Waldbühne 2024: A Summer Night, Fire & Passion

The Berliner Philharmoniker with Kirill Petrenko and Yuja Wang.

Under the Berlin night sky on what is probably the most beautiful open-air stage in Europe, the Berliner Philharmoniker's end-of-season concert will celebrate an anniversary this year: 40 years ago, on 30 June, 1984, the orchestra played here for the first time. To celebrate, they invited the wonderful and powerful Yuja Wang.

This year's repertoire is dedicated to the power of orchestral colours and narrative. Whether it is the fantastical and eerie atmosphere of Mussorgsky's Night on a Bald Mountain, the energetic and innovative spirit of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto which demands high virtuosic skills, or the lush and impressionistic landscapes of Ravel's compositions: we are looking forward to a colourful music night under the summer skies of Berlin.

Live signal available: Saturday 22 June 2024, 20:15 CET

Genre Orchestral Music
Recording location Waldbühne Berlin
Recording date 22.06.2024
Duration 100'
Video format 4K/UHD
Production Company EuroArts Music International, RBB, NHK
TV Director Henning Kasten
Distribution TV EuroArts Music International
English title of music work Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)
English title of music work Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat Major, Op. 10 (with Yuja Wang)
English title of music work Maurice Ravel: Pavane pur une infante défunte (orchestral version), Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2, Boléro
Orchestra / Band Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor Kirill Petrenko
Soloist Yuja Wang, piano