Berliner Philharmoniker

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The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (also known as Berlin Philharmonic or BPO; in German Berliner Philharmoniker), is an orchestra based in Berlin, Germany, and one of the world's leading orchestras. Kirill Petrenko has served as Chief Conductor since 2019. The BPO also supports several chamber music ensembles. Website: http://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/. The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in Berlin in 1882 by 54 musicians under the name Frühere Bilsesche Kapelle (literally, "Former Bilse's Band"); the group 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 renamed and reorganized under the financial management of Hermann Wolff in 1887. Their new conductor was Ludwig von Brenner; in 1887 Hans von Bülow, one of the most esteemed conductors in the world, took over the post. This helped to establish the orchestra's international reputation, and guests Hans Richter, Felix von Weingartner, Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler, Johannes Brahms and Edvard Grieg conducted the orchestra over the next few years. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

albums

Albinoni: Adagio in G minor / Pachelbel: Canon

Ballet Highlights - The Nutcracker, Romeo & Juliet, Swan Lake

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

Herbert von Karajan - Adagio

Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites (Swan Lake; The Sleeping Beauty; The Nutcraker)

Respighi: The Fountains of Rome; The Pines of Rome; Ancient Airs and Dances - Suite III / Boccherini: Quintettino / Albinoni: Adagio in G Minor

Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites / Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande

Debussy: La Mer; Prélude à l'après-midi / Ravel: Pavane; Daphnis et Chloé No. 2

Die Zauberflote

Karajan Symphony Edition

Schubert: Symphony No.8 "Unfinished" / Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 "Italian"

Verdi: Requiem / Bruckner: Te Deum

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