Archive for the ‘Events’ Category
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
Johannes Brahms’ “Ein deutsches Requiem” for vocal Solists, mixed Choir and 2 pianos after the original score by Brahms
Musical Direction - Phillip Moll - 2Pianists - Phillip Moll and Philip Mayers
Soprano Marlis Petersen
Bariton Konrad Jarnot
with Rundfunkchor Berlin – Conductor Simon Halsey
Artistic assistance for rehersals from - Davide Camplani und Claudia de Serpa Soares
Staging by Brad Hwang
Lights Jörg Bittner and Thomas Herda
Brahms’ Requiem is [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Bariton Konrad Jarnot, Brahms German Requiem Op. 45, Davide Camplani und Claudia de Serpa Soares, Gundola Janowitz greatest living soprano, Jochen Sandig, Jörg Bittner and Thomas Herda, Live Johannes Brahms in Berlin “Ein deutsches Requiem”, Phillip Moll and Philip Mayers, Radial System, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sasha Waltz & Guests’, Simon Halsey, Soprano Marlis Petersen, Staging by Brad Hwang
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Saturday, February 4th, 2012
The Berlinale and energy supplier ENTEGA, Germany’s second largest provider of green electricity, are pleased with first results: in 2010 the partners set themselves the goal of significantly improving the Festival’s CO2 levels. Over three years a number of measures are to be implemented. And a start has been made: commissioned by ENTEGA, Öko-Institut/Institute for Applied [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Berlin film festival, berlin film festival 2012, berlin international film festival, berlin international film festival 2012, berlinale, energy supplier ENTEGA, film berlin, Forest Carbon Group, Gendarme Markt, movies berlin, Öko-Institut, Öko-Institut/Institute for Applied Ecology
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Saturday, January 28th, 2012
One of cultural Berlin’s best-known events is called ‘The Long Night of Museums’/ Lange Nacht der Museen, and it is just that and so successfull have they proven to be that they are onto to the 30th one now.
Nearly 100 museums and galleries will open their doors for extended hours, into special exhibitions, guided tours, music and [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 30th Lange Nacht der Museen Berlin, January 28th Lange Nacht der Museen Berlin, Lange Nacht der Museen Berlin, LONG NIGHT OF MUSEUMS
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Friday, January 27th, 2012
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – baptized as – wait for it – Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart was born on the 27th January 1756 in Salzburg Austria – so Happy Birthday to Mister Mozart.
Below I have written a short account of Mozart’s journey late in his life to Berlin and follow that with the major part of a short biography of hime as [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 27th January Mozart's birthday, Happy Birthday Mozart, Mozart Berlin, mozart in Berlin, Mozart travels to Berlin, Mozart's Journey to Berlin by Maynard Solomon, The Journal of Musicology
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Happy Birthday Frederick the Great – but you may well ask yourself also, who was actually Frederick the Great………and why …..’the Great’?
Today exactly 300 years ago a future enlightened ruler of what was then Prussia was born.
Frederick II – a brilliant military commander, a tolerant prince, a philosopher, a musician – and perhaps Europes first gay-monarch -take your pick- he [...] Continue Reading…
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Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Everyone knows about the Reinheitsgebot or the laws governing the making of Beer in Germany – the “German Beer Purity Law” or the “Bavarian Purity Law.
It stated that the only ingredients that could be used in the making of beer was water, barley and hops. The law originated in the city of Ingolstadt in the duchy of Bavaria on 23 April [...] Continue Reading…
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
Two times a year Berlin turns itself into THE big international fashion capital location – and today is one of those times – the first for 2012. It is called simply enough ‘Berlin Fashion Week,’ where designers, textile manufacturers, fashion groupies, buyers & sellers, and other fashion-trade experts and media of all sorts interact.
It will also present a perfect opportunity for local [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'green-fashion' Berlin Fashion Week, 2012 Fashion Week Berlin, Ethical Fashion Show., Lavera Showfloor Berlin, SHOW & ORDER at Berlin Fashion Week, THE GALLERY BERLIN
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Sunday, January 15th, 2012
Epitaph 1919 – by Bertolt Brecht
Red Rosa has also now disappeared
Where she lies is unknown
Because she told the truth to the poor
The rich have hunted her out of the world.
Epitaph for Karl Liebknecht – by Bertolt Brecht
Here lies
Karl Liebknecht
The fighter against war
When he was struck down
Our city still continued to stand.
Epitaph for Rosa Luxemburg – by Bertolt Brecht
Here lies buried
Rosa Luxemburg
A Jewess [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Bertolt Brecht, die linke, Epitaph 1919 - by Bertolt Brecht, Epitaph for Rosa Luxemburg - by Bertolt Brecht, gegenBANKENmacht, KPD in Berlin, opportunist SPD, rosa luxemburg & karl liebknecht remembered in berlin, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, rosa luxemburg demo in berlin, „RAGE against the Capitalist Machine“, „RAGE against the Capitalist Machine“ Berlin
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Saturday, January 14th, 2012
As a first live concert I have attended this year – this was a perfect choice and it is repeated this evening and tomorrow afternoon.
Take my advice- GO! You will not be dissapointed!
It consisted of a very well thought-out program of the Berlin ‘Koncerthausocherster’ and was both diversified and yet culturally -or if you like ‘Polishly’ -linked and called simply ‘Chopiniana’.
The orchestra [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'Konzerthausorchester Berlin', Alexander Glasunov, Alexei Volodin, Andrzej Panufnik, concert review Alexei Volodin Berlin, Concert review Koncerthausorchester, concert review Lukasz Borowicz berlin, Fryderyk Chopin, Kurt Sanderling, Lukasz Borowicz, Mieczysław Karłowicz, »Lullaby« Andrzej Panufnik
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Friday, January 13th, 2012
Frederick the Great by Anton Graff – from Wikipedia
Frederik the Great’, aka Friedrich der Große is justifiably almost synonymous with Berlin – he created his great palace with the baroque gardens ‘Sanssouci’ [no worries!] in Potsdam just outside Berlin.
This year 2012 will the 300th anniversary of his birth – his’ Jubiläumsjahr’- and there will be great celebrations in Berlin but especially in the [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 300 year Friedrich celebrations, 300th Anniversary of a Great German Ruler, Celebrate 'Friedrich300', frederick the great berlin, Friedrich der Große, intellectually challenged George W. Bush, Potsdam, Yurp
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Saturday, January 7th, 2012
As we have now established, the Berlin nightlife is great because of the selection of clubs, the high quality of the DJs and the fact that clubs have no official time so the party can go on and on. But there are several more reasons that add to the brilliance of the nightlife.
Lets start with the prices. Everyone knows that the nightlife [...] Continue Reading…
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