Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Program and cast

29 August 2025 – Season Opening
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Petrenko, Conductor
Albrecht Mayer, Oboe

 

Programme
Robert Schumann
Manfred Overture Op. 115

 

Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra

 

Interval

 

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68

 

 

12 and 13 September 2025
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
François-Xavier Roth, Conductor

 

Programme
Pierre Boulez
Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna for Orchestra in Eight Groups

 

Interval

 

Ondřej Adámek
Between Five Columns (World Premiere), Commission by the Foundation of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

 

Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring, Ballet

 

 

17, 18 and 19 September 2025
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Petrenko, Conductor
Albrecht Mayer, Oboe

 

Programme
Pascal Dusapin
Exeo, Solo No. 5 for Orchestra

 

Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra

 

Interval

 

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68

 

 

25, 26 and 27 September 2025
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Guggeis, Conductor
Maximilian Hornung, Cello

 

Programme
Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra Op. 30

 

Interval

 

Henri Dutilleux
Tout un monde lointain… for Cello and Orchestra

 

Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

 

 

2, 3 and 4 October 2025
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, Conductor

 

Programme
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 7 in B minor D 759 “Unfinished”

 

Interval

 

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major Op. 92

 

 

9, 10 and 11 October 2025
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniele Gatti, Conductor

 

Programme
Anton Webern
Slow Movement for String Quartet (Version for String Orchestra by Gerard Schwarz)

 

Igor Stravinsky
Symphony in C

 

Interval

 

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major Op. 90

 

 

16, 17 and 18 October 2025
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor
Janine Jansen, Violin

 

Programme
Percy Grainger
Lincolnshire Posy

 

Sergei Prokofiev
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in D major Op. 19

 

Interval

 

John Adams
Harmonielehre

 

 

23, 24 and 25 October 2025
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Emmanuelle Haïm, Conductor
Lauranne Oliva, Soprano
Reinoud Van Mechelen, Tenor

 

Programme
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Suite arranged by Emmanuelle Haïm

 

Jean-Philippe Rameau
Hippolyte et Aricie: Excerpts

 

Interval

 

Jean-Philippe Rameau
Castor et Pollux: Excerpts

 

Jean-Philippe Rameau
Dardanus: Excerpts

 

 

29, 30 and 31 October 2025
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Petrenko, Conductor

 

Programme
Leoš Janáček
Lachian Dances

 

Béla Bartók
The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite Sz 73

 

Interval

 

Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka, Ballet (1947 Version)

 

 

4, 5 and 6 December 2025
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Jordi Savall, Conductor

 

Programme
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Naïs, Suite (arranged by Jordi Savall)

 

Christoph Willibald Gluck
Don Juan, Ballet

 

Interval

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 in C major K 551 “Jupiter”

 

 

11, 12 and 13 December 2025 – 60 Years of the Philharmonie Organ
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, Conductor
Hilary Hahn, Violin
Jan Liebermann, Organ

 

Programme
Marcel Dupré
Cortège et Litanie Op. 19 No. 2 (Version for Organ and Orchestra)

 

Antonín Dvořák
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor Op. 53

 

Interval

 

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10 in E minor Op. 93

 

 

18, 19 and 20 December 2025
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Raphaël Pichon, Conductor
Nikola Hillebrand, Soprano
Xenia Puskarz Thomas, Mezzo-soprano
Beth Taylor, Alto
Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Tenor
Huw Montague Rendall, Baritone
Christian Immler, Bass
RIAS Chamber Choir

 

Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B minor BWV 232

 

 

29, 30 and 31 December 2025 – New Year’s Eve Concert with Kirill Petrenko and Benjamin Bernheim
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Petrenko, conductor
Benjamin Bernheim, tenor

 

Programme
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin op. 24: Polonaise

 

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin op. 24: Introduction, Scene and Kuda, kuda vï udalilis, aria of Lensky from Act II

 

Charles Gounod
Roméo et Juliette: L’amour!, cavatina of Romeo from Act II

 

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture after Shakespeare

 

Interval (not on 31.12.2025)

 

Georges Bizet
Carmen: Overture. Allegro giocoso

 

Georges Bizet
Carmen: La fleur que tu m’avais jetée, Flower Song of Don José from Act II

 

Georges Bizet
L’Arlésienne, Suite No. 2 for Orchestra – No. 4 Farandole

 

Jules Massenet
Werther: Prelude to Act I

 

Jules Massenet
Werther: Pourquoi me reveiller, aria of Werther from Act III

 

Emmanuel Chabrier
España, rhapsody for orchestra

 

George Gershwin
Cuban Overture

 

 

8, 9 and 10 January 2026
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Petr Popelka, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin

 

Programme
Antonín Dvořák
The Wood Dove, symphonic poem op. 110

 

Alban Berg
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra To the Memory of an Angel

 

Interval

 

Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major op. 38 Spring Symphony

 

 

16 and 17 January 2026
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Petrenko, conductor
Jacquelyn Wagner, soprano (Magna peccatrix)
Golda Schultz, soprano (Una poenitentium)
Jasmin Delfs, soprano (Mater gloriosa)
Beth Taylor, alto (Mulier samaritana)
Fleur Barron, mezzo-soprano (Maria Aegyptiaca)
Benjamin Bruns, tenor (Doctor Marianus)
Gihoon Kim, baritone (Pater ecstaticus)
Le Bu, bass (Pater profundus)
Berlin Radio Choir
Boys of the Berlin State and Cathedral Choir
Bach Choir Salzburg

 

Programme
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 8 Symphony of a Thousand

 

 

22, 23 and 24 January 2026
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Lahav Shani, conductor
Daishin Kashimoto, violin

 

Programme
Charles Ives
The Unanswered Question

 

Dmitri Shostakovich
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in A minor op. 77

 

Interval

 

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor op. 95 From the New World

 

 

28, 29 and 30 January 2026
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Petrenko, conductor
Janine Jansen, violin

 

Programme
Johannes Brahms
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major op. 77

 

Interval

 

Alexander Scriabin
Symphony No. 3 in C minor op. 43

 

 

12, 13 and 14 February 2026
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Paavo Järvi, conductor
Lang Lang, piano

 

Programme
Maurice Ravel
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G major

 

Interval

 

Hans Rott
Symphony No. 1 in E major

 

 

19, 20 and 21 February 2026
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Michael Sanderling, conductor
Lucas & Arthur Jussen, piano duo

 

Programme
Franz Liszt
Two Episodes from Lenau’s Faust: No. 2 The Dance in the Village Inn (First Mephisto Waltz) for Orchestra

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in E-flat major KV 365

 

Interval

 

Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor op. 25 (orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg)

 

 

26, 27 and 28 February 2026
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin
Bruno Delepelaire, cello

 

Programme
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
The Hebrides, Overture in B minor op. 26

 

Johannes Brahms
Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A minor op. 102

 

Interval

 

Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique op. 14

 

 

5, 6 and 7 March 2026
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniel Harding, conductor
Diyang Mei, viola
Ludwig Quandt, cello

 

Programme
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser and the Singers’ Contest at Wartburg, Overture

 

Hans Werner Henze
Barcarola

 

Interval

 

Richard Strauss
Don Quixote, symphonic poem op. 35

 

 

10 April 2026
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Petrenko, conductor
Christian Gerhaher, baritone (Wotan)
Gihoon Kim, baritone (Donner)
Thomas Atkins, tenor (Froh)
Brenton Ryan, tenor (Loge)
Leigh Melrose, baritone (Alberich)
Thomas Cilluffo, tenor (Mime)
Patrick Guetti, bass (Fafner)
Le Bu, bass-baritone (Fasolt)
Catriona Morison, mezzo-soprano (Fricka)
Sarah Brady, soprano (Freia)
Jasmin White, alto (Erda)
Louise Foor, soprano (Woglinde)
Yajie Zhang, mezzo-soprano (Wellgunde)
Jess Dandy, alto (Flosshilde)

 

Programme
Richard Wagner
Das Rheingold

 

 

16, 17 and 18 April 2026
Berlin Philharmonic
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano

 

Programme
Mieczysław Weinberg
Burattino and the Golden Key: Orchestral Suite No. 4 op. 55d

 

John Williams
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

 

Interval

 

Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Excerpts
The Montagues and the Capulets
Juliet as a Young Girl
Masks
Romeo and Juliet, Balcony Scene
The Death of Tybalt
Father Laurence
Dance of the Couples
Dance of the Girls from the Antilles
Juliet’s Funeral
Juliet’s Death

 

 

23, 24 and 25 April 2026
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

 

Programme
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 7 in E major

 

 

7, 8 and 9 May 2026
Berlin Philharmonic
Kirill Petrenko, conductor
Gautier Capuçon, cello

 

Programme
Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella, Suite (revised version of 1949)

 

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra in A major op. 33

 

Interval

 

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major op. 36

 

 

14, 15 and 16 May 2026
Berlin Philharmonic
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor

 

Programme
Andrew Norman
Play for Orchestra (German premiere)

 

Interval

 

Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird, Ballet Music

 

 

21, 22 and 23 May 2026
Berlin Philharmonic
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
Women of the Berlin Radio Choir
Boys of the Berlin State and Cathedral Choir

 

Programme
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3 in D minor

 

 

28, 29 and 30 May 2026
Berlin Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson, piano

 

Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture in C minor op. 62

 

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major op. 73

 

Interval

 

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5 in D minor op. 47

 

 

4, 5 and 6 June 2026
Berlin Philharmonic
Jakub Hrůša, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin

 

Programme
Vítězslava Kaprálová
Rustic Suite op. 19

 

Josef Suk
Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra in G minor op. 24

 

Interval

 

Bohuslav Martinů
Symphony No. 1

 

 

11, 12 and 13 June 2026
Berlin Philharmonic
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

 

Programme
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 3 in D major D 200

 

Bernd Richard Deutsch
Intensity (German premiere)

 

Interval

 

Richard Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier: Orchestral Suite arranged by Franz Welser-Möst

 

 

18, 19 and 20 June 2026
Berlin Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Members of the Berlin Radio Choir

 

Programme
Gabriela Ortiz
Revolución diamantina, Ballet for Eight Voices and Orchestra (Concert version)

 

Interval

 

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major op. 55 Eroica