Tuesday, August 26th 2008. 20:30
Schloss Charlottenburg, Orangerie

Enjoy highlights of baroque and classical berliner music in an atmosphere adapted to that time.

Charlottenburg Palace, the magnificent summer residence of the Prussian kings, was right from the beginning of its history a center of artistic activities as well as enjoyment of art. With this new series of concerts performed in the Great Orangery of Charlottenburg Palace we should like to offer an opportunity to Berliners as well as to visitors from abroad to dive into the time of the baroque and to listen to highlights of baroque and classical Berlin music in an atmosphere adapted to that time. The members of the orchestra as well as the recipienty will be dressed in baroque costumes, the program will be performed under candlelight.

The Berlin Residence Orchestra will have been exclusively gathered for this Charlottenburg Palace Series of Concerts. Its members will be professional and renowned musicians from Berlin with particular understanding and love for music of the late baroque and classical era, who are eager to help a modern audience to appreciate the music of this historical time.

Programme:
The program comprises a number of musical peaks of the 17th and 18th centuries, ranging from the Olympic musical genius Johann Sebastian Bach to Queen Sophie Charlotte, after whom the palace was named and who was a gifted composer herself; from King Frederic the Great and his court musician Luigi Boccherini to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.