Berliner Philharmoniker Live in Cinemas

The Berliner Philharmoniker and Gustavo Dudamel with a concert programme "From the New World" live in 150 European cinemas.

The Berliner Philharmoniker, under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel, bring their 2016/2017 cinema season to a close at 7:30 PM (Berlin time) on 9 June with music “From the New World”: the main item in the concert programme is Antonín Dvorák’s famous, eponymous Symphony No. 9 in E minor op. 95, which was composed during Dvo?ák’s time as director of the National Conservatory in New York. Antonín Dvorák wanted to portray musical “characteristics that are clearly American” with folk elements which reflected spirituals and Indian music. At the same time, this masterpiece is firmly rooted in the Czech musical tradition. The second work of the evening is City Noir by John Adams, a tribute to the great age of bebop and jazz in American music. In City Noir, Adams masterfully creates musical associations ranging from Stravinsky and Gershwin, Bernstein and Milhaud to John Coltrane. Jazz rhythms and repeating patterns draw the listener into the America of the 40s and 50s. Gustavo Dudamel conducted the premiere of City Noir in his opening concert as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.