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Busan Philharmonic Orchestra
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Musikfest Berlin
The Busan Philharmonic Orchestra will be celebrating the 80th birthday of the Korean composer Younghi Pagh-Paan in its concert for the Musikfest Berlin. Two orchestral works premiered in Donaueschingen, “Sori” (1980) and “Frau, warum weinst Du? Wen suchst Du?” (2023), exemplify the decades of compositions by Pagh-Paan which have left their mark on contemporary music. These compositions are juxtaposed by three works originating in the 1920s and 1930s: Maurice Ravel’s “Piano Concerto for the Left Hand” (1930) in which the soloist is Ben Kim, winner of the 55th ARD International Music Competition; Olivier Messiaen’s four symphonic meditations, “L’Ascension”; and the Seventh Symphony by Jean Sibelius, his final symphony to be completed.
Program and cast
Busan Philharmonic Orchestra
Seokwon Hong, conductor
Ben Kim, piano
Programme
Younghi Pagh-Paan
Sori
Younghi Pagh-Paan
Frau, warum weinst du? Wen suchst du?
Maurice Ravel
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D major for the left hand
Ben Kim, piano
Interval
Olivier Messiaen
L'Ascension – Quatre méditations symphoniques
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 7 in C major, op. 105
Berliner Philharmonie
The Berliner Philharmonie is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany. Home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the building is acclaimed for both its acoustics and its architecture.
The Philharmonie lies on the south edge of the city's Tiergarten and just west of the former Berlin Wall, an area that for decades suffered from isolation and drabness but that today offers ideal centrality, greenness, and accessibility. Its cross street and postal address is Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, named for the orchestra's longest-serving principal conductor. The neighborhood, often dubbed the Kulturforum, can be reached on foot from the Potsdamer Platz station.
Actually a two-venue facility with connecting lobby, the Philharmonie comprises a Großer Saal of 2,440 seats for orchestral concerts and a chamber-music hall, the Kammermusiksaal, of 1,180 seats. Though conceived together, the smaller venue was added only in the 1980s.
By subway (U-Bahn):
Lines U2 (Bahnhöfe Potsdamer Platz or MendelssohnBartholdy-Park)
By city train (S-Bahn):
Lines S1, S2, S25 (Potsdamer Platz)
By regional train:
Lines RE3, RE4, RE5 (Potsdamer Platz)
By bus directly to the Philharmonie:
Lines 200 (Philharmonie), M48, M85 (Kulturforum or Varian-Fry-Straße),
Further bus lines: M29 (Potsdamer Brücke), M41 (Potsdamer Platz)
By car:
A limited number of parking spaces are available on the Philharmonie property. Please use the parking garages under the Sony Center and under the Potsdamer Platz Arkaden (Entrance at Reichpietschufer).
By bycicle:
A limited number of bycicle stands are available on front and behind the Philharmonie. Additional stands can be found in front of the State Library (Staatsbibliothek) across the street.
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