Programm musikfest berlin 08 - Berliner Festspiele

9th Symphony. In particular suspense we await the new interpretation of the
8th Symphony by the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, conducted by Philippe
Herreweghe.
Anton Bruckner, Olivier Messiaen and Karlheinz Stockhausen form, so to
speak, the religious-spiritual “triumvirate” of the festival programme,
presented in kaleidoscopically unfolded constellations with works by Pierre
Boulez, Peter Eötvös, Gérard Grisey, Helmut Lachenmann, Arvo Pärt,
Astor Piazzolla, Francis Poulenc, Maurice Ravel, Wolfgang Rihm, Franz
Schreker, Alexander Skrjabin, Igor Strawinsky, Richard Wagner and
Alexander Zemlinsky.
A particular cause for rejoicing, finally, is the hommage dedicated to Elliott
Carter: This Nestor of American Modernism approaches his 100th birthday,
and we all hope to welcome him in Berlin at the concert of the
Staatskapelle Berlin, conducted by Daniel Barenboim.
We would like to thank all the artists and institutions involved, the hosting
and co-operating Berlin Philharmonic Foundation – especially Mrs. Pamela
Rosenberg and Sir Simon Rattle, for their exceptional collaboration; the
commissary of the Federal Government for Culture and Media, Mr. Bernd
Neumann for giving financial support, and finally the Culture Fund of the
capital Berlin and the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation for their generous
support.
We would like to wish all visitors to enjoy the concerts.
Joachim Sartorius Winrich Hopp
Director of the Berliner Festspiele Artistic Director musikfest berlin
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