In the organizer's words:

We defy the Berlin New Year weather and think ourselves on the South American continent. A concert between serious themes and dances, between serious dances and thematic seriousness.

First we open with Emilie Mayer's Faust Overture. But before the concert becomes too ponderous, we immediately counter this with dramatic seriousness made flesh: Ludwig van Beethoven's 7th Symphony, which, however, does not come across as serious and ponderous as its creator's reputation might suggest. It is upbeat, dance-like and almost boozy at the end, full of rhythms and power. The perfect precursor for the second half, in which Heitor Villa-Lobos bridges the Atlantic and wraps Brazilian music in the style of Bach in his Bachianas Brasilierias No. 7.
The program concludes with the dances from Estancia by Alberto Evaristo Ginastera, which are based on a setting of an Argentinian national epic - seriousness and dance from two continents in one concert.

Emilie Mayer
Faust Overture op. 46

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

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Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas brasileiras No. 7

Alberto Ginastera
Estancia, Ballet op. 8a: Dances

Junges Ensemble Berlin | Symphony Orchestra

Michael Riedel | Conductor

1st category: 27 € / reduced 22 €
2nd category: 21 € / reduced 16 €
3rd category: 15 € / reduced 10 € (pupils 8 €)

Price information:

1st category: 27 € / reduced 22 € 2nd category: 21 € / reduced 16 € 3rd category: 15 € / reduced 10 € (pupils 8 €)