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New Year's Eve Concert in Kaiser‐Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin: Concerto Brandenburg

About the Event

In this highly‐anticipated concert, hear the mellifluous sounds of classical music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn at Berlin's treasured and world‐renowned Kaiser‐Wilhelm‐Gedächtniskirche.

New Year's Eve festive concert in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin
with CONCERTO BRANDENBURG on historical instruments.

Concerto Brandenburg's New Year's Eve concert will focus on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A major with Lisa Shklyaver as the outstanding soloist. It will be accompanied by the 'Daytime Symphonies' by Joseph Haydn, the first movement of Symphony No. 6 in D major 'Le matin' (The Morning) and the entire 7th Symphony 'Le midi' (The Midday). The New Year's Eve festive concert under the direction of Christian‐Friedrich Dallmann can be heard at both 1 pm and 3.30 pm and promises a wonderful musical end to the year in Berlin's Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.

Solist:
Russian‐born clarinettist Lisa Shklyaver is one of the most interesting talents of her generation. She studied piano with her father Igor Shklyaver and clarinet with her grandfather Joseph Shklyaver, Prof. Valery Bezrutschenko, Prof. Wolfgang Meyer, Prof. Chen Halevi and Prof. Dr. Ernst Schlader.

As a soloist and orchestral musician, she performs in the most important concert halls worldwide, including the Opera de Dijon, the Concertgebouw Brugge, the Lincoln Centre New York, the Opera House Sydney and at various festivals such as the Festival d'Aix‐en‐Provence, the Festival de La Chaise‐Dieu, Kulturwald Blaibach, el Cervantino Festival Guanajuato and the Beethovenfest Bonn. Her repertoire includes works from the Viennese Classical period through the Romantic period to the present day on the appropriate instruments.

Since the 2012/2013 season, she has been principal clarinettist of Anima Eterna Bruges, with whose founder and conductor Jos van Immerseel she regularly performs as a chamber music partner. Their first chamber music CD together, 'La Clarinette Francaise', was released by Outhere in 2014. In 2015, she was one of the six soloists who recorded a CD with the Gottesauer Ensemble featuring works by Karlsruhe composer Johann Melchior Molter to mark the 300th anniversary of the city of Karlsruhe.

Orchestra:
Concerto Brandenburg was founded in Berlin in 1998. Its repertoire includes music from the Baroque to the Romantic period with a focus on works by Baroque composers of the Berlin School, whose revival the ensemble is particularly dedicated to.

In addition to technical virtuosity, the interpretations in the sense of historical performance practice achieve a special sensitivity for the character of the musical work and an approach to authentic sound experiences that is now highly valued by wide circles of music connoisseurs. The choice of instruments, bows and strings and the use of historical tunings are just as important as the knowledge gained from the study of music theory sources, original manuscripts and printed music. The tonal results are convincing — they inspire both musicians and listeners.
Changing instrumentations adapted to the literature are characteristic of Concerto Brandenburg: following the individuality of the musical work, the performance varies from quartet to various chamber music and baroque orchestral instrumentations — with a colorful continuo group typical of the time in the instrumentation of cello, bassoon, double bass, lute and harpsichord — to a large romantic orchestra. Concerto Brandenburg works with renowned performers such as Christine Schornsheim, Ludger Remy, Alexander Bader and Doerthe Maria Sandmann. Conductors in recent years have included Jörg‐Peter Weigle, Christoph Stöcker, Florian Merz and Christian‐Friedrich Dallmann. The CD recording 'Prussian Baroque' with works by Friedrich II, J. J. Quantz, Christoph Schaffrath, C. H. Graun and C. P. E. Bach.

Practical Information

There will be 2 concerts on New Year's Eve. At 1 pm and 3:30 pm. Please select your time in the ticket box.

Cast / Production

Concerto Brandenburg on historical instruments
Lisa Shklyaver, clarinet
Christian‐Friedrich Dallmann, Artistic Director

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