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The celebration of Mahler`s 150th birthday – Live from from Kaliště, the native town of Gustav Mahler.

On 7 July from Kaliště in Czech Republic the music world will celebrate one of the greatest composers ever, Gustav Mahler. On the occasion of his 150th birthday, the renowned Mahler Chamber Orchestra, sonducted by Austrian maestro Manfred Honeck, and world famous soloist will commemorate the composer with an outdoor live concert.

Repertoire: Symphony No. 2 ( totenfeier and excerpts); Rheinlegendchen; Ging heut` morgen übers Feld; Ich atmet einen Lindenduft; Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekomen; Revelge; Es sungen drei Engel; Urlich; Trost im Unglück

Performers: ‘Thomas Hampson, baritone; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-sopraneo, Marita Sølberg, soprano
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Boni pueri, the Czech Boys Choir
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Director: Stein-Roger Bull
Produced by: Nordisk Film TV
in coproduction with Czech TV, NRK-TV, ARTE-France, EuroArts]

Lang Lang at Berghain – Piano in perfection in the third dimension! Legendary pianist Lang Lang performs Beethoven, Chopin, Albéniz and Prokofiev in his very unique way. In personal interviews he explains his access to the new technology anf their connection to classical music.

Original and extraordinary – these words describe both the artist and the setting of the shooting: the Berghain in Berlin, one of the most famous clubs all over the world.

Shot using state-of-the-art 3D-technology the audience will experience a fascinating concert-like experience and see and hear the famous artist like they`ve never done before. It will be an unforgettable half hour where performing art in perfection meets modern technology. 3D equipped movie theatres as well as other outlets using the new technology will be able to present their audiences the breathtaking sdtart of a new dimension in performing arts: 3D concertcs!

Repertoire: Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor; Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Book 1, Evocation; Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Sonata N0. 7 in B flat Major, Op.83, Precipitato; Frederic Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A flat Major, Op.53 “Heroic”

Performers: Lang Lang, piano
Director: Andreas Morell
Producers: EuroArts Music International, context tv, Sony Music in cooperation with Studio Hamburg
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The Waldbühne in Berlin, one of the most appealing outdoor amphitheatres on the European continent, is the home of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s summer concerts. With over 20,000 attendances, these are some of the most popular classical music concerts in the world.

This year the Berliner Philharmoniker play under the baton of Ion Marin, one of the most exciting conductors on today’s musical scene. They welcome "America's Beautiful Voice", Grammy Award winning soprano Renée Fleming, who has a devoted international following wherever she appears. Her career has been built on success across a wide range of musical styles, but she is best-known for her excellence in opera worldwide.

Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain; Antonín Dvořák: Song to the Moon from “Rusalka”, Op. 114; Bedřich Smetana: Dobrá! Já mu je dám! Jak je mi? from “Dalibor”; Aram Chatschaturjan: Adagio from “Spartacus”; Richard Strauss: Final Scene from “Capriccio”, Op. 85; Richard Wagner: Overture to “Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen”; E. W. Korngold: Mariettas Lied from “Die tote Stadt”; Richard Strauss: Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1; Sir Edward Elgar: Salut d’amour; Giacomo Puccini: Donde lieta uscì from “La bohème”; Tu che di gel sei cinta from “Turandot”; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Musette svaria sulla bocca viva from “La bohème”; Mimì Pinson, la biondinetta from “La bohème”; Piotr Tchaikovsky: “Romeo and Juliet” (Fantasy Overture)

Performers: Berliner Philharmoniker
Renèe Fleming, soprano
Ion Marin, conductor
director: Henning Kasten
Producers: EuroArts Music International
in coproduction with rbb

András Schiff, born in 1953 in Budapest is nowadays one of the most appreciated and distinguished pianists in the world.

Magically, he brings life into pieces, makes them breathing and swinging and keeps up almost forgotten ideals of piano playing. Thus, he is not only a great pianist, but also a professional whose view is not limited on piano music, but who has wide knowledge of the broad field of macro culture. This enables him to play the piano which always makes sense to his own point of view. The 90 minutes concert recording is accompanied with some interviews (approx. 30 min block) with András Schiff, which enriches and completes the great experience of the concert. During the interview, Schiff sits at the Steinway piano and explains the French Suites which J. S. Bach composed during 1722 and 1725 for Cembalo, but also its closeness to Bach’s Goldberg variations and Orchestra suites. He plays a short passage of a Suite, explains it and plays again, but then he interrupts himself once again. This happens without script but with refreshing spontaneity and directness. Completing this part, András Schiff is also filmed at the Thomas Church and Bach Museum where he talks about Bach’s years in Leipzig, his musical and personal development.

Repertoire: Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 1 - 6, BWV 812-817; Overture in B minor in French style, BWV 831

Performers: András Schiff, piano
Director: János Darvas
Producers: EuroArts Music International

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The 2010 annual Europa Konzert with the Berliner Philharmoniker

Since 20 years, the Berliner Philharmoniker have celebrated their foundation on May 1st with the annual Europa Konzert - this year’s concert takes place in Oxford. The orchestra under the baton of worldwide renowned musician Daniel Barenboim, welcome cellist Alisa Weilerstein who has attracted widespread attention for a playing that combines natural virtuoso command and technical precision with impassioned musicianship.

Repertoire: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude to Act III; Sir Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85; Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Performers: Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Producers: EuroArts Music International

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The 2009 New Years Eve festive Gala concert

At the gala concert 2009, the Berliner Philharmoniker under its musical director Sir Simon Rattle and Lang Lang present works by two Russian composers. Sergei Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto, one of his most enduring popular pieces, demands a virtuoso pianist and a huge supple orchestral sound. Both it gets from the world famous Berliner Philharmoniker and the very gifted soloist Lang Lang, who will be their artist in residence for 2009/2010. “The Nutcracker” by Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky, perhaps the most popular of all ballets, completes the programme.

Repertoire: Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker", Op. 71 (Act II); Encore: Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky "The Nutcracker" (Act I): Waltz of the Snowflakes; Frédéric Chopin: Etude No. 1, Op. 25

Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Performers: Lang Lang, piano
Director: Henning Kasten
Producers: EuroArts Music International, in co-production with RBB, NDR, SWR, NHK and SMG

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