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Saxon State Orchestra Dresden
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For most people, a diagnosis of a serious illness might lead to despair and stagnation – but not for Dmitri Shostakovich. His creative power stood in stark contrast to his fate, and thus, in 1959, he composed one of the greatest works of the 20th century in this genre, the 1st Cello Concerto.
With her ability to fully immerse herself in an interpretative task, the exceptional cellist Sol Gabetta is the ideal performer for this highly dramatic work. Enhanced by the rich and powerful sound of her Guadagnini cello, particularly the extensive, monologue-like cadenza highlights the maturity of Gabetta’s interpretation, which she has honed since the age of 15. As an epic finale to the evening, Tugan Sokhiev fully unleashes the late-romantic sonority of the storied Saxon State Orchestra Dresden, which Richard Wagner once referred to as his “miracle harp.”
Program and cast
Saxon State Orchestra Dresden
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Sol Gabetta, cello
Programme
Dmitri Shostakovich
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1 in E flat major, op. 107
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 7 in E major
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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