The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond. On New Year‘s Eve, the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gala. Together, the musicians bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new. The 2017 concert was conducted by Simon Rattle and featured Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano). On the programme: Antonín Dvořák:Carnival: Overture, Op. 92 , Igor Strawinsky Apollon Musagète. No. 8, Pas de deux 5:03, Richard Strauss: Zueignung Op. 10, No. 1; Wiegenlied Op. 41, No. 1; Muttertändelei Op. 43, No. 2; Morgen Op. 27, No. 4; Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland Op. 56k, No. 6, Leonard Bernstein: Three dance episodes from "On the town“, Take Care of this House from "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue", Dmitri Shostakovich: Suite from The Golden Age, Op. 22a, Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Dance Op. 72, No. 2, Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No 1 in G minor.

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2017

In this Baden-Baden concert, Simon Rattle presents a sonorous snapshot of the European music scene in the early 20th century. It includes Richard Strauss’s self-confidently impressive Don Juan, sumptuous songs by Alban Berg, Ravel’s overwhelmingly sensual song cycle Shéhérazade and finally Stravinsky’s both groundbreaking and nostalgic Petrushka. The star guest is the Latvian mezzosoprano Elina Garanca.

Berliner Philharmoniker: Sir Simon Rattle & Elina Garanca in Baden-Baden

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

A staging of Verdi's opera "Nabucco" by Andreas Homoki. Recorded at Opernhaus Zürich.