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Busan Philharmonic Orchestra

Berliner Philharmonie, Main Auditorium, Berlin, Germany
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Important Info
Type: Classical Concert
City: Berlin, Germany
Starts at: 20:00

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
Conductor: Seokwon Hong
Piano: Ben Kim
Orchestra: Busan Philharmonic Orchestra
Creators
Composer: Jean Sibelius
Composer: Maurice Ravel
Composer: Olivier Messiaen
Composer: Younghi Pagh-Paan
Programme
Younghi Pagh-Paan: Sori, for full orchestra
Younghi Pagh-Paan: Frau, warum weinst Du? Wen suchst Du? for orchestra
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in D major for the left hand
Olivier Messiaen: L'Ascension - 4 meditations symphoniques
Jean Sibelius: Symphony no. 7 in C major, Op.105
Overview

The Busan Philharmonic Orchestra will be celebrating the 80th birthday of the Korean composer Younghi Pagh-Paan, in their concert at the Musikfest Berlin. Two orchestral works premiered in Donaueschingen, “Sori” (1980) and “Frau, warum weinst Du? Wen suchst Du?” (2023), exemplify the numerous decades of compositions by Pagh-Paan which have left their mark on contemporary music. These compositions are juxtaposed by three works originating in the 1920s and 1930s: Maurice Ravel’s “Piano Concerto for the Left Hand” (1930) in which the soloist is Ben Kim, winner of the 55th ARD International Music Competition; Olivier Messiaen’s four symphonic meditations, “L’Ascension”; and the Seventh Symphony by Jean Sibelius, his final symphony to be completed.

Younghi Pagh-Paan achieved her international breakthrough with the first performance of “Sori”. The work is influenced by social issues and the traditions of Korean culture. The political folk theatre “madang-guk” provided major inspiration: this masque theatre derived from traditional Korean art forms became popular in the 1970s and 1980s as resistance theatre protesting against political repression. The emotional source of the work is resentment which pervades the entire composition, primarily simmering threateningly just under its surface. Here Pagh-Paan focuses on the stifling of personal emotions and feelings which she experienced in the society of her native country. “Sori” takes its influences from two types of Korean folk music: “nong-ak” is a now virtually extinct cultural and religious practice prevalent in rural areas involving prayer, thanksgiving and the driving out of evil spirits with the aid of percussion and wind instruments, dance and acrobatics, and “hyang-du-ga” is a type of funeral music.

In “Frau, warum weinst Du? Wen suchst Du?” [Woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?], Younghi Pagh-Paan relates a love story as exemplified by the Bible quotation forming the work’s title. The words are uttered by Jesus after his Resurrection to Mary Magdalen whose pain at finding the empty grave of Jesus stands for the pain that is irrevocably associated with love. Instead of placing the Bible story of the Resurrection in the foreground, Pagh-Paan focuses on the distress of a weeping and lamenting individual. The composer depicts compassion and solace from which strength develops in an atmospheric orchestral work radiating peace and inner strength.

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: 20:00
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