Concerto Brandenburg Foto: Peter Theis New Year's Eve Concert in Kaiser‐Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin: Concerto Brandenburg
Berlin, Kaiser‐Wilhelm‐Gedächtniskirche — Main Hall
About the Event
New Year's Eve Concert 2025: Haydn and Mozart at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.
Concerto Brandenburg celebrates the end of the year with works by two musical companions.
At the turn of the year 2025, Concerto Brandenburg invites you to a New Year's Eve concert at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. The program features important works by Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose personal and artistic connection is reflected in the selection of compositions.
Under the baton of Christian Friedrich Dallmann, two symphonies from 1772 open the program: Mozart's Symphony in A major, composed at the age of only 16, is characterized by youthful freshness and Italian influence. Haydn's Symphony No. 46 in B major, on the other hand, with its expressive turns of phrase and original dramaturgy, shows the full range of his mature work as Kapellmeister at the Esterházy court.
Haydn's Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major provides a glittering finale – the best known of his piano concertos and a work full of charm, virtuosity, and melodic sophistication. Following Mozart's works from the same period, Haydn wrote this concerto for the then newly developed fortepiano, which will be authentically showcased in the concert with Sebastian Heindl as soloist on a historical instrument. Sebastian Heindl, organist and church musician at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church since 2023, is a multi‐award‐winning keyboard virtuoso. He combines technical brilliance with a keen sense of historical performance practice – the best prerequisites for a musically and emotionally moving end to the year.
In the 2023/2024 season, Sebastian Heindl was nominated as a “Rising Star” – an initiative of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO), in which the continent's major concert halls have joined forces to shape the future of the music world.
Since 1995, they have been selecting the best young artists every year to send them on tour across Europe.
Practical Information
There will be 2 concerts on New Year's Eve. At 3:30 pm and at 8:00 pm. Please select your time in the ticket box.
Program
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sinfonie Nr. 21 A‐Dur
- Joseph Haydn – Sinfonie Nr. 46 H‐Dur
- Joseph Haydn – Klavierkonzert Nr. 11 D‐Dur
Cast / Production
Concerto Brandenburg on historical instruments
Sebastian Heindl, fortepiano
Christian‐Friedrich Dallmann, artistic director
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche
The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church is a Protestant church affiliated with the regional congregation of the German Evangelical church. Located in Berlin on the famous Kurfurstendamm ,the remaining spire of the old church, damaged in World War II is a well-known landmark of West Berlin, nicknamed the 'Hollow Tooth' by Berliners. The current church, and chapel tower, built in the early 1960s, are sometimes called 'the lipstick and the powder compact' for their respective shapes, and are notable for their extensive use of stained glass. The damaged remnants of the 1890s church were not lost, but have been collected into a memorial hall on the ground floor of the church as a reminder of past events.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Perhaps the most important composer of all time, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian composer of the late 18th century. Born in 1756 in Salzburg, he showed prodigious musical talent from childhood. Beginning at five years of age, he composed more than 600 works, including concertos, symphonies, religious works and operas before his premature death at the age of 35. Hi influence over successive generations cannot be overestated - Ludwig van Beethoven wrote of Mozart "posterity will not see such a talent again in 100 years”. Despite the immense success of his compositions, and the acclaim he received across Europe, Mozart achieved little financial security and rwas buried in an unmarked grave in Vienna's St Marx Cemetery.
Address
Kaiser‐Wilhelm‐Gedächtniskirche, Breitscheidtplatz, Berlin, Germany — Google Maps
