. 1 in C major Hob. IV: 1
Violin Duo
Olga Polonsky and Daniel Vlashi Lukaçi Violin
Programme:
Béla Bartók Duos for two violins
Jean-Marie Leclair Sonata for two violins
Louis Spohr Duos for two violins
Luigi Boccherini Duos for two violins
Peter and the Wolf
Laura Talenti Narrator
Gergely Bodoky Flute
Thomas Hecker Oboe
Thomas Holzmann Clarinet
Jörg Petersen Bassoon
Antonio Adriani Horn
Sergei Mikhaylenko Drums
Eva-Christina Schönweiß, Johannes Watzel Violin
Annemarie Moorcroft Viola
Mischa Meyer Violoncello
Christine Breuninger-Felsch Contrabass
Sergei Prokofiev ›Peter and the Wolf‹, arranged for chamber ensemble by Carlos Domínguez-Nieto. Text: Jörg Morgener
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