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© Marco Borggreve
Konzerthaus Berlin: Amsterdam Sinfonietta with Lucas & Arthur Jussen
Berlin, Konzerthaus Berlin — Großer Saal
About the Event
In this highly‐anticipated concert, hear the mellifluous sounds of classical music by Franz Schubert, Arvo Pärt, Gustav Mahler and Fazil Say at Berlin's treasured and world‐renowned Konzerthaus.
Program
- Arvo Pärt – „These Words …“ für Streichorchester und Schlagzeug
- Fazil Say – „Anka Kuşu“ — Konzert für Klavier zu vier Händen und Orchester op. 97 (2020)
- Franz Schubert – Allegro für Klavier zu vier Händen a‐Moll D 947 („Lebensstürme“)
- Gustav Mahler – Adagio Fis‐Dur aus der Sinfonie Nr. 10
Artists
| Orchestra: | Amsterdam Sinfonietta |
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| Soloist, Conductor: | Candida Thompson violin |
| Piano: | Lucas Jussen |
| Piano: | Arthur Jussen |
Konzerthaus Berlin
The Konzerthaus Berlin is a concert hall situated on the Gendarmenmarkt, the most beautiful square in the city. Built in 1821, the structure initially served as a theater. Severely damaged in the Second World War, it was rebuilt as a concert hall in 1977, with a neoclassical interior, and changed its name to reflect its new function in 1994. Consistently numbered among the top five concert halls in the world, the Konzerthaus hosts around 500 performances every year, ranging from symphony and chamber concerts featuring international stars to new music and children's concerts.
Franz Schubert
During his rather short life, Franz Schubert, one of the fathers of romanticism in music, had always been an unappreciated genius who had never received public acclaim. Only his family and friends were delighted by his music, and most of his works were discovered and published only many years after his death. Franz Schubert was born on the 31th of March 1797 in the suburbs of Vienna. His father and eldest brother were amateur musicians and they taught him to play piano and violin. At the age of 11 Schubert was a singer in a choir at the Lichtenthal parish and later auditioned for Antonio Salieri and admitted to the emperor’s choir. During that period young Franz started composing his own works. However, after his voice broke he had to leave the choir and in 1814 he started working as a teacher in the same parish school as his father. He never stopped composing and 4 years later he decided to quit teaching and devote his life completely to music. He fell out with his father because of that and struggled to make ends meet. In 1818 Schubert went to Vienna, where he met Vogl. Together they gave private concerts in small aristocratic circles, mainly playing Lieder, which Schubert wrote around 600. Franz Schubert gave only one big public concert in his whole life in March 1828, which was very warmly received by the audience. However, his health was deteriorating and in November the same year he died of thyroid fever at the age of 31.
Address
Konzerthaus Berlin, Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin, Germany — Google Maps
