Making music together
The subscription orchestra is now called the DSO Community Orchestra!
They come from a wide variety of professions: they are doctors, broadcasting staff or students during the day, but every Monday evening they come together in the DSO’s rehearsal hall to make music together. Since 2003, the DSO Community Orchestra (formerly known as ›Abo-Orchester‹) has been providing its musically ambitious friends with the opportunity to rehearse and perform challenging concert literature under professional guidance.
Originally intended for subscribers to the DSO, the DSO subscribers’ orchestra soon opened up for a number of amateur musicians. Not only the classic audience of subscribers is making music here, but in the meantime also students and former DSO orchestra professionals aged 20 to 82 are part of it. It has become an integrative project, a large community of people around the DSO who get along splendidly through and with music. To emphasise this aspect, the ensemble will henceforth have a new name: it is looking forward to the next 20 years as the DSO Community Orchestra.
The ensemble is led by Heinz Radzischewski, the former assistant principal trumpeter of the DSO, who initiated it. Many of his colleagues are regularly involved with the project as teachers and soloists, and the principal conductor occasionally holds a rehearsal. Concerts in Berlin and guest performances document the high level of the collaboration.
Upcoming Concerts
Summer 2025 – Gatow
Sat 14 June 2025 / 7pm
Militärhistorisches Museum (MHM)
Flughafen Berlin-Gatow, Hangar 7
Heinz Radzischewski Conductor
Ulli und die Grauen Zellen Rock band
DSO Community-Orchestra
Songs and music by Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, John Williams and others
Free admission.
Tickets will be issued free of charge directly via the MHM from 13 May 2025.
Donations for the Kladower Forum e.V. are encouraged.
Ticket reservation: Via telephone from 13 May 2025 at +49 30 3687 2682 or
E-Mail to MHMGatowKonzert@bundeswehr.org
Reserved tickets can be collected on the day of the concert or in advance at the entrance to the Military History Museum in Berlin Gatow.
Christmas 2025 – Wilmersdorf
Sat 6. December 2025
Evangelische Auenkirche, Wilmersdorf 7 pm
Heinz Radzischewski Conductor
Hanna Siepmann Conductor, Choir Mistress
Christina Bischoff Soprano
Nico Brazda Baritone
DSO Community-Orchester
Madrigalchor Charlottenburg
Music by J.S. Bach, Humperdinck, Mendelssohn and others
Tickets for 18 € from 16 July 2025 at DSO’s Customer Service
February 2026 – Haus des Rundfunks
Sun 22 February 2026
Haus des Rundfunks 5 pm
Concert in favour of the Krebsstiftung Berlin
Heinz Radzischewski Conductor
Helena Madoka Berg Violin
DSO Community-Orchester
Gerhardt Müller-Goldboom ›per trentadue archi‹
Max Bruch ›Scottish Phantasy‹ for Violin and Orchestra
Pjotr Tschaikowsky Symphony No. 5
Tickets for 18 € from 16 July 2025 at DSO’s Customer Service
April/May 2026 – Berlin and Potsdam
Concert 1: Sat 25 April 2026
Evangelische Auenkirche, Wilmersdorf 7 pm
Tickets from 6 € to 30 €
Concert 2: Sat 9 May 2026
St. Peter und Paul, Potsdam 4 pm
Admission free, donations requested
Heinz Radzischewski Conductor (Potsdam)
Winfried Kleindopf Conductor (Auenkirche)
Soloists
DSO Community-Orchester
Kantorei der Auenkirche
Winfried Kleindopf Choir Master
Madrigalchor Charlottenburg
Hanna Siepmann Choir Mistress
Gioachino Rossini ›Petite Messe solennelle‹
Sommer 2026 – Gatow
Sa 6. Juni 2026 / 19 Uhr
Militärhistorisches Museum (MHM)
Flughafen Berlin-Gatow, Hangar 7
Heinz Radzischewski Conductor
Birgit Pehnert Soprano
Enrique Ambrosio Tenor
DSO Community-Orchester
Opera and Operetta Gala
Music by Gounod, Lehár, Joh. Strauss, Lincke, Millöcker, Puccini and Verdi
Registration from April 2026.
Vacancies
Interested musicians are welcome at any time. At the moment we are mainly looking for violas and double basses. However, new violins and cellos are also welcome.
Rehearsals
The subscribers’ orchestra rehearses every Monday from 7:30 to 10 pm in the DSO rehearsal hall in the ICC at Messedamm.
Interested players are always welcome; we are always looking for string players in particular.
Contact
Marion Herrscher:
Email or Tel +49 30. 20 29 87 530