The new music director and principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, Kirill Petrenko, the seventh in the orchestra's venerable history, has promised a return to its core repertory and competence. Audiences, and notably, orchestra members, are thrilled. We have his inaugural concert in the Berlin Philharmonie. (1/13)
1/6 String Quartet Festival Haydn: String quartet No. 37 (Cosmos Qt) Haydn: String quartet No. 39 (Dalia Qt) Mozart: String quartet No. 21 (Esmé Qt) Arriaga: String quartet No. 1 (Aris Qt) Pfitzner: String quartet No. 2 (Dudok Qt)
1/13 Petrenko Premiere Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Berg: Symphonic pieces from Lulu (Marlis Petersen, s; Elisabeth Kulman, ms; Benjamin Bruns, t; Kwangchul Youn, bs; Berlin Radio Chorus and Philharmonic; Kirill Petrenko, cond)
1/20 Eight Bridges Nevsky: 18 Episodes for Orchestra Kourliandski: Riot of Spring Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 (Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Teodor Currentzis, cond)
1/27 A Winter's Journey Schubert: A Winter's Journey Mozart: Rondo in a, Sonata in c (Julian Pregardien, t; Kit Armstrong, p)
