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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DSO at the Zoo