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BigBand of the Deutsche Oper Berlin

Berliner Philharmonie, Main Auditorium, Berlin, Germany
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Important Info
Type: Classical Concert
City: Berlin, Germany
Starts at: 19:00

E-tickets: Print at home or at the box office of the event if so specified. You will find more information in your booking confirmation email.

You can only select the category, and not the exact seats.
If you order 2 or 3 tickets: your seats will be next to each other.
If you order 4 or more tickets: your seats will be next to each other, or, if this is not possible, we will provide a combination of groups of seats (at least in pairs, for example 2+2 or 2+3).

Cast
Performers
Ensemble: Big Band of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Creators
Conductor: Manfred Honetschläger
Programme
Overview

The BigBand of the Deutsche Oper Berlin is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its foundation and devoting itself to French jazz. This music became a symbol of freedom and the spirit of resistance during the German Occupation and subsequently became the soundtrack for Existentialism and the expression of the joie de vivre of an entire generation. Musicians including Miles Davis and Sidney Bechet encountered Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Boris Vian in the nightclubs of Saint-Germaindes- Prés. Juliette Gréco was the undisputed muse of the bohemian world and Paris became the place of yearning for many jazz musicians from the USA, far away from racial segregation and the McCarthy era.

The concert is celebrating the spirit of the eventful years and its music from the period when French jazz from during the war and the pre-war years became uniquely blended with the chanson and influences of bebop and modern jazz. The programme features compositions by the French jazz and film music legend Michel Legrand alongside pieces by Miles Davis who made several of his artistically significant recordings in France. Music by Jaques Brel and Serge Gainsbourg is juxtaposed with a number of works from the repertoire of the legendary Kenny Clarke / Francy Boland Big Band and texts by Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre.

With music by Michel Legrand, Miles Davis, Jacques Brel, Serge Gainsbourg and others, and lyrics by Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre

Venue Info

Berliner Philharmonie - Berlin
Location   Herbert-von-Karajan-Str. 1

The Berliner Philharmonie is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany and home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. The Philharmonie lies on the south edge of the city's Tiergarten and just west of the former Berlin Wall. The Philharmonie is on Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, named for the orchestra's longest-serving principal conductor. The building forms part of the Kulturforum complex of cultural institutions close to Potsdamer Platz.

The Philharmonie consists of two venues, the Grand Hall (Großer Saal) with 2,440 seats and the Chamber Music Hall (Kammermusiksaal) with 1,180 seats. Though conceived together, the smaller hall was opened in the 1980s, some twenty years after the main building.

Hans Scharoun designed the building, which was constructed over the years 1960–1963. It opened on 15 October 1963 with Herbert von Karajan conducting Beethoven's 9th Symphony. It was built to replace the old Philharmonie, destroyed by British bombers on 30 January 1944, the eleventh anniversary of Hitler becoming Chancellor. The hall is a singular building, asymmetrical and tentlike, with the main concert hall in the shape of a pentagon. The height of the rows of seats increases irregularly with distance from the stage. The stage is at the centre of the hall, surrounded by seating on all sides. The so-called vineyard-style seating arrangement (with terraces rising around a central orchestral platform) was pioneered by this building, and became a model for other concert halls, including the Sydney Opera House (1973), Denver's Boettcher Concert Hall (1978), the Gewandhaus in Leipzig (1981), Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles (2003), and the Philharmonie de Paris (2014).

Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck and his quartet recorded three live performances at the hall; Dave Brubeck in Berlin (1964), Live at the Berlin Philharmonie (1970), and We're All Together Again for the First Time (1973). Miles Davis's 1969 live performance at the hall has also been released on DVD.

On 20 May 2008 a fire broke out at the hall. A quarter of the roof suffered considerable damage as firefighters cut openings to reach the flames beneath the roof. The hall interior sustained water damage but was otherwise "generally unharmed". Firefighters limited damage using foam. The cause of the fire was attributed to welding work, and no serious damage was caused either to the structure or interior of the building. Performances resumed, as scheduled, on 1 June 2008 with a concert by the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra.

The main organ was built by Karl Schuke, Berlin, in 1965, and renovated in 1992, 2012 and 2016. It has four manuals and 91 stops. The pipes of the choir organs and the Tuba 16' and Tuba 8' stops are not assigned to any group and can be played from all four manuals and the pedals.

Important Info
Type: Classical Concert
City: Berlin, Germany
Starts at: 19:00
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