Berlin Philharmonic

The Berlin Philharmonic is a world-renowned orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 1882 by 54 musicians who broke away from their previous conductor—Benjamin Bilse—after he announced his intention of taking the band on a fourth-class train to Warsaw for a concert. The orchestra was then renamed and reorganized under the financial management of Hermann Wolff in 1882. Since then, it has had several famous conductors, including Hans von Bülow, Arthur Nikisch, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Herbert von Karajan, Claudio Abbado, and Sir Simon Rattle.

​The articles in this section contain music pieces performed by the Berlin Philharmonic.

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  ORCHESTRA

  Valse triste: why wasn't Sibelius' famous piece performed on his 150th birthday?

  Valse triste or Sad Waltz is a short orchestral composition written by Jean Sibelius in 1903 for Kuolema, a drama by the...
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  ORCHESTRA

  La Marcho di Rei: L'Arlesienne opening theme harks back to Provencal Christmas carol

  The origin of the iconic theme in the energetic opening of Georges Bizet's L'Arlésienne is still unclear. Presumably,...
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  Nature Sounds

  8 orchestral pieces depicting thunderstorms

  Of all the meteorological phenomena, thunderstorms are perhaps one of the most imposing forces of nature, so it is not...
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  ORCHESTRA

  Grosse Fuge: Armageddon or the birth of atonality featured in Beethoven’s last major work

  The Grosse Fuge is one of Beethoven’s most controversial works which he finished shortly before his death while being in... 1 comment
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  FLUTE

  Forest ranger's son fled home to reform the operatic world

  Christoph Willibald Gluck was a revolutionary who moved the courtly genre of opera to the way beyond the narrow limits...
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  ORCHESTRA

  Dvorak's string serenade is a mirror of his blissful years

  For Antonin Dvořák, 1875 was a grand time for both creative productivity and wholesome family life. The birth of his...
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  ORCHESTRA

  Bernini's famous fountains are filled with Respighi's music

  Fontane di Roma is a symphonic poem written by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi in 1916. It depicts Rome’s...
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  ORCHESTRA

  The misty seascape embodied in Mendelssohn's surging overture

  The Hebrides, also called Hebrides Overture or Overture to the Lonely Isle, is an orchestra piece by Felix Mendelssohn,...
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  ORCHESTRA

  Beethoven was inspired by Goethe’s rhythmic poetry

  From 1809 to 1810, Beethoven composed the overture to Goethe’s play Egmont, depicting the life of the count of Egmont, a...