Chamber concert featuring works by Mozart, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Britten

German Chamber Orchestra Berlin
Valentin Radutiu, cello (soloist)

Ticket: 30,- / reduced 20,-€, free choice of seats

Cellist Valentin Radutiu was born in Munich in 1986 and studied in Salzburg, Vienna, and Berlin with Clemens Hagen, Heinrich Schiff, and David Geringas. Praised by the Süddeutsche Zeitung for his "excitingly individual, energetic, singing tone in the higher ranges, always clearly contoured in the lower registers, a male sound," as "one of the great cello talents of our time" (SZ 15.10.2013), Valentin Radutiu is one of the leading cellists of his generation.

Valentin Radutiu is a prize winner of national and international competitions, honored in various competitions such as "Jugend musiziert", 1st prize winner of the International Karl Davidov Competition in Riga, Music Prize of the German Economy 2011, etc. He will be performing for the first time in the Berlin Cathedral with the German Chamber Orchestra Berlin.

Radutiu plays a cello by Francesco Ruggeri (Cremona, 1686).

Sølvguttene – Die Silberknaben

The boys' choir of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation presents works by
Grieg, Nystedt, Mørk Karlsen, Mozart, Bach, and Schubert

Norwegian Boys' Choir Sølvguttene
Conductor: Frederik Heide-Steen, Fredrik Otterstad

Patron of the choir: H.M. Queen Sonja of Norway

16,-€/conc. 10,-€

Paul van Dyk
Opening: Chris Bekker

Tickets: 45,-€ (fixed price, free seating)
Entry from 8:30 PM

In this world premiere, Paul van Dyk will reinterpret highlights of his extraordinary career in an exclusive ambient live set. The audience can look forward to an impressive light and video installation in the altar area of the imposing Berlin Cathedral, perfectly staging the musical journey. Classics like For An Angel, Time Of Our Lives, and Home will merge into a unique experience in a breathtaking audiovisual presentation.

Dates at the Berlin Cathedral:
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 - 9:00 PM
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 - 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM
Duration approximately one hour each.

About Paul van Dyk
Paul van Dyk is a world-renowned DJ, producer, and pioneer of electronic music. His career began in the early 1990s, when he gained international fame with tracks like "For an Angel." Van Dyk is considered one of the first superstars of electronic music and has been named "World's No. 1 DJ" multiple times, nominated for a GRAMMY, and received the Order of Merit of the City of Berlin. With numerous albums, including "Out There and Back," "In Between," and "Guiding Light," he shaped the global dance scene and remains an influential figure in electronic music to this day.

Paul van Dyk
Opening: Chris Bekker

Tickets: 45,-€ (fixed price, free seating)
Entrance from 21:00

In this world premiere, Paul van Dyk will reinterpret highlights from his extraordinary career in an exclusive ambient live set. The audience can look forward to an impressive light and video installation in the altar room of the imposing Berlin Cathedral, which perfectly stages the musical journey. Classics like For An Angel, Time Of Our Lives, and Home will merge into a unique experience in a breathtaking audiovisual production.

Dates at the Berlin Cathedral:
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 - 21:00
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 - 19:30 & 21:30
Duration approximately one hour each.

About Paul van Dyk
Paul van Dyk is a world-renowned DJ, producer, and pioneer of electronic music. His career began in the early 1990s when he gained international fame with tracks like "For an Angel." Van Dyk is considered one of the first superstars of electronic music and has been named "World's No. 1 DJ" multiple times, nominated for a GRAMMY, and received the Order of Merit of the City of Berlin. With numerous albums, including "Out There and Back," "In Between," and "Guiding Light," he has shaped the global dance scene and remains an influential figure in electronic music to this day.

Paul van Dyk
Opening: Chris Bekker

Tickets: 45,-€ (fixed price, free seating)
Doors open at 7:00 PM

In this world premiere, Paul van Dyk will reinterpret highlights of his extraordinary career in an exclusive ambient live set. The audience can look forward to an impressive light and video installation in the altar area of the imposing Berlin Cathedral, which perfectly sets the stage for the musical journey. Classics like For An Angel, Time Of Our Lives, and Home will merge into a unique experience in a breathtaking audiovisual staging.

Dates at the Berlin Cathedral:
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 - 9:00 PM
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 - 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM
Duration approximately one hour each.

About Paul van Dyk
Paul van Dyk is a world-renowned DJ, producer, and pioneer of electronic music. His career began in the early 1990s when he gained international fame with tracks like "For an Angel." Van Dyk is considered one of the first superstars of electronic music and has been named "World's No. 1 DJ" multiple times, nominated for a GRAMMY, and received the Order of Merit of the City of Berlin. With numerous albums, including "Out There and Back," "In Between," and "Guiding Light," he has shaped the global dance scene and remains an influential figure in electronic music to this day.

Sermon by John Donne (1631) & Joseph Brodsky ("Great Elegy to John Donne")

Literature performance with Ben Becker (Direction & Acting) and Cathedral Organist Andreas Sieling on the grand Sauer organ

Ben Becker, Direction & Acting
Marike Moiteaux, Artistic Direction
John von Düffel, Dramaturgy
Cathedral Organist Andreas Sieling, Organ
Daniel Ott, Arranger
Kristina Weiss-Busch, Costume

Following his groundbreaking exploration of "Judas," in "Todesduell" Ben Becker delves into the ultimate questions. Perhaps the most famous sermon in the world, delivered by the eloquent metaphysical poet John Donne, in the presence of King Charles I in 1631. These were Donne's final words spoken publicly before his death and eternal silence. Marked by severe illness, the poet and preacher of St. Paul's in London describes life as a duel with death, achieving a depth and urgency that transcends any sermon.

Musically embodied and continued in the "Todesduell" is the virtuoso playing of Cathedral Organist Andreas Sieling on the grand Sauer organ, as well as arrangements exclusively crafted for the production.

Tickets starting from 32.85,-€

Sermon by John Donne (1631) & Joseph Brodsky ("Great Elegy to John Donne")

Literature performance with Ben Becker (Direction & Acting) and Cathedral Organist Andreas Sieling on the grand Sauer organ

Ben Becker, Direction & Acting
Marike Moiteaux, Artistic Direction
John von Düffel, Dramaturgy
Cathedral Organist Andreas Sieling, Organ
Daniel Ott, Arranger
Kristina Weiss-Busch, Costume

Following his groundbreaking exploration of "Judas," in "Todesduell" Ben Becker delves into the ultimate questions. Perhaps the most famous sermon in the world, delivered by the eloquent metaphysical poet John Donne, in the presence of King Charles I in 1631. These were Donne's final words spoken publicly before his death and eternal silence. Marked by severe illness, the poet and preacher of St. Paul's in London describes life as a duel with death, achieving a depth and urgency that transcends any sermon.

Musically embodied and continued in the "Todesduell" is the virtuoso playing of Cathedral Organist Andreas Sieling on the grand Sauer organ, as well as arrangements exclusively crafted for the production.

Tickets starting from 32.85,-€

Sermon by John Donne (1631) & Joseph Brodsky ("Great Elegy to John Donne")

Literature performance with Ben Becker (Direction & Acting) and Cathedral Organist Andreas Sieling on the grand Sauer organ

Ben Becker, Direction & Acting
Marike Moiteaux, Artistic Direction
John von Düffel, Dramaturgy
Cathedral Organist Andreas Sieling, Organ
Daniel Ott, Arranger
Kristina Weiss-Busch, Costume

Following his groundbreaking exploration of "Judas," in "Todesduell" Ben Becker delves into the ultimate questions. Perhaps the most famous sermon in the world, delivered by the eloquent metaphysical poet John Donne, in the presence of King Charles I in 1631. These were Donne's final words spoken publicly before his death and eternal silence. Marked by severe illness, the poet and preacher of St. Paul's in London describes life as a duel with death, achieving a depth and urgency that transcends any sermon.

Musically embodied and continued in the "Todesduell" is the virtuoso playing of Cathedral Organist Andreas Sieling on the grand Sauer organ, as well as arrangements exclusively crafted for the production.

Tickets starting from 32.85,-€

Works by Gabrieli, Benevoli, Monteverdi, etc.

Capella de la Torre (Orchestra)
RIAS Chamber Choir Berlin
Robert Hollingworth, Conductor

Tickets: 15,- to 50,-€

Whether St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, St. Mark's in Venice, or the proud Florentine Cathedral: Today we marvel at these grand sacred buildings and are overwhelmed by the artistry of our ancestors. The often vast dimensions of these church spaces also needed to be musically filled, leading to the development of polychorality alongside the construction of these immense churches and cathedrals. Architecture and music inspired and permeated each other, particularly in the 16th and early 17th centuries. The goal of polychoral music initially aimed at producing a voluminous sound event that underscored the uniqueness of the event and place. At the same time, underlying this musical practice were also theological principles: The sacred space and the music resonating within it were meant to refer in their splendor to the multifaceted heavenly glory.

Although the Berlin Cathedral does not originate from the Renaissance period, its vast interior, mighty dome, and the associated acoustics make it well-suited for a performance of polychoral music. Robert Hollingworth, an excellent connoisseur of Italian music around 1600, has included the 16-choir Missa Si Deus pro nobis by Orazio Benevoli in the concert program, a work originally intended for St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. The RIAS Chamber Choir Berlin will be supported in the performance of this work by the Capella de la Torre, which plays on the typical instruments of the Roman "Piffari", namely shawms, pommers, bassoons, and trombones. One can expect a true sound rush from the finale of the evening, the powerful, 40-voice motet Ecce beatam lucem by Alessandro Striggio.

The concert will be recorded by Deutschlandfunk Kultur.

Louis Spohr (1784-1859): Oratorio "The Last Judgment"

Franziska Bobe, Soprano
Henriette Gödde, Alto
Magnus Dietrich, Tenor
Philipp Jekal, Bass
Oratorio Choir of the Berlin Cathedral Choir
Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt
Cathedral Cantor Adrian Büttemeier, Conductor

Tickets: 10 to 42 Euros

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Messa da Requiem

Youth Philharmonic Berlin
Barbara Krieger, Soprano
NN, Alto
Sotiris Charalampous, Tenor
Jochen Kupfer, Bass
Marcus Merkel, Conductor

9,- to 45,-€

Jocelyn B. Smith & Gospelchor
Soul and Gospel in the Cathedral

The New Yorker Jocelyn B. Smith, who has lived in Berlin for over 30 years, has not only shaped the capital in a very special way with her soulful 4-octave voice. 19 musical albums, gold records, and over 3000 performances only provide a rough picture of her extraordinary body of work. She has collaborated with other great artists such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Tangerine Dream, Falco, Alphaville, Till Brönner, and many other music greats. With her congenial band and a thirty-member choir, she will captivate her audience with soul and gospel music, fitting to the motto “Power plant for the soul”.

Tickets are available online from €15.55.

Organizer: MSK Events GmbH

Katharine Mehrling & Tilmar Kuhn
Werner Richard Heymann – Life and Songs

Tickets from 26.75,-€

Heymann (1896-1961) - son of a Jewish family from Königsberg - was a famous name in the turbulent Berlin cultural scene during the Weimar era. He was the most performed UFA composer of his time and left behind a significant body of work that goes far beyond his popular film hits (Somewhere in the World, That Only Happens Once). It includes symphonies, chansons for cabaret (Sound and Smoke, The Wild Stage),
operettas, music for the stage (including for Max Reinhardt), for silent films, and the sound film operettas of the 1930s (The Three from the Gas Station, The Congress Dances) and his film compositions in Hollywood (Ninotchka, To Be or Not to Be). As the only Jewish employee of UFA, he was offered by the Nazis to stay. He declined and fled. First to Paris and then to the USA, where he
composed film music, among others for Ernst Lubitsch. He returned to Germany in 1951.

Katharine Mehrling
is at home on many major Berlin and international stages. She is celebrated for her Brecht/Weill interpretations at the Komische Oper Berlin, the Berliner Ensemble, or the Konzerthaus. Her path led to New York to drama school, to a theater debut in London's West End, to Paris, and finally to Berlin, where in 2024 she was awarded for the 7th time with the audience award “Goldener Vorhang” as the most popular actress in Berlin.

Tilmar Kuhn, actor and speaker,
born and raised in Berlin, studied acting at the University of Film and Television (Film University) Konrad Wolf in Potsdam-Babelsberg. Tilmar Kuhn was a member of the ensemble at the state theaters in Oldenburg and Braunschweig, had engagements and guest performances, among others in Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Munich, Zurich, and Frankfurt am Main. Kuhn was seen in numerous television productions (including Lindenstraße, Wolffs Revier, Soko Stuttgart, The Coastal Area). He records audiobooks, speaks features and radio plays for the broadcast, and works as a voice actor.

Organizer: MSK Events GmbH

Corinna Harfouch, Peter Lohmeyer, Roman Trekel, Hideyo Harada
Alma and Gustav Mahler

A musical-literary kaleidoscope around the famous artist marriage of Alma and Gustav Mahler

Corinna Harfouch & Peter Lohmeyer, reading
Roman Trekel, baritone
Hideyo Harada, piano

Tickets from 16.95,-€

The relationship between Gustav Mahler and his “Almschi”, as he used to call his wife, could hardly have been more turbulent and difficult and would likely be considered toxic in today's context. Both endowed with a pronounced strong will and ample vanity, they entered into a marriage characterized by creativity, talent, jealousy, resentment, and yet deep love. The works that emerged from this relationship of two eccentric geniuses endure to this day and form the basis for a program that illuminates and terrifyingly brings close the coexistence and collaboration of the Mahler couple.

Actress Corinna Harfouch and her equally talented colleague Peter Lohmeyer interpret excerpts from the correspondence and works of the two spouses, as well as texts from those who encountered them during their lifetimes, such as Johannes Brahms, Sigmund Freud, Bruno Walter, and many others.

Musically brought to the stage, the life’s work of the Mahlers is presented by pianist Hideyo Harada and singer Roman Trekel. A musical-literary potpourri emerges that is at least as fascinating and engaging as the life of Alma and Gustav Mahler themselves.

Organizer: MSK Events GmbH

ETHEL SMYTH (1858-1944): The Prison and Excerpts from Der Wald

Emma Moore, Soprano
Manuel Nickert, Bass
studiosi cantandi Berlin
HTW Tonkollektiv
Junge Philharmonie Kreuzberg
Conductors: Norbert Ochmann, Jake Walsh

Tickets: 9,- to 39,-€

Ethel Smyth, born in 1858 in Sidcup/Kent, was an English composer and a significant figure in the British music scene of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. With hunger strikes, "icy silence," and the refusal of social duties, Smyth earned herself the opportunity to study composition at the Leipzig Conservatory from 1877.

Her oeuvre includes operas, orchestral pieces, choral and chamber music works. As a suffragette, Smyth was active in the women's rights movement of her time and spent two months in London Holloway prison for her beliefs. Ethel Smyth died in 1944 at the age of 86 in Woking/County Surrey.

DER WALD is a one-act opera (originally in German) that premiered in 1902 at the then Prussian Court Opera – now the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. The plot is set in the Middle Ages, where the mistress of a forest leads a young woodcutter to ruin. This aimed to overturn societal hierarchies. Following its premiere, it was performed at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London and a year later at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. We will sing excerpts from the opera, with a performance duration of approximately 20 minutes.

THE PRISON is a symphony for solos, choir, and orchestra. Smyth composed the late-Romantic piece in 1930, by which time she was almost deaf. The protagonist of the story is a nameless prisoner who, standing before his execution, grapples with the questions on the threshold of life and death. The premiere was in 1931, and the performance duration is approximately 1 hour.

Organ works for Advent by Johann Sebastian Bach
Cathedral Organist Andreas Sieling, Organ

12,-/ reduced 8,-€

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Christmas Oratorio (Cantatas I-III)

Karola Sophia Schmid, Soprano
Seda Amir-Karayan, Alto
Georg Drake, Tenor
Bernhard Hansky, Bass
Oratorio Choir of the Berlin Cathedral Choir
Baroque Orchestra Aris & Aulis
Cathedral Cantor Adrian Büttemeier, Conductor

Tickets: 10,- to 42,-€

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Christmas Oratorio (Cantatas I-III)

Karola Sophia Schmid, Soprano
Seda Amir-Karayan, Alto
Georg Drake, Tenor
Bernhard Hansky, Bass
Oratorio Choir of the Berlin Cathedral Choir
Baroque Orchestra Aris & Aulis
Cathedral Cantor Adrian Büttemeier, Conductor

Tickets: 10,- to 42,-€

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Christmas Oratorio (Cantatas I-III)

Karola Sophia Schmid, Soprano
Seda Amir-Karayan, Alto
Georg Drake, Tenor
Bernhard Hansky, Bass
Oratorio Choir of the Berlin Cathedral Choir
Baroque Orchestra Aris & Aulis
Cathedral Cantor Adrian Büttemeier, Conductor

Tickets: 10,- to 42,-€

Rejoice, exult! - Bach's Christmas Oratorio for Children

Speaker Henning Westphal guides through the family concert.

Seda Amir-Karayan, Alto
Georg Drake, Tenor
Bernhard Hansky, Bass
Baroque Orchestra Aris & Aulis
Berlin Cathedral Choir
Cathedral Choirmaster Adrian Büttemeier

Duration of the event: about 45 minutes, free choice of seats

16 Euro / 8 Euro reduced

Bach's Christmas Oratorio retold in a version for children aged about four to nine years:
“Quite a long time ago, a composer, someone who writes music, was so happy about the Christ Child that he wanted to tell us the story again in his music. And this music is so beautiful that it is still often played at Christmas today. The story begins in a field, at night ...”.

In the fresh and humorous narration, the first three parts of the Christmas Oratorio are shortened and instead particularly vivid musical examples are included, which, alongside the story, unorthodoxly convey the children the musical instruments and their characteristics. Under the large dome of the Berlin Cathedral, the Berlin Cathedral Choir sings, accompanied by the Baroque Orchestra Aris & Aulis, under the direction of Cathedral Choirmaster Adrian Büttemeier.

Rejoice, exult! - Bach's Christmas Oratorio for Singing Along (Excerpts from Cantatas I-III)

Seda Amir-Karayan, Alto
Georg Drake, Tenor
Bernhard Hansky, Bass
Baroque Orchestra Aris & Aulis
Berlin Cathedral Choir
Cathedral Cantor Adrian Büttemeier

Duration of the event: approximately 90 minutes, free choice of seating

20 euros / 10 euros reduced

It's that time again: Timpani resound in the Berlin Cathedral, trumpets blare their fanfares, and the large oratorio choir of the Berlin Cathedral Choir proclaims the motto of the classic Christmas masterpiece: "Rejoice, exult, praise the days!" Every year, listeners from all over the world gather in the Berlin Cathedral with Johann Sebastian Bach's 'Christmas Oratorio' to get into the most beautiful time of the year.

In this special performance, you can actively participate in a slightly shortened version of this magnificent work as a unique experience. Simply bring your sheet music and become part of a giant Christmas choir under the great dome of the Berlin Cathedral, accompanied by the Baroque Orchestra Aris & Aulis, under the direction of Cathedral Cantor Adrian Büttemeier.

Please bring sheet music.
No (!) rehearsal. "Only" listeners are also very welcome.

Flying Steps
Flying Hänsel & Gretel

After two sold-out shows at the Berliner Admiralspalast, now at the Berliner Dom:
World-class breakdancing meets the Brothers Grimm – the new dance sensation of the Flying Steps!

Just over a decade ago, Vartan Bassil and Christoph Hagel launched a global triumph with Flying Bach. Now they bring the classic tale of the Brothers Grimm to life in a surprisingly contemporary, powerful, fast-paced, and visually captivating way!
How do you make the masterfully told fairy tale of the world take flight? Vartan Bassil has a strikingly simple answer: “The hunger of today's children is the hunger for attention. And the seduction of the gingerbread house, which they cannot resist, is the power of social media.

Tickets from €43.55

Organizer: MSK Events GmbH

GERMAN GENTS

Thoma Jaron-Wutz, Tenor
Armin Horn, Tenor
Raphael Riebesell, Baritone
Marcel Raschke, Bass

Celebrate the Christmas festival at the Berlin Cathedral with the most beautiful and well-known melodies from Germany, Europe, and around the world! The award-winning a cappella quartet "German Gents" takes you on a musical journey full of anticipation and contemplation. Experience the four young men from Berlin as they sing about the Advent and Christmas season with their distinctive sound.

Tickets: 30,-/20,-/10,-€

Trumpeter TILL BRÖNNER has been one of the most successful national artists for many decades and is considered Germany's undisputed number one in jazz. His first album was released more than 30 years ago and immediately set a decisive milestone. This was followed by 17 more studio albums and numerous awards - including multiple gold and platinum awards. In addition, he is also a composer, arranger, professor, cross-border worker, radio host, and photographer. With six ECHOS (and as the first artist in all three categories: classical, jazz, and pop) and a GRAMMY nomination, he is undoubtedly one of the most influential musicians in his genre and beyond.

For TILL BRÖNNER, 'Silent Night' is special because: "It evokes a particularly reverent feeling in me to perform in a church. In a way, it is for me the cradle of our music in this country, be it the organ or resounding brass."

'Silent Night' - all is calm, all is bright.

TILL BRÖNNER beautifies the Advent season with his first church tour. A concert event unlike any other.

Tickets starting at 78.50 € are available via Eventim.

A must for getting into the festive spirit: the annual Christmas concert of the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin! This year, the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin is dedicating itself exclusively to the composer Anton Bruckner and will present some of his popular motets for choir a cappella in the sonorous acoustics of the Berliner Dom. And because a bit of brass is of course also essential at Christmas, we are particularly pleased that a trombone quartet will also be part of the performance.

Conducted by Yuval Weinberg, this year's Christmas concert promises once again to be a highlight of the season!

CONTRIBUTORS:
Robert Franke, Trombone
Mohamed Gamal, Trombone
Nicolai Hauptmann, Trombone
Jörg Lehmann, Bass Trombone

RIAS Kammerchor Berlin
Yuval Weinberg, Conductor

Tickets: 16,- to 56,-€

This event will be recorded by Deutschlandradio.

PROGRAM (subject to changes):

Anton Bruckner: »Virga Jesse« WAB 52
for choir a cappella

Anton Bruckner: „Ave Maria“ WAB 6
for seven-voice choir a cappella

Anton Bruckner: »Os justi« WAB 30,2
Motet for eight-voice choir a cappella

Anton Bruckner: »Inveni David« WAB 19
Motet for men's choir and four trombones

Anton Bruckner: Two Aequale WAB 114 and 149
for three trombones

Anton Bruckner: »Tota pulchra es« WAB 46
Antiphon for choir, tenor solo, and organ

Works by Bach, Vierne, Handel, etc.

Lars Ranch, Trumpet
Johannes Huprich, Trumpet
Jörg Niemand, Trumpet
Hannes Hölzl, Trombone
Matthew Booker, Tuba

Andrea Chudak, Soprano
Cathedral organist Andreas Sieling, Organ

10,- to 38,-€

Festive works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, etc.

Berliner Dom brass
Cathedral organist Andreas Sieling, organ

10,- to 34,-€

Festive works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, etc.

Berliner Dom brass
Cathedral organist Andreas Sieling, organ

10,- to 34,-€

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Christmas Oratorio (Cantatas IV-VI)

Pia Davila, Soprano
Èlia Farreras-Cabero, Echo-Soprano
Dorothe Ingenfeld, Alto
Manuel Günther, Tenor
Florian Hille, Bass
Baroque Orchestra Aris & Aulis
Oratorio Choir of the Berlin Cathedral choir
Cathedral cantor Adrian Büttemeier, Conductor

Tickets: 10,- to 42,-€

Martina Gedeck & Sebastian Knauer
American Dream – Memories of George Gershwin

Martina Gedeck, reading
Sebastian Knauer, piano

George Gershwin transcended borders and was not only musically far ahead of his time. Through his casting of black singers, for the first time in American theaters, racial barriers were broken not only behind the scenes but also in the audience.

One of the most famous and successful German actresses, Martina Gedeck, tells the exciting life story of George Gershwin in the role of George's sister Frances, using authentic testimonies from friends and companions: His meteoric rise from a scrappy street kid from New York's Eastside to a celebrated Broadway star resembles a successful Hollywood script. Gershwin's grand compositions are interpreted by one of Germany's exceptional pianists, Sebastian Knauer, including the solo piano version of "Rhapsody in Blue."

Tickets from 15.55€

Organizer: MSK Events GmbH

Max Mutzke & Marialy Pacheco
Our Night

Max Mutzke's masculine-soulful and melancholic songs in their purest form:
Without a band and electronics, but focused on the intimate dialogue with the elegant piano playing of Marialy Pacheco. Born in Cuba and now at home in Germany after stops around the world, Pacheco is considered one of the most versatile and brilliant jazz pianists of the younger generation. The encounter with the man with the irresistible soul voice from the Southern Black Forest took place in the context of her CD »Duets«. From this first collaboration, the two have developed a varied yet cohesive and very intimate program. Not only is the shared joy in exchanging across genre boundaries evident in every moment of the duo, but also their curiosity for spontaneous impulses and improvisational escapades. However, Pacheco and Mutzke have the greatest fun interacting with their audience: Clapping, humming, and especially singing along is warmly encouraged!

Tickets from 28.15€

Organizer: MSK Events GmbH

German Chamber Orchestra Berlin, Soloist: Liv Migdal (Violin)
Sounds of Women
A concert for International Women's Day

The world-renowned violinist and the famous ensemble from Berlin bring the works of female composers to new life. The delicate yet often powerful violin playing of Liv Migdal is the focal point of the program.

She skillfully weaves pieces by Lombardini Sirmen, Ethel Smyth, Elena Kats-Chernin, Grazyna Bacewicz, and many other great women in music history with a touch of modern elements.

The German Chamber Orchestra Berlin provides a sound body with its various musicians that complements and supports Liv Migdal's expressive violin playing.

Tickets from 18.35€

Organizer: MSK Events GmbH

Dagmar Manzel & Musiker
My Songbook

Tickets from 16.95€

„Even as a child, I was captivated by the songs of the Twenties, which created a kind of small longing in me that would eventually bring me to the stage as a singer many years later,“ says Dagmar Manzel. The songs that made waves on the variety, cabaret, and operetta stages in Babylon Berlin during the Weimar Republic are unforgettable: Every woman has some longing, Somewhere in the world or I wonder to myself why I don't care anymore.

This evening features Dagmar Manzel's personal selection, musically accompanied by her trio and violinist Daniela Braun.

Dagmar Manzel
She sings, she dances, she plays her soul out! Whether as an actress or singer – Dagmar Manzel develops a magnetic pull that is impossible to escape. Like few actresses, she manages to embody each role in a chameleon-like manner, sometimes a cheeky girl, sometimes a lady of the world, and never plays a role; she is always the character she represents on stage. This is evidenced by many awards, such as the Adolf Grimme Prize, the German Television Award, the German Actor Award, the German Audiobook Award, and the German Film Award. For 18 years, the Berliner was one of the defining faces of the German Theater in Berlin. Here she also discovered her singing voice and has since celebrated great successes in numerous operetta and musical productions at the Komische Oper Berlin and other musical venues across the country. In addition, the remarkable actress and delightful entertainer presents solo concerts, films for cinema and television (including as a commissioner in the Franconian Tatort), or records audiobooks.

Organizer: MSK Events GmbH

Annette Dasch: Liederabend „Wien“

Annette Dasch, soprano
Katrin Dasch, piano

From Berlin, soprano Annette Dasch launched her great career and now lives in Vienna, the music metropolis on the Danube. No other city in the world has had more famous composers live and work here. And no other world city has succeeded like Vienna in transferring the immense musical heritage into the present and keeping it modern and vibrant with ever-new impulses. The program of Annette Dasch's Liederabend is a tribute to her chosen hometown of Vienna and will reflect the musical diversity of this fascinating city in all its facets. The fact that this evening takes place in the Berliner Dom is like a personal, musical bridge between her two hometowns.

Organizer: MSK Events GmbH

Konstantin Wecker: Songs of My Life

With his duo program “Songs of My Life,” Konstantin Wecker offers very personal insights into his work.

Konstantin Wecker, vocals
Jo Barnickel, piano accompaniment

Tickets from 28.15€

Songs have marked his life - for over 50 years. For Konstantin Wecker, this is reason enough to reflect on the past decades in countless performances in a wonderful way for himself and his audience. With the new chamber music program “Songs of My Life,” the Munich musician, composer, and author presents his personal poetic highlights from the beginnings to the present day together with his pianist and long-time companion Jo Barnikel.

Among them will be classics like “When Summer is Not Far Away,” the song “Willy” written in the 70s, “Anger and Tenderness,” “Sometimes I Cry a Lot,” as well as “The Lunatics” from his very first LP “The Sadopoetic Songs of Konstantin Amadeus Wecker.”

The audience can also look forward to one or two surprises with almost forgotten songs. One thing has always been true for the passionate pacifist and committed anti-fascist: “In my songs, I have always allowed my fragility, my vulnerability.” In doing so, he has always found himself - and thus his followers, for whom his lines have always been an inspiration. And still are. They can all expect an evening that encourages songs and poems, whose power will shape our lives for many years to come.

Organizer: MSK Events GmbH

Florian Illies (Reading) & Liv Migdal (Violin)
Love in Times of Hate

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Florian Illies describes in his bestseller „Love in Times of Hate“ the great love stories of the decade 1929 to 1939, a time of great political, social, and human catastrophes. From Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Tucholsky, Erich Kästner, Picasso, Walter Benjamin, or Jean Paul Sartre to Simone de Beauvoir, Josephine Baker, or Lotte Lenya – true love affairs took place, both disillusioning and touching, which were certainly also due to the signs of the times.
Illies combines his meticulous research into an entertaining, and indeed amusing text, and creates, in the truest sense of the word, a moral portrait of this time. The fitting framework is provided by the violin playing of Liv Migdal, a storyteller on her instrument. With her musical passion and poetic imagination, she creates the perfect atmosphere for this special reading.

Organizer: MSK Events GmbH