Wolfgang Rihm sits at home in front of his bookshelf

With the Berliner Philharmoniker
IN-SCHRIFT with Kirill Petrenko
Das Gehege with Simone Young
Transitus III with Klaus Mäkelä 

Chamber music with orchestra members
Four studies for a clarinet quintet
String Quartet No. 4 and much more.

In the Digital Concert Hall
Wolfgang Rihm in the Digital Concert Hall archive

 

Wolfgang Rihm, 2024 | Picture: Monika Rittershaus

“Music is always profoundly human; there can be no music without people” – said Wolfgang Rihm, who died on 27 July 2024 at the age of 72. He is the most frequently-performed contemporary German composer, not least because of his commitment to subjective, direct expression. Wolfgang Rihm was to accompany the Berliner Philharmoniker through the 2024/25 season as Composer in Residence. The planned chamber music evenings and orchestral concerts will now commemorate a great composer with a selection from his multifaceted oeuvre.

“Music is created in response to music”: Wolfgang Rihm in conversation

Recorded in March 2024 | Video: Tobias Möller / Adam Janisch

Chamber Music Hall

Simon Roturier violin
Angelo de Leo violin (replacing Marlene Ito)
Ignacy Miecznikowski viola
Bruno Delepelaire cello
Emmanuel Pahud flute
Wenzel Fuchs clarinet
Marie-Pierre Langlamet harp
Stephan Koncz conductor (Rihm)

Works by
Jean Cras, Bruno Delepelaire, Lili Boulanger, Wolfgang Rihm and Claude Debussy

Jean Cras
Quintet for flute, harp and string trio

Bruno Delepelaire
rêverie française for flute and harp (premiere)

Lili Boulanger
Nocturne for flute and harp

Wolfgang Rihm
En plein air for flute, clarinet, harp and string quartet

Interval

Claude Debussy
String Quartet in G minor

Claude Debussy
Rhapsody for clarinet (arr. for septet by Sylvain Blassel)

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Portrait photo of Klaus Mäkelä.

Main Auditorium

Berliner Philharmoniker
Klaus Mäkelä conductor

Works by
Wolfgang Rihm and Richard Strauss

Wolfgang Rihm
Transitus III

Interval

Richard Strauss
Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), op. 64

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Portrait photo of Klaus Mäkelä.

Main Auditorium

Berliner Philharmoniker
Klaus Mäkelä conductor

Works by
Wolfgang Rihm and Richard Strauss

Wolfgang Rihm
Transitus III

Interval

Richard Strauss
Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), op. 64

Portrait photo of Klaus Mäkelä.

Main Auditorium

Berliner Philharmoniker
Klaus Mäkelä conductor

Works by
Wolfgang Rihm and Richard Strauss

Wolfgang Rihm
Transitus III

Interval

Richard Strauss
Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), op. 64

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Chamber Music Hall

Simon Roturier violin
Angelo de Leo violin
Micha Afkham viola
Solène Kermarrec cello

Works by
Robert Schumann and Wolfgang Rihm

Robert Schumann
String Quartet in A minor, op. 41 No. 1

Wolfgang Rihm
String Quartet No. 4

Interval

Robert Schumann
String Quartet in A major, op. 41 No. 3

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