The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra opens its 2013-14 Concert Season tomorrow night at the newly renovated Philharmonie in Berlin. The concert is at 7 PM Berlin time (Noon, Texas Time) and will be broadcast live over the Internet via BPO's Digital Concert Hall. The Digital Concert Hall gives you a front row center seat at the Philharmonie with a listening experience unequaled unless you were actually in that front row center seat in Berlin. I will be attending the concert digitally and you can enjoy the same listening experience by securing a pass or purchasing a single performance or season ticket at the links below the program notes. You can also download this season's Program Brochure at the link below. The BPO sent me the program notes via email which I am sharing with you:
To open the 2013/2014 season, the Berliner Philharmoniker and Simon Rattle present a concert devoted exclusively to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with the composer’s last three symphonies including number 41, the famous “Jupiter” Symphony.
"Representing no occasion, no immediate purpose, but an appeal to
eternity” is how his biographer Alfred Einstein characterized the
creation of Mozart’s last three symphonies. The transfiguring image of
the immortal Mozart, “darling of the gods”, who wanted to erect a
symphonic monument for himself and the history of music, has stubbornly
persisted. Probably he composed the works for the three “academies in
the casino” he mentioned in a letter to his friend and lodge brother
Michael Puchberg. What is certain is that he created three of the
crowning masterpieces of classical symphonic writing, works that differ
from one another in every aspect, even instrumentation. It is as though
Mozart wanted to display the entire spectrum of the artistic means at
his disposal.
The E flat Symphony K. 543, in the words of E. T. A. Hoffmann, leads
“into the depths of the spirit realm” – its astonishing radiance and its
high spirits notwithstanding, touching on the dark and demonic sphere
as well. The beloved G minor Symphony K. 550, by comparison, is a locus classicus
of architectonic balance, its Andante acting as a lyrical island
between the dramatically charged minor-key movements. And the mastery of
form and compositional technique exhibited by the “Jupiter” Symphony K.
551 suggests the quintessence of every apparent possibility for
instrumental music during Mozart’s lifetime.
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle Conductor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E flat major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C major “Jupiter”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C major “Jupiter”
In the interval: Sir Simon Rattle talks about the new season.
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