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Orchestre des Champs-Élysées and Collegium Vocale Gent

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: Philippe Herreweghe
Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent
Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs-Elysées
Creators
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer: Luigi Cherubini
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 in E flat major "Eroica", Op.55
Luigi Cherubini: Requiem C minor
Overview

The programme performed by the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées has symbolic links with both the beginning and the end of the French Revolution.

The Requiem in C minor by Luigi Cherubini was dedicated to Louis XVI, the last king of the ancien régime, who was sentenced to death during the course of the Revolution. Ludwig van Beethoven initially dedicated his 3rd Symphony “Eroica” to General Napoleon Bonaparte before withdrawing the dedication after Napoleon’s self-coronation as emperor. The concert is conducted by Philippe Herreweghe, one of the major protagonists of historical performance practice and artistic director of the Parisian authentic-sound orchestra. Herreweghe has brought along the singers of his own choir, the Collegium Vocale Gent, to perform the Cherubini Requiem at the Musikfest Berlin.

In Ludwig van Beethoven’s Third Symphony, the characteristic simple triad in the principal theme of the first movement communicates a triumphant optimism to the audience. The dedicatee of the following funeral march has remained a subject of speculation up to the present day, but the concept of a marcia funebre doubtlessly originates from French music around the time of the Revolution. The powerful emotionality of the symphony is however ultimately an indication of Beethoven’s ever-increasing isolation due to his progressive hearing loss which was already severely plaguing him during the composition of this symphony in 1803.

Beethoven considered his Italian contemporary Cherubini to be the greatest living composer. The feted composer of opera and sacred music wrote the Requiem in C minor in 1816 to mark the 23rd anniversary of the execution of the French King Louis XVI. Unusually, the vocal parts are all scored for choral forces without soloists, but this did not detract from the success of its first performance. The Catholic Cherubini created the music from the depths of his profound faith: his Requiem was also performed alongside Mozart’s Requiem at Beethoven’s funeral.

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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