For more than 20 years EuroArts has produced the annual summer concert of the Berliner Philharmoniker at one of the most appealing European outdoor amphitheatres - the Waldbühne in Berlin. Under the baton of its artistic director Sir Simon Rattle, together with the Rundfunkchor Berlin and renowned soloists, Camilla Tilling, Nathalie Stutzmann, Joseph Kaiser and Dimitry Ivashchenko they will perform one of Beethoven’s best-known compositions: Symphony No. 9.
The Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, with soloist Christian Tetzlaff, will captivate the audience with far-reaching, extensive and cantabile melodies and a formal structure that breaks with the conventions of the classical concerto.

Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Soloists:Camilla Tilling, soprano; Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto; Joseph Kaiser, tenor; Dimitry Ivashchenko, bass; Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Repertoire: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor with Final Chorus “Ode to Joy”
Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor

Produced by EuroArts Music

Every year since 1991 the Berliner Philharmoniker have given a concert on May 1st in a different European city. All cities have been places with their own special cultural importance and the concerts have served two purposes: to commemorate the anniversary of the orchestra’s founding on May 1st 1882 and to celebrate the common heritage of the Old World. In 1991, soon after the opening of the Eastern European countries, the first European Concert took place in the Czech Republic in Prague. This decision was a deliberate step and an expression of willingness to support and to bring forward the democratization and the political social changes, especially in the cultural area. In 1996 the European Concert took place once again in Prague (at the National Theatre). To continue this tradition the European Concert 2013 will be celebrated at the Prague Castle at the historical Spanish Hall.

Solist: Magdalena Kožená, mezzo-soprano
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Repertoire: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Antonín Dvořák: Biblical Songs Op. 99 (Orchestral version by Antonín Dvořák and Vilém Zemánek); Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 »Pastorale«

Director: Henning Kasten
A production of EuroArts Music in co-production with RBB/ARD & NHK