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
“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
Chamber Music Hall
Jelka Weber flute
Dominik Wollenweber oboe
Andraž Golob clarinet
Stefan Schweigert bassoon
Johannes Lamotke french horn
Kit Armstrong piano
Works by
Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Rihm, Hans Werner Henze and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon in E flat major, op. 16
Wolfgang Rihm
Wind Quintet
Interval
Hans Werner Henze
L’autunno. Music for five wind players
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon in E flat major, K. 452
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
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
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)
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
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
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