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Audio / Radio Concerts on demand

AUDIO / 12.04. / Eva Ollikainen and Rundfunkchor Berlin
Concert on demand, recorded live at Philharmonie Berlin on 12 April with conductor Eva Ollikainen, Krassimira Stoyanova (Soprano), Yajie Zhang (Mezzo-soprano), Gregory Kunde (Tenor), Kostas Smoriginas (Bass-baritone), Rundfunkchor Berlin and the DSO. Concert programme: Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s ›Heyr þú oss himnum á‹ for choir a cappella and Giuseppe Verdi’s Messa da Requiem.
AUDIO / 05.04. / Cristian Măcelaru and Isabelle Faust
Concert on demand, recorded live at Philharmonie Berlin on 5 April with conductor Cristian Măcelaru, violinst Isabelle Faust and dem DSO. Concert programme: Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté’s Passacaglia and Fugue, Dmitri Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in C sharp minor and the Symphony No. 3 in F major by Johannes Brahms.
AUDIO / 29.03. / Elim Chan and Alexander Malofeev
Concert on demand, recorded live at Philharmonie Berlin on 29 March with conductor Elim Chan, pianist Alexander Malofeev and the DSO. Concert programme: Elizabeth Ogonek’s ›Moondog‹, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s PIano Concerto No. 2 in C minor and Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 in B flat major.
AUDIO / 28.03. / Casual Concert mit Elim Chan
Casual Concert on demand, recorded live at Philharmonie Berlin on 28 March with conductor Elim Chan, pianist Alexander Malofeev and the DSO. Concert programme: Sergei Rachmaninoff’s PIano Concerto No. 2 in C minor.
AUDIO / 19.01. / ›Ultraschall Berlin‹ II
Concert on demand, recorded at Haus des Rundfunks on 19 January: Closing concert of the ›Ultraschall Berlin‹ Festival with conductor Markus Poschner, cellist Johannes Moser and the DSO. On the programme: Charlotte Seither’s ›zu welcher stunde‹ for chamber orchestra, Philipp Maintz’ ›upon a moment's shallow rim‹ for violoncello and orchestra and Sarah Nemtsovs’ ›black trees‹.
AUDIO / 15.01. / ›Ultraschall Berlin‹ I
Concert on demand, recorded at Haus des Rundfunks on 15 January: Opening concert of the ›Ultraschall Berlin‹ Festival with conductor Anna Skryleva, violinst Carolin Widmann and the DSO. On the proramme: ›Frau, warum weinst Du? Wen suchst Du?‹ by Younghi Pagh-Paan, Olga Neuwirth’s ›Dreydl‹, the world premiere of Robert HP Platz’ violin concerto ›distancing ...‹ and Konstantia Gourzi’s ›Mykene‹ – 7 Miniaturen.
AUDIO / 05.12. / Debüt im Deutschlandfunk Kultur
Concert on demand, recorded live at Berliner Philharmonie on 5 December with conductor Oscar Jockel, harpist Tjasha Gafner, trombonist Kris Garfitt and the DSO. On the programme: Oscar Jockel's ›asche ist weiß‹, the harp concerto by Henriette Renié, Nino Rota's Trombone Concerto and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's ›Italian‹ symphony Nr. 4 in A major.
AUDIO / 12.05. / Musik and Crime: Carlo Gesualdo – A Murderous Composer
Podcast Live Concert, recorded on 12 May at the Haus des Rundfunks. A special musical episode of the popular podcast ›ZEIT Verbrechen‹, in which Sabine Rückert and Andreas Sentker talk about the life of the composer and murderer Carlo Gesualdo and are accompanied by a string quintet of the DSO with works by Gesualdo, Joseph Haydn and Georg Friedrich Haas. A co-operation of DSO and ›ZEIT Verbrechen‹. [in German]
VIDEO / Concerts on demand

VIDEO-ON-DEMAND / 19.04. / Opera Gala ›Rebuild Ukraine‹
April 19th Charity Concert from Konzerthaus Berlin as video-on-demand with Rolando Villazón (Tenor), Pretty Yende (Soprano), Nino Machaidze (Soprano), Stephen Costello (Tenor), Elsa Dreisig (Soprano), Olga Kulchynska (Soprano), Andrii Kymach (Baritone), Samuel Mariño (Male Soprano), Nicole Chirka (Mezzo-soprano), Diana Tishchenko (Violin), Keri-Lynn Wilson (Conductor) UIkraine Freedom Chorus and the DSO. Read more about the concert here.
VIDEO / Memorial concert for the victims from Babyn Yar
Deutsche Welle broadcast from the official commemoration ceremony from Kiev on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the mass murder of Jews in Babyn Jar in September 1941. Thomas Sanderling conducted Shostakovich's Symphony No. 13 with the participation of bass-baritone Albert Dohmen and the gentlemen of the Kiev Municipal Chamber Choir.
VIDEO / Händel's ›Messiah‹ with Robin Ticciati from the Philharmonie
With the staged setting of Handel's oratorio 'The Messiah', the DSO once again presents a highlight of its 2018/2019 season, featuring Louise Alder, Magdalena Kožená, Tim Mead, Allan Clayton and Florian Boesch, as well as the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin, conducted by Robin Ticciati AG. ➜ Interviews / Read more
VIDEO / 22.5. / Trikestra: Performance #planet_rotation
#planet_rotation – Video stream with a sound performance on Holsts ›The Planets‹ with music by de Aguila, Aller, Carlson, Pärt, Pinnock and Schönberg.
VIDEO / 21.11. / Ticciati with excerpts from ›Götterdämmerung‹ and more
Video-on-demand of a concert with Robin Ticciati, the DSO and instrumental excerpts from Wagner’s ›Götterdämmerung‹ as well as music by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Klaus Lang.
VIDEO / 7.11. / Sir Simon Rattle and Robin Ticciati from Berlin's Philharmonie
The DSO welcomed back Sir Simon Rattle to its rostrum on November 7, 2020. The Briton conducted Gustav Mahler's ›Das Lied von der Erde‹ in a chamber music version.
VIDEO / Roderick Cox and Julia Bullock at Haus des Rundfunks
In their multi-faceted programme with the DSO, US conductor Roderick Cox and soprano Julia Bullock show the many faces of music and its creators who are connected to their homeland.
VIDEO / 9.4. / Trikestra: #beethoven_rotation
TRIKESTRA, a cooperation of musicians from junge norddeutsche philharmonie, STEGREIF.orchester and the DSO, presented #beethoven_rotation as an interactive 360° video.
VIDEO / Tugan Sokhiev / ›A Flight through the Orchestra‹
Brahms' second symphony at Rummelsburg power station: In this spectacular concert film by Henning Kasten the camera flies through the DSO in one single shot.Solidarity Concert for Ukraine, 15 March 2022
Musicians: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Rolando Villazón (tenor), Kirill Gerstein (piano), François Leleux (oboe), Alan Gilbert (conductor), Max Raabe (singer), Ian Wekwerth (piano) and the Rundfunkchor Berlin conducted by Gijs Leenaars. More about the programme ...
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VIDEO / Music Film Productions

›An Alpine Smphony‹
This ambitious production presents the eponymous tone poem by Richard Strauss as a musical guided tour of the mountains with Reinhold Messner. Existential stories by the mountaineering legend enter into a cinematic dialogue with impressive concert footage shot in a 360-degree set-up of the imposing orchestra around Robin Ticciati at the Tempodrom in Berlin.Watch the film

›In Exile – of Gods and Men‹
Last autumn, DSO's three-part concert film was made with Music Director Robin Ticciati in the Friedrichswerder Church, in nature and at Club Sisyphos. The Sounding Images production was directed by Frederic Wake-Walker. All three parts are now available again on the DSO PLAYER.Watch the films

›Struggle with the Devil‹
Director Frederic Wake-Walker and visual artist Ergo Phizmiz bring the one-act operas 'Sancta Susanna' by Paul Hindemith and 'Slzy Nože' (The Tears of the Knife) by Bohuslav Martinů and the contemporary orchestral work 'Sinuous Voices' by Ondřej Adámek to expressionist life ...Watch the film
Audio / DSO Podcasts
›Berlin needs Music!‹ – DSO's first Podcast
Update 2.9.: Episode 5 now online
On 18 March 2021, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin launched its first podcast with five episodes entitled "Berlin needs music!", dealing with the many positive effects of practical and receptive engagement with music for body, mind and society. Presenter Julia Kaiser talks to music physician and physiologist Eckart Altenmüller (episodes 1–4) as well as musicologist Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann (episode 5). [in German].
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#rotations – A Podcast by and about TRIKESTRA
In TRIKESTRA's first podcast, the junge norddeutsche philharmonie, the STEGREIF.orchester and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin explore the "Sound of the Universe". Within three episodes they explore the universe, music and all the infinite, mystical or magical that lies in between. Juri De Marco, artistic director and horn player of the STEGREIF.orchester, is the host and talks to numerous wonderful guests. They embark on a journey into the infinite cosmos, fathom new dimensions of TRIKESTRA and take a look into the future sky of classical music.
The TRIKESTRA podcasts are also available at
Video / Composers in Focus
What does it mean to compose in this day and age? How does technological progress influence the creative process and the creation of music? And what is the relationship between composers and their audience? The DSO explores these and many other questions in its new video format 'Composers in Focus' by talking to several contemporary composers. The first episodes will be released every Tuesday starting 27 July.

Episode #1: Ondřej Adámek
Adámek's musical language draws inspiration from elements of numerous cultures thus creating unusual musical narratives ...