bauhaus music 2024 - Béla Bartók, Alban Berg, Johann Sebastian Bach

In the organizer's words:

Moderated concert in German, in cooperation with the German Chamber Orchestra Berlin

You will hear:

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048
• Alban Berg: Violin Concerto, solo violin: Kolja Blacher
• Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106

Here, pieces by Alban Berg and Béla Bartók meet Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concerto, presented by the German Chamber Orchestra in the Church of St. Elisabeth.

Both Alban Berg and Béla Bartók were in contact with numerous Bauhaus members and were regular guests at the Bauhaus. They were part of musical modernism, which broke away from the prevailing rules and proclaimed the equality and "liberation" of all sounds. Similar to the Bauhaus in the field of design, the composers no longer accepted traditional certainties in music either.

In apparent contrast to this is the form-bound music of Johann Sebastian Bach, who was, however, an important point of reference for many Bauhaus members and the musical avant-garde. It was precisely the strict form of the fugue, of which Bach is considered the master, that the avant-garde found liberating.

Conductor: Karl-Heinz Steffens

Moderation: Kai Hinrich Müller

The motto of this year's bauhaus music festival is FREEDOM and is made possible by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds. A total of five concerts will take place over three days at two venues, the temporary bauhaus-archiv and the church/Villa St. Elisabeth.

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Moderated concert in German in cooperation with Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin.

You will hear:

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048
• Alban Berg: Violin Concerto, Solo Violin: Kolja Blacher
• Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106

On Friday evening, works by Alban Berg and Béla Bartók will be performed alongside Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, presented by the Deutsches Kammerorchester in the Church of St Elisabeth.

Both Alban Berg and Béla Bartók maintained close contacts with numerous members of the Bauhaus and were regular guests at the school. They pioneered modernist trends in music which disregarded musical conventions and called for the equal treatment and "liberation" of all tones. Similar to the field of design at the Bauhaus, these composers questioned the validity of any and all time-honored certainties in music.

The meticulously structured music of Johann Sebastian Bach stands in stark contrast to these modern compositions. However, Bach was a role model for many members of the Bauhaus and the musical avant-garde who found the formal stringency of Bach's masterful fugues especially liberating.

Direction: Karl-Heinz Steffens

Host: Kai Hinrich Müller

The motto of this year's bauhaus music festival is FREEDOM. Five concerts will take place over three days at two venues, the temporary bauhaus archive and the church/Villa St Elisabeth.
bauhaus music 2024 is made possible with the generous support of the Capital City Cultural Fund.

Price information:

Get our Early Bird tickets until 31.8.2024 at a price of 15 euros, *reduced 7 euros per concert, plus fees. From 1.9.2024: Regular 20 euros, *reduced 10 euros per concert, plus fees *Reductions are available: Pupils under the age of 18, trainees, students, volunteers (BFD, FSJ, FÖJ), senior citizens, severely disabled persons, recipients of ALG 1 and citizen's benefits, Berlin Pass holders, members of Bauhaus-Archiv e.V. Please carry proof with you.