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Few people are as passionate about the music of Joseph Haydn as Giovanni Antonini. He is currently in the process of recording all 107 of the composer’s symphonies – with a fresh, arresting approach. In this concert, we hear two symphonies of captivating originality and inspiration. Also on the programme are the cantata Arianna a Naxos, a touching emotional drama of an abandoned woman featuring Egyptian soprano Fatma Said, and Mozart’s little-known incidental music Thamos, King in Egypt, which is impressive in its dramatic power.
Artists
Berliner Philharmoniker
Giovanni Antonini conductor
Fatma Said soprano
Programme
Joseph Haydn
Symphonie Nr. 54 G-Dur
Joseph Haydn
“Arianna a Naxos”, cantata, Hob. XXVIb:2
Fatma Said soprano
Interval
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 44 in E minor “Mourning”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Thamos, King in Egypt, K. 345: Interludes
Main Auditorium
26 to 82 €
Introduction
19:15
Series F: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Main Auditorium
26 to 82 €
Introduction
19:15
Series H: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Main Auditorium
26 to 82 €
Introduction
18:15
Series I: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
The Cosmopolitan
A portrait of the soprano Fatma Said
Opera today, tango tomorrow, and early music the day after that: Fatma Said is a musical cosmopolitan who sings in five different languages, slipping into the most varied of roles with ease. At the end of October, the Egyptian soprano makes her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Composing and networking
Mozart and Freemasonry
In the eighteenth century Freemasonry combined mysterious rituals with Enlightenment ideals. Mozart was a member of this secretive society, his affiliations repeatedly reflected in his works – not only in Die Zauberflöte but also in his incidental music for Thamos, König in Ägypten.
Biographies
Giovanni Antonini
Giovanni Antonini has been acclaimed for his energetic and clearly-defined music-making, and as a musician who explores the full range of dynamic and rhythmic possibilities. His interpretations, often breathtakingly fast, are described as captivating and thoughtful. Born in Milan, he studied at the Civica Scuola di Musica and the Centre de Musique Ancienne in Geneva, and is a founding member of the baroque ensemble Il Giardino Armonico, which he has led since 1989. With this ensemble, Antonini has toured internationally as a conductor and as a soloist on the recorder and the flute with musicians such as Cecilia Bartoli, Isabelle Faust and Sol Gabetta.
He is also director of the Wratislavia Cantans Festival in Poland, principal guest conductor of the Basel Chamber Orchestra and a regular guest with ensembles such as the Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchestra, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. At his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker in 2004, Antonini was “impressed by the energy that emanates from this ensemble,” he says. In addition to the baroque and early classical instrumental repertoire, Giovanni Antonini specialises in opera and oratorio. He leads the Haydn 2032 project, in which all Haydn symphonies up to the 300th anniversary of the composer’s birth will be performed and recorded.
Fatma Said
“Music connects us all; it’s our common denominator,” says Fatma Said. “I love that we find a moment of peace with each other when we experience music together.” The young Egyptian soprano recently won the European Cultural Award 2024 – both for her artistic work and for her commitment as a mediator between cultures. She received her first singing lessons at the age of 14 in her hometown of Cairo, went on to study at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin, and received a scholarship to the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala in Milan. In April 2021, she won the BBC Music Magazine Award.
“The flawlessly radiant Fatma Said as Pamina is a discovery,” wrote the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of her performance at La Scala in Peter Stein’s new production of Mozart’s Magic Flute. Her debut album won international critical acclaim and received numerous awards. In the 2022/23 season, she was Artist in Residence at the Konzerthaus Berlin and the Wiener Konzerthaus. Her repertoire ranges from Lieder to large symphonic works and opera. She has made guest appearances on the world’s leading stages and can be heard in roles such as Nannetta (Falstaff), Clorinda (La cenerentola) and La Pastourelle (L’Enfant et les sortilèges). Fatma Said makes her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker in these concerts.
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