Waldbühne – 20 Concerts filmed between 1998 and 2022 – Berliner Philharmoniker

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s season-end concert at Waldbühne Berlin is the highlight of every concert season due to the extraordinary atmosphere of the amphitheatre. It has become a veritable Berlin summer institution, with its own traditions, primarily upheld by the audience, who turn up in high spirits and fully kitted out with picnic baskets and sparklers. And no matter whether it fits the program or not, no concert can end without a rendition of Paul Lincke’s “Berliner Luft”, complete with audience participation.

The “Waldbühne – 20 Blu-ray Box” brings together many memorable moments and concert highlights from 1998 to 2022, featuring the Berliner Philharmoniker with conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Simon Rattle, Gustavo Dudamel, and Kirill Petrenko as well as soloists like Lang Lang, Lisa Batiashvili, Renée Fleming, Katia & Marielle Labèque, Wayne Marshall, Kirill Gerstein, and many others. The carefully curated box set is topped off with previously unreleased concerts like the 2020/21 season-end concert as well as the documentary “They Got Rhythm”.

Disc 1: Symphonic Pictures (2022) – Kirill Petrenko ∙ Kirill Gerstein – 103 mins

Disc 2: American Rhythms (2021) (Bonus) – Wayne Marshall – 60 mins

Disc 3: A Fairytale Night (2019) – Tugan Sokhiev ∙ Marianne Crebassa – 90 mins

Disc 4: Goodbye Sir Simon (2018) – Sir Simon Rattle ∙ Magdalena Kožená – 100 mins

Disc 5: Legends of the Rhine (2017) – Gustavo Dudamel – 97 mins

Disc 6: Czech Night (2016) – Yannick Nézet-Séguin · Lisa Batiashvili – 107 mins

Disc 7: Lights, Camera, Action! (2015) – Sir Simon Rattle – 73 mins

Disc 8: Fellini, Jazz & Co (2011) – Riccardo Chailly – 105 mins

Disc 9: An evening with Renée Fleming (2010) – Ion Marin · Renée Fleming – 125 mins

Disc 10: Russian Rhythms (2009) – Sir Simon Rattle · Yefim Bronfman – 104 mins

Disc 11: Los Ritmos de la Noche (2008) – Gustavo Dudamel ∙ Ana Maria Martínez – 93 mins

Disc 12: Rhapsodies (2007) – Sir Simon Rattle · Wenzel Fuchs · Stephen Hough – 105 mins

Disc 13: Sheherazade – Oriental Night (2006) – Neeme Järvi · Janine Jansen · Marita Solberg · Ingebjorg Kosmo – 112 mins

Disc 14: French Night (2005) – Sir Simon Rattle · Katia & Marielle Labèque – 120 mins

Disc 15: Tchaikovsky Night (2004) – Sir Simon Rattle ∙ Lang Lang – 98 mins

Disc 16: Gershwin Night (2003) – Seiji Ozawa · Marcus Roberts Trio – 112 mins

Disc 17: World Encores (2002) – Mariss Jansons · Vadim Repin – 89 mins

Disc 18: Spanish Night (2001) – Plácido Domingo · Sarah Chang · Ana Mariá Martínez – 129 mins

Disc 19: A Night of Rhythm and Dance (2000) – Kent Nagano · Mari & Momo Kodama · Eitetsu Hayashi · Susan Graham – 127 mins

Disc 20: Latin American Night (1998) – Daniel Barenboim ∙ John Williams – 120 mins

Repertoire

Lyadov: Kikimora, Op. 63

Rachmaninoff: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.3 in D minor Op.30; Rhapsody On A Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

Kreisler: Liebesleid (arr. Sergei Rachmaninoff); Tambourin chinois

Mussorgsky: Pictures of an Exhibition; Night on Bare Mountain

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Overture – The Christmas Tree – March, Pas de deux: Intrada, Act II; Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23; Romeo and Juliet; Mélodie from “Souvenir d’un lieu cher”, Op. 42, No. 3; Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34

Lincke: Berliner Luft

Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town; On the Waterfront – Symphonic Suite; Candide – Overture; Mambo

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Cuban Overture; An American in Paris; Concerto in F (arr.: Marcus Roberts); Strike Up the Band (arr.: Don Rose); I Got Rhythm; Fascinatin’ Rhythm; The Man I Love; Nice Work If You Can Get It; Someone To Watch Over Me; Summertime

Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé; Romeo and Julia (arranged in the form of a suite by Tugan Sokhiev); The Love for Three Oranges; Ravel: Shéhérazade; Boléro; Dance Générale, Daphnis et Chloe; La Valse; Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2

Elgar: Salut d’amour; Pomp and Circumstance. March No. 1; Wild Bears

Dvořák: Slavonic Dance Op. 46, Nr. 1 C major; Violin Concerto in A minor Op. 53; Symphony No. 6 in D major; Slavonic Dance Op. 46, No. 8 in G minor; Slavonic Rhapsody in D major No. 1, Op. 45; Rusalka: “Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém”; Slavonic Dance in C major Op. 72, No. 7

Fauré: Pavane

Canteloube: From Chants d’Auvergne

Khachaturian: Gayane Suite; Spartacus: Spartacus and Phrygia

Respighi: Pini di Roma; Fountains of Rome; “Belkis, Regina di Saba”

Monteverdi: Si dolce è’l tormento

Sousa: Liberty Bell

Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major

Wagner: Ring der Nibelungen – Einzug der Götter in Walhall from “Das Rheingold”, Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt from “Götterdämmerung”, Funeral March from “Götterdämmerung”, Waldweben from “Siegfried”, Walkürenritt from “Die Walküre” (Concert Version); Isoldes Liebestod from „Tristan und Isolde“; Prelude 3. Act from „Lohengrin“; Rienzi: Ouverture; Prelude to Act III from “Lohengrin”

Smetana: Vltava from Má Vlast (The Moldau from My Country)

Kaper: Mutiny on the Bounty

Raksin: Laura; Moross: The Big Country

Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood; Die tote Stadt: “Glück, das mir verblieb”

Bradley: Tom and Jerry

Rózsa: Ben-Hur-Suite

Williams: Indiana Jones – the Raider`s Theme; E.T. the Extra-Flying Theme; Star Wars, Main Title

Shostakovich: Suite No. 2 for Jazz Orchestra (Suite for Variety Orchestra); “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” Suite – III. Allegretto; The Golden Age; Rota: “La Strada” Ballet Suite

R. Strauss: Capriccio: “Morgen Mittag um elf!”; Zueignung, Op. 10, No. 1

Puccini: La Bohème: “Donde lieta uscì”; Turandot: “Tu che di gel sei cinta”; Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro”

Leoncavallo: La Bohème – Musette svaria sulla bocca viva”, “Mimì Pinson, la biondinetta”

Dinicu: Hora staccato

Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps

Chávez: Symphony No. 2 “Sinfonía India”

de Falla: Siete canciones populares españolas

Revueltas: Sensemayá; Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5

Ginastera: Estancia, Op. 8

Márquez: Danzón No. 2

Salgán: A Fuego Lento; Don Agustín Bardi

Chabrier: España

Delius: Brigg Fair: An English Rhapsody

Mompou: Jeunes filles au jardin

Debussy: Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra; Prélude à l’aprés-midi d´un faune

Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major, Op. 11

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Ouverture

Nielsen: Oriental Festive March from Aladdin, Op.34; Negro Dance from Aladdin

Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Op.35; Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34

Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite

Massenet: Meditation from Thaïs; Aragonaise & Navarraise from “Le Cid”

Saint-Saëns: Introduction et Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28; Le carnaval des animaux

Fučík: Florentiner Marsch, Op. 214

Berlioz: Overture “Le carnaval romain”, Op. 9

Dukas: Der Zauberlehrling

Poulenc: Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra

Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1

Roberts: Cole After Midnight

Moniuszko: Mazurka from “Halka”

Wieniawski: Polonaise, Op. 4

Chapí y Lorente: Overture from “La revoltosa”

Joon Kim: Elegy

Lumbye: Champagne Galop

Toyama: Dance of the Celestials from “Yugen”

Sibelius: Valse triste from “Kuolema”, Op. 44

Gardel: Por una cabeza (from the film music of “Scent of a Woman”, arr. John Williams); El dia que me quieras

Paganini: Il carnevale di Venezia, Op. 10

Ziehrer: Wiener Bürger, Op. 419

Mascagni: Intermezzo from “Cavalleria rusticana”

Bizet: Farandole from “L’Arlésienne”; Carmen Suite No. 1

Vives: “Doña Francisquita” – Fandango

Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20; Concert Fantasy on “Carmen”, Op. 25

J. Strauss II: Spanischer Marsch, Op. 433

Torroba: La Marchenera – La Petenara

Serrano: Los Claveles – Romanza

Moncayo: Huapango

Luna: El niño judío – Canción española

Beintus: He Got Rhythm (Hommage à George Gershwin)

Matsushita: Hi-Ten-Yu

Hayashi: Utage

Jiping: Farewell My Concubine: Suite for Orchestra

Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

Mangoré: La ultima canción

Lecuona: La Comparsa Malagueña

Piazzola: Adiós Nonino; Decarissimo

Rodriguez: La Cumparsita

Mores: El Firulete