New Year’s Eve at the Philharmonie Berlin
Kirill Petrenko and Daniil Trifonov
Also in cinemas
Broadcast in many cinemas in Germany and worldwide
Live-streaming
In the Digital Concert Hall, on Arte or on Radio 3
The Berliner Philharmoniker and chief conductor Kirill Petrenko will bring this year to a close with more of a bang than a whimper.
Star pianist Daniil Trifonov opens the New Year’s Eve concert with Johannes Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto, an arresting blend of high drama and lyrical tenderness. After the interval, the powerful and festive prelude from Richard Wagner’s opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg follows. The concert concludes with two lavishly-orchestrated dance works by Richard Strauss of a contrasting nature: the charming waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier and Salome’s Dance, with its exhibitionistic, almost brutal sensuality. Why tip-toe into 2025 when you can be propelled by a tsunami of vengeance?!
You can experience the programme in a number of ways: directly in the Philharmonie, as a live broadcast in the Digital Concert Hall, on Arte or Radio 3, or in one of many cinemas near you.
All transmissions
Digital Concert Hall
Tue 31 December 2024, from 17:30
30 minutes before the concert begins, we offer you a special accompanying programme.
Wed 1 January 2025, from 8:00
Rerun of the recording from the previous evening
On the radio and TV
Tue 31 December 2024: Arte and Radio 3 from RBB broadcast live from 17:30
In cinemas
The concert, including the accompanying programme, will also be broadcast in many cinemas in Germany and around the world.
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