The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Berliner Philharmoniker
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* Notes * The day before Thanksgiving last week I went to hear Maestro Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic play a second performance at Davies Hall on their current tour. The concerts mark Rattle's farewell as principal conductor as he will not extend his contract when it ends in 2018. The orchestra sounded clean…
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The Berlin Philharmonic is to play in Flughafen Tempelhof tonight. Sir Simon Rattle conducts Berlioz’s La Mort de Cléopâtre and Symphonie fantastique, with Susan Graham as the soloist for the former. The damage to the Philharmonic’s building last week was not as bad as feared, and the Grosser Saal was not harmed. AP Article | AFP Article
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Am Dienstag den 20. Mai um 13:57 brach oberhalb des großen Saals der Berliner Philharmonie ein Feuer aus. Die Lösch- und Sicherungsarbeiten werden aller Voraussicht nach Mittwoch früh abgeschlossen sein. Das Ausmaß des Schadens ist zur Zeit nicht abschätzbar. Bis auf Weiteres bleibt die Philharmonie geschlossen. Der Betrieb im Kammermusiksaal ist nicht betroffen. Auswirkungen auf…
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* Notes * On Thursday I went to hear the Orchestra Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic play in the Kammermusiksaal. The evening began with Schubert's "Rosamunde," String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor. It was all quite nice, just not too exciting. The musicians did not seem to have much rapport. They certainly seemed a…
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