Berlin Philarmonic
Berlin Philarmoniker concert, 7-March 2019
We looked at the internet ticket. There was no seat avaiable in the 2440-seat capacity hall. Every seat was sold. We went to the concert hall the day before the concert. We asked for a ticket at the box office if any return possibility. Standard tickets were all sold, but the choir seats behind the orchestra was on sale. In concerts with no choir voice, these choir seats were sold at the box office. We purchased our tickets.
On 7-March Thursday, we left house at 18:00, via public transport u8-s1 line we reached to Berlin Potsdamer platz. We walked to the concert hall. We put our coats in the cloak. We visited the music store in the foyer. There was ample possibility to choose a very large cd collection.
The doors were opened at 19:30, and we chose our place in the choir seats behind the orchestra. It's like a place with an orchestra. There were almost 1 to 2 meters between you and the artists who perform percussion instruments. We're behind the orchestra, but the conductor was looking at us. The orchestra was in the middle.
The building was constructed between 1960-1963 with a modern architectural design. There was a classical symphony building in the same place. It was destroyed in WW2 bombardment in 1944.
Composer Schoenberg in a conversation as a joke, the Violin Concerto was a new type of music "fiddle with 6 fingers". It was Dedicated to Anton von Webern. It was one of the first great compositions after Schoenberg immigrated to the United States. It was characterized not only by its difficult technique, but also complex intertwined, intense composition and brightness. Patricia Kopatchinskaja, bare-foot, adorable charming violonist of this program, played this piece in an unusual and very refreshing way.
In the second part, Orchestra Conductor Kirill Petrenko programmed Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony. The conductor just didn't played as if he lived his work as though his gestures and movements. The work was premiered for the first time in 1889, and then it was forgotten.
The Kapellmeister of Leipzig Gewandhaus and the Philharmonic concerts in Berlin Arthur Arthur Nikisch have again played the symphony. In London, Leipzig, Berlin and Moscow, they performed with great success, become in symphonic repertoire. It became known as ”the master of art” and ”the wizard of the orchestra“. Today, Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony, with Mozart's Jupiter Symphony, and Beethoven's Eroica have become one of the most loved symphonies in the world.
We have long applauded standing at the end of the concert. Then doors were opened, we took our coats from the cloakroom. The modern design of the building was easy to empty the hall. There was a parking lot underneath the building, the ones who came with their cars parked there. Most of us walked to the s-bahn station in Potsdamer platz to reach our homes.
Berlin 8-March 2019
We looked at the internet ticket. There was no seat avaiable in the 2440-seat capacity hall. Every seat was sold. We went to the concert hall the day before the concert. We asked for a ticket at the box office if any return possibility. Standard tickets were all sold, but the choir seats behind the orchestra was on sale. In concerts with no choir voice, these choir seats were sold at the box office. We purchased our tickets.
On 7-March Thursday, we left house at 18:00, via public transport u8-s1 line we reached to Berlin Potsdamer platz. We walked to the concert hall. We put our coats in the cloak. We visited the music store in the foyer. There was ample possibility to choose a very large cd collection.
The doors were opened at 19:30, and we chose our place in the choir seats behind the orchestra. It's like a place with an orchestra. There were almost 1 to 2 meters between you and the artists who perform percussion instruments. We're behind the orchestra, but the conductor was looking at us. The orchestra was in the middle.
The building was constructed between 1960-1963 with a modern architectural design. There was a classical symphony building in the same place. It was destroyed in WW2 bombardment in 1944.
Composer Schoenberg in a conversation as a joke, the Violin Concerto was a new type of music "fiddle with 6 fingers". It was Dedicated to Anton von Webern. It was one of the first great compositions after Schoenberg immigrated to the United States. It was characterized not only by its difficult technique, but also complex intertwined, intense composition and brightness. Patricia Kopatchinskaja, bare-foot, adorable charming violonist of this program, played this piece in an unusual and very refreshing way.
In the second part, Orchestra Conductor Kirill Petrenko programmed Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony. The conductor just didn't played as if he lived his work as though his gestures and movements. The work was premiered for the first time in 1889, and then it was forgotten.
The Kapellmeister of Leipzig Gewandhaus and the Philharmonic concerts in Berlin Arthur Arthur Nikisch have again played the symphony. In London, Leipzig, Berlin and Moscow, they performed with great success, become in symphonic repertoire. It became known as ”the master of art” and ”the wizard of the orchestra“. Today, Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony, with Mozart's Jupiter Symphony, and Beethoven's Eroica have become one of the most loved symphonies in the world.
We have long applauded standing at the end of the concert. Then doors were opened, we took our coats from the cloakroom. The modern design of the building was easy to empty the hall. There was a parking lot underneath the building, the ones who came with their cars parked there. Most of us walked to the s-bahn station in Potsdamer platz to reach our homes.
Berlin 8-March 2019
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