Berliner Philharmoniker New Year's Eve Concert

Enjoy this year's New Year’s Eve Concert with the Berliner Philharmoniker orchestra. Can classical music be humorous? Absolutely! The Berliner Philharmoniker and their chief conductor Kirill Petrenko will prove it today In his sparkling Symphonie classique, Sergei Prokofiev parodies the music of Haydn and Mozart. Dmitri Shostakovich also had the First Viennese School in mind when he wrote his witty Double Concerto for Piano and Trumpet.

In this performance, pianist Alexander Malofeev, born in 2001, makes his debut alongside principal trumpeter David Guerrier.

Director Kirill Petrenko also sets off a fireworks display of mischief with Richard Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks.

Otto Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture Dmitri Shostakovich Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and String Orchestra in C minor, op. 35 Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D major, op. 25 “Symphonie classique”

Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks), op. 28 Johann Strauss jr. The Gypsy Baron: Overture Duration approx. 120 min, incl. 30 min pre-programme, no intermission expected