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DSO concerts on rbb television on 6 and 13 December

On the second and third Sundays in Advent, recordings of the two concerts in November, which the DSO gave with Sir Simon Rattle and Robin Ticciati in the Philharmonie, are broadcast on rbb television:

Sunday, 6 December / 10.25 pm / Sir Simon Rattle conducts Mahler's ›Das Lied von der Erde‹, Robin Ticciati music by Vaughan Williams, Purcell and Birtwistle (recordede on 7 November 2020)

Sunday, 13 December / 10.25 pm / Robin Ticciati conducts music by Rachmaninoff, Lang and Wagner (recorded on 21 November 2020)

Ticciati conducts excerpts from Wagner's ›Götter­dämmerung‹

Despite the cancellation of events due to the pandemic until the end of November, we are very pleased to be able to present to our audience some selected concerts as a video stream on the DSO PLAYER, on YouTube and Facebook.

Under its music director Robin Ticciati, the DSO played instrumental excerpts from Wagner's opera 'Götterdämmerung', preceded by Rachmaninoff's elegiac tone poem 'Die Toteninsel' and 'ionisches Licht' by contemporary composer Klaus Lang on November 21. In addition to the music, a space and lighting concept by British director Frederic Wake-Walker reinforced the overall dramaturgy of the multi-faceted programme.

The concert was broadcast live from the Berlin Philharmonie and remains available as video on demand on the DSO PLAYER. rbbKultur also broadcast the concert live as a video stream on its website and on its radio programme.

Radio concerts on 13 and 23 November

The DSO continues its concerts on the radio. On Friday, 13 November, a top-class chamber music ensemble of the DSO will give a radio concert with works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Rudolf Karel and Erwin Schulhoff, which Deutschlandfunk Kultur will broadcast live from 8.03 pm from the Jesus Christus Church in Dahlem.

On Monday, 23 November from 8.04 pm, the DSO, conducted by music director Robin Ticciati, plays a concert at Friedrichswerdersche Kirche Church, broadcast by rbbKultur. The programme includes music by Giovanni Gabrieli, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Igor Stravinsky.

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Watch online: Sir Simon Rattle and Robin Ticciati

Despite the cancellation of events due to the pandemic until the end of November, we are very pleased to be able to present to our audience some selected concerts as a video stream on our website, on YouTube and Facebook.

The first concert on 7 November was with Sir Simon Rattle, who returned to the DSO for the first time after his debut in the 'RIAS presents' series 43 years ago, conducting Gustav Mahler's ›Lied von der Erde. In the first part of the evening Chief Conductor Robin Ticciati conducted music by Vaughan Williams, Purcell and Birtwistle.

Further dates are to be announced soon.

All November concerts have been canceled

Dear Concert Visitor,

Due to the Corona pandemic the federal government and the senat of Berlin have decided to cancel all cultural events with audience for the month of November 2020 – that applies to all our concerts. We thoroughly regret this inconvenience. ...

›Gramophone-Award‹ for Beethoven CD with Martin Helmchen and Andrew Manze

The DSO was awarded the 'Beethoven 250 Award' by renowned British music magazine 'Gramophone' for its recording of Beethoven's Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 5, which was produced in October 2019 together with pianist Martin Helmchen and conductor Andrew Manze on the Alpha Classics label and co-produced by rbbKultur. The special award ceremony on the occasion of Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th birthday took place on October 6 at the 'Gramophone Classical Music Awards'.

Robin Ticciati renews his contract until 2027

The DSO is delighted to announce that Robin Ticciati – who has held the position of Chief Conductor and Music Director since the 2017/2018 season – has renewed his existing contract beyond 2022 for another five years.

In the past seasons, the 37-year-old Briton has proven with the DSO his enormous versatility and flexibility, with repertoire from the Renaissance to contemporary music, with new presentation forms, unusual concert venues and exceptional projects like playing on gut strings and free improvisation. The DSO has recently been nominated by ‘Gramophone’ magazine for the ‘Orchestra of the Year’ 2020 award on the basis of the outstanding reviews received for its recordings with Robin Ticciati.

Strauss CD with Robin Ticciati and soprano Louise Alder

Just in time for the start of the new season, the fifth joint CD recording of Robin Ticciati with the DSO has been released on Linn Records on September 4. After highly acclaimed recordings with music by Bruckner and French repertoire, they now devote themselves for the first time to Richard Strauss – the tone poems 'Don Juan' and 'Tod und Verklärung' as well as the orchestral version of the Six Songs op. 68 based on poems by Clemens Brentano. The British soprano Louise Alder is their congenial soloist. The CD is co-produced by Deutschlandfunk Kultur.

Chamber Concerts Open Air on Sept 5

CHANGES: Due to weather conditions the concerts will start at 11.30 a.m. in the Mall of Berlin. From 12.30 p.m. on all concerts will take place as scheduled!

With its claim "Berlin Needs Music" the DSO is spreading out to bring chamber music open air to the people of the capital for the second time on September 5, 2020. 15 chamber music ensembles will play pop-up concerts open air in 9 public places all over Berlin. The majority of these ensembles ist made up of DSO musicians, but there are also ensembles supervised by members of the orchestra. The concerts last about 30 minutes and are staggered in time so that the audience can follow them on a "tour de la musique" along a route across the city.

With this event, the DSO wants to counteract Berlin's musical undersupply in times of Corona and at the same time point out the beginning of the new season 20/21 and the reopening of the Berlin concert halls.

Vote Now for DSO!

The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin has been nominated by the renowned British music magazine ‘Gramophone’ for the ‘Orchestra of the Year 2020’ award. The choice is carried out by an audience vote. We would be delighted if you would give your vote to the DSO and thank you very much for your support!