Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Program and cast

11 September 2025
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Omar Ebrahim, narrator

Programme
Bohuslav Martinů
Lidice – Funeral Music for Orchestra

Josef Suk
Meditation on the Old Bohemian Chorale St. Wenceslaus for String Orchestra, Op. 35a

Arnold Schoenberg
Ode to Napoleon for Strings, Piano and Narrator, Op. 41

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 (The Year 1905)

28 September 2025
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sebastian Weigle, conductor
Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

Programme
Karl Goldmark
In Spring – Concert Overture for Orchestra, Op. 36

Britta Byström
täckminnen (Screen Memories) – Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra No. 2

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36

24 October 2025
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Roderick Cox, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin

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Esa-Pekka Salonen
Helix for Orchestra (2005)

Igor Stravinsky
Violin Concerto in D

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

25 November 2025
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Giedrė Šlekytė, conductor
Victor Julien-Laferrière, cello

Programme
John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Robert Schumann
Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129

Anna Clyne
This Midnight Hour for Orchestra

Béla Bartók
The Miraculous Mandarin – Suite from the Pantomime in One Act, Op. 19, Sz. 73

9 December 2025
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jean-Christophe Spinosi, conductor
Nina Maestracci, soprano

Programme
George Frideric Handel
Overture to the Oratorio Messiah, HWV 56

Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6 No. 8 (Fatto per la notte di natale)

Antonio Vivaldi
Excerpts from Laudate Pueri (Psalm 112) for Soprano, Flute, Oboe, Strings and Basso Continuo, RV 601

Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for Two Flutes, Bassoon and Basso Continuo in E minor, TWV 52:e2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Et Incarnatus est from the Mass in C minor, KV 427

Johann Sebastian Bach
Overture in D major, BWV 1068

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Exsultate, jubilate – Motet for Soprano and Orchestra, KV 165

30 and 31 December 2025 – New Year’s Eve Concert
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
Vera-Lotte Boecker, soprano
Christina Daletska, alto
Benjamin Bruns, tenor
Jordan Shanahan, bass
Berlin Radio Choir
Nico Köhs, chorus master

Programme
Sergej Newski
Goddess of History for Mezzo-soprano and Orchestra (Text: Tomas Venclova; RSB commission, world premiere)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 with Final Chorus on Schiller’s Ode to Joy

29 January 2026
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, violin

Programme
Eduard Resatsch
Premonition for Orchestra (world premiere)

Josef Suk
Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 24

Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 6 in E-flat minor, Op. 111

6 February 2026
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

Programme
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 8 in C minor

8 March 2026
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
Konstantyn Napolov, percussion

Programme
Jean Sibelius
Pohjola’s Daughter – Symphonic Fantasy, Op. 49

Moritz Eggert
Master and Servant for Percussion and Orchestra (RSB commission, world premiere)

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

15 March 2026
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Renato Balsadonna, conductor
Erin Morley, soprano
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

Programme
Arias and Duets from Operas by Gaetano Donizetti, Gioachino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, Léo Delibes and Giuseppe Verdi

18 April 2026
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Irene Roberts, soprano
Joachim Bäckström, tenor
Mika Kares, bass

Programme
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83

Richard Wagner
Act I from the Opera Die Walküre (Concert Performance)

30 May 2026
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Simone Young, conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, violin

Programme
Antonín Dvořák
Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Symphony in F-sharp major, Op. 40

11 June 2026
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jaime Martin, conductor
Jan Lisiecki, piano

Programme
Fanny Hensel
Overture in C major

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto in C major, KV 467

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 107 (Reformation Symphony)

2 July 2026
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Katharina Wincor, conductor
Camille Thomas, cello

Programme
Augusta Read Thomas
Plea for Peace for Chamber Orchestra

Fazil Say
Never Give Up – Cello Concerto

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 (Pastoral)