16 September 2026

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Simone Young: Conductor
Francesco Piemontesi: Piano

 

Programme
Benjamin Britten – Peter Grimes, Op. 33a: Four Sea Interludes
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 10: I. Adagio
Liza Lim – Annunciation Triptych: I. Sappho/Bioluminescence
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73

 

4 October 2026

 

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Kazuki Yamada conductor
Alice Sara Ott piano
Maja Göpel speaker

 

Programme

Speech by Maja Göpel

Charles Ives
The Unanswered Question (revised version from 1935)

Edvard Grieg
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, op. 16

Anna Clyne
Woman of the Mountain (German premiere)

Claude Debussy
La Mer

 

10 October 2026

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Ingo Metzmacher conductor
Catriona Morison mezzo-soprano
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Martina Batič Choreinstudierung
Boy of the Staats- und Domchors Berlin boy soprano

 

Program

Lili Boulanger
D'un soir triste

Igor Stravinsky
Symphony of Psalms

Rundfunkchor Berlin, Martina Batič Choreinstudierung

Lili Boulanger
“Du fond de l’Abîme” (Psalm 130) for Voice and Orchestra

Catriona Morison mezzo-soprano, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Martina Batič Choreinstudierung

Leonard Bernstein
Chichester Psalms

Rundfunkchor Berlin, Martina Batič Choreinstudierung, Boy of the Staats- und Domchors Berlin boy soprano

 

14 October 2026

Debut in Deutschlandfunk Kultur

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Riley Court-Wood conductor
Geneva Lewis violin
David Khrikuli piano

 

Program

Lili Boulanger
D’un matin de printemps (version for orchestra)

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in C minor, op. 18

David Khrikuli piano

Samuel Barber
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op. 14

Geneva Lewis violin

Richard Strauss
Don Juan, op. 20

 

30 October 2026

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Manfred Honeck conductor
Vilde Frang violin

 

Program

Julia Perry
A Short Piece for Orchestra

Robert Schumann
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor

Vilde Frang violin

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D major

 

31 October 2026

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Manfred Honeck conductor
Vilde Frang violin

 

Program

Julia Perry
A Short Piece for Orchestra

Robert Schumann
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor

Vilde Frang violin

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D major

 

8 November 2026

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Dalia Stasevska conductor
Veronika Eberle violin

 

Program

Anna Thorvaldsdottir
Archora

Jean Sibelius
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor, op. 47

György Ligeti
Atmosphères

Veronika Eberle violin

John Luther Adams
Become Ocean

 

22 November 2026

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Fabien Gabel conductor
Bomsori Kim violin

 

Program

Max Bruch
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G minor, op. 26

Bomsori Kim violin

Grażyna Bacewicz
Polish Rhapsody for violin and orchestra

Bomsori Kim violin

Albert Roussel
Bacchus et Ariane, op. 43: Suite No. 2

Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

 

29 November 2026

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Thomas Hengelbrock conductor
Eva Zaïcik mezzo-soprano

 

Program

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 34 C major, K. 338

Joseph Haydn
“Berenice, che fai”, Cantata for Soprano and Orchestra, Hob. XXIVa No. 10

Eva Zaïcik mezzo-soprano

Clara Schumann
“Ich stand in dunklen Träumen” op. 13 No. 1 (arr. for mezzo-soprano and orchestra by David A. Rahbee)

Eva Zaïcik mezzo-soprano

Clara Schumann
Lorelei (arr. for mezzo-soprano and orchestra by David A. Rahbee)

Eva Zaïcik mezzo-soprano

Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, op. 120 (1st version from 1841)

 

13 December 2026

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Daniele Rustioni conductor
Davóne Tines bass-baritone

 

Program

Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings, op. 11

Davóne Tines
Concerto No. 2: »Anthem« for bass-baritone and orchestra

Davóne Tines bass-baritone

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10 in E minor, op. 93

 

20 December 2026

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Kazuki Yamada conductor

 

Programme

Kaija Saariaho
Lumière et pesanteur

Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: Chaconne (orch. Hideo Saito)

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 9 in D minor

 

10 January 2027

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Kent Nagano conductor
Rafał Blechacz piano

 

Programme

Yvonne Loriod
Pièce sur la souffrance (premiere)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 24 in C minor, K. 491

Rafał Blechacz piano

Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in C major, D 944 “Great”

 

31 January 2027

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
David Afkham conductor
Fazıl Say piano
Carolin Emcke speaker

 

Programme

Speech by Carolin Emcke (In German Language)

Carolin Emcke speaker

Outi Tarkiainen
The Ring of Fire and Love

Fazıl Say
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 “Silence of Anatoliaˮ, op. 11

Fazıl Say piano

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 8 in C minor, op. 65

 

14 February 2027

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Jeannette Sorrell conductor
Carine Tinney soprano
J'Nai Bridges mezzo-soprano
Siyabonga Maqungo tenor
Kevin Deas bass-baritone
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Ines Kaun Choreinstudierung

 

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem in D minor, K. 626 (arr. Robert Levin)

intertwined with

Damien Geter
An African American Requiem: Excerpts

Eric Gould
1791: Requiem for the Ancestors: Excerpts

Jessie Montgomery
Five Freedom Songs: Excerpts

Jeannette Sorrell
Voices of 1791: Excerpts

 

21 February 2027

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Hankyeol Yoon conductor
Elisabeth Leonskaja piano

 

Programme

Unsuk Chin
Frontispiece for orchestra (new version, premiere)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 9 in E flat major, K. 271 “Jenamy”

Elisabeth Leonskaja piano

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, op. 74 “Pathétique”

 

28 February 2027

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Pablo Heras-Casado conductor
Jan Lisiecki piano
Nikolaus Habjan puppetry

 

Programme

Robert Schumann
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, op. 54

Jan Lisiecki piano

Nikolaus Habjan
Puppetry ‟Con brio, for heaven's sake, con brioˮ

Nikolaus Habjan puppetry

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67

 

12 March 2027

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Susanna Mälkki conductor
Golda Schultz soprano
Okka von der Damerau mezzo-soprano
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Heide Müller chorus master
Jens Harzer speaker

 

Programme

Text by Navid Kermani

Jens Harzer speaker

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 in C minor “Resurrection”

Golda Schultz soprano, Okka von der Damerau mezzo-soprano, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Heide Müller chorus master

 

13 March 2027

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Susanna Mälkki conductor
Golda Schultz soprano
Okka von der Damerau mezzo-soprano
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Heide Müller chorus master
Jens Harzer speaker

 

Programme

Text by Navid Kermani

Jens Harzer speaker

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 in C minor “Resurrection”

Golda Schultz soprano, Okka von der Damerau mezzo-soprano, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Heide Müller chorus master

 

20 March 2027

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Anja Bihlmaier conductor
vision string quartet:
Florian Willeitner violin
Jakob Encke violin
Daniel Stoll violin
Sander Stuart viola
Leonard Disselhorst cello
 

Programme

Grażyna Bacewicz
Concerto for String Orchestra

John Adams
Absolue Jest for string quartet and orchestra

vision string quartet

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92

 

26 March 2027

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Kazuki Yamada conductor
Pablo Ferrández cello

 

Programme

Antonín Dvořák
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in B minor, op. 104

Pablo Ferrández cello

Florence Price
Symphony No. 1 in E minor

 

11 April 2027

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Wayne Marshall Conductor and Piano

 

Programme

Kurt Weill
Lady in the Dark, Suite arranged by Robert Russell Bennett)

George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue

Errollyn Wallen
The Elements (German premiere)

George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture (arr. Robert Russel Bennet)

 

25 April 2027

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Kazuki Yamada conductor
Regula Mühlemann soprano
Iris Berben Erzählerin
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Simon Halsey chorus master

 

Program

Rufus Wainwright
Dream Requiem for soprano, narrator, choir, and orchestra

 

1 May 2027

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Dinis Sousa conductor
Nicolas Altstaedt cello

 

Programme

Bohuslav Martinů
Double Concerto for two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani, H. 271

Grażyna Bacewicz
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 2

Nicolas Altstaedt cello

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 8 in G major, op. 88

 

7 May 2027

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Kazuki Yamada conductor
Jean-Guihen Queyras cello

 

Programme

Grażyna Bacewicz
Overture

Henri Dutilleux
Tout un monde lointain... for cello and orchestra

Jean-Guihen Queyras cello

Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique, op. 14

 

8 May 2027

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Kazuki Yamada conductor
Jean-Guihen Queyras cello

 

Programme

Grażyna Bacewicz
Overture

Henri Dutilleux
Tout un monde lointain... for cello and orchestra

Jean-Guihen Queyras cello

Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique, op. 14

 

23 May 2027

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Kazuki Yamada conductor
Abel Selaocoe cello
Düzen Tekkal speaker

 

Programme

Speech by Düzen Tekkal

Düzen Tekkal speaker

Fazıl Say
Never Give Up, Concerto for Cello and Orchestra

Abel Selaocoe cello

Arnold Schoenberg
Transfigured Night, op. 4 (version for string orchestra)

Richard Strauss
Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), op. 24

 

13 June 2027

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Renaud Capuçon Dirigent und Violine
Julia Hagen cello

 

Programme

Charlotte Sohy
Thème varié for violin and orchestra, op. 15

Johannes Brahms
Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A minor, op. 102

Julia Hagen cello

Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 1 in D major, op. 11

 

20 June 2027

Debut in Deutschlandfunk Kultur

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Chloé Dufresne conductor
Sindy Mohamed viola
Elad Navon clarinet

 

Programme

Mel Bonis
Le Songe de Cléopâtre, op. 180

York Bowen
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in C minor, op. 25

Sindy Mohamed viola

Jean Françaix
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra

Elad Navon clarinet

Albert Roussel
Le Festin de lʼaraignée, Symphonic Fragments from the Ballet-Pantomime, op. 17

 

25 June 2027

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Dalia Stasevska conductor

 

Programme

Jóhann Jóhannsson
The Miners’ Hymns, Film Music: They Being Dead yet Speaketh

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 7 in E major