10 MUSEUMS X 10 CONCERTS - Chamber Concerts of the DSO with the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
Press release from 09/12/2024
Start of the new series on Fri, 13 Sept. at the Museum of European Cultures
Unique concerts by selected ensembles of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO) in unique venues of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK) - that's what 10 MUSEEN X 10 KONZERTE offers. Since 2010, the DSO and the SPK have been organising the 'Notturno' series of three nightly chamber concerts per season. The collaboration will now be extended to ten dates for the first time in the 2024/2025 season. On Friday 13 September at 9 pm, a cello duo from the DSO will kick off the series at the Museum of European Cultures. True to the 'Notturno' concept, there will be an opportunity to view the collection one hour before the concert begins.
With 10 MUSEAS X 10 CONCERTS, the DSO's chamber music series is getting an upgrade: like the popular 'Notturno' format, all ten dates will take place in cooperation with the SPK and will be combined with exciting insights into the collections and museums.
Hermann Parzinger, President of the SPK, explains: "The format has proven to be a hit with the public, and the concerts are regularly sold out far in advance. But we still have many places where chamber music can be performed excellently, and I am very pleased that the DSO has therefore extended the series with us to 10 concerts per season."
DSO Director Thomas Schmidt-Ott: "For 15 years now, the co-operation concerts with the SPK have been a highlight in the DSO calendar and in Berlin's cultural life in general. It's great to be able to offer our audience 10 evenings at 10 fascinating places of art and knowledge. We are very grateful to the SPK for expanding the series."
True to the 'Notturno' concept, the concert venues will be introduced to the audience in guided tours and talks with experts and curators from 8 pm, before the one-hour concerts at 9 pm give the rooms, collections and exhibits completely new facets.
The first concert in the series will take place on Friday, 13 September at the Museum of European Cultures. There, Byol Kang and Mischa Meyer, the DSO's concertmaster and first solo cellist, will dedicate themselves to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach in an intimate programme and complement it with solo works and duos by Martinů, Ravel, Saariaho and Xenakis.
On Friday, 11 October, the highlight will be a romantic programme dedicated to Caspar David Friedrich in the James-Simon-Galerie - with bestselling author Florian Illies as speaker.
Further information at: dso-berlin.de/10museums
Chamber concert programmes 2024 at a glance
Fri 13.09.24, 9 pm,
Museum of European Cultures
Arnimallee 25, 14195 Berlin
Byol Kang violin
Mischa Meyer Violoncello
Johann Sebastian BachTwo-part Inventions in C major and A minor
Bohuslav Martinů Duo No. 1
Johann Sebastian Bach Two-part inventions in C minor, F major and D minor
Kaija SaariahoExcerpts from 'Sept Papillons'
Johann Sebastian Bach'Canon per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu' from 'The Art of Fugue'
Iannis Xenakis'Dhipli zyia'
Johann Sebastian BachPrelude and Gavotte en Rondeau from the Partita in E major
Maurice RavelSonata for violin and violoncello
Fri 11.10.24, 9 pm,
James-Simon-Galerie
Bodestraße, 10178 Berlin
Bernhard Nusser clarinet
Alessia Schumacher soprano
Dirk Wedmann piano
Florian Illies Speaker/Author
Louis Spohr Six German songs with clarinet and piano
Giacomo Meyerbeer 'The Shepherd's Song'
Robert Schumann Three Romances for clarinet and piano
Franz Schubert 'The shepherd on the rock'
With reading 'Magic of Silence' by Florian Illies
Sat 09.11.24, 9 pm,
Villa von der Heydt
Von-der-Heydt-Str. 16-18, 10785 Berlin
Frauke Ross Flute
Martin Kögel oboe
Bernhard Nusser clarinet
Markus Bruggaier Horn
Jörg Petersen Bassoon
Paul Hindemith Small chamber music for wind quintet
Erwin Schulhoff Divertissement for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
Ilse Fromm-Michaels Four Dolls
Alexandre Tansman Suite for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
György Ligeti Six Bagatelles for wind quintet
Fri 22.11.24, 9 pm,
Kulturforum
Matthäikirchplatz, 10785 Berlin
Clemens Linder violin
Nikolaus Kneser violin
Susanne Linder viola
Adele Bitter Violoncello
Ursula Mamlok Piece for String Quartet (world premiere)
Henri Dutilleux 'Ainsi la nuit'
Claude Debussy String Quartet in G minor
Fri 06.12.24, 9 pm,
Ibero-American Institute
Potsdamer Str. 37, 10785 Berlin
Byol Kang violin
Clemens Linder violin
Annemarie Moorcroft viola
Mischa Meyer Violoncello
Benjamin Hochman piano
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Piano Trio No. 2
Iannis Xenakis 'Tetora'
Kaija Saariaho 'Tocar'
Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3