[SOLD OUT] Washington Performing Arts: Berliner Philharmoniker

Berlin Philharmonic and Washington Performing Arts (D.C.)

Friday, November 15, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EST)

Concert Hall at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States

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Benjamin Beilman, violin
Kirill Petrenko, conductor

Sergei Rachmaninoff — Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
Erich Wolfgang Korngold — Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Antonín Dvořák — Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70, B. 141

Note: Hilary Hahn has withdrawn from all concerts through the end of November on the advice from her medical team as she continues to recover from a double pinched nerve. Performing Korngold’s Violin Concerto in her place is Benjamin Beilman.

The Berliner Philharmoniker is one of the world’s most acclaimed and well-respected orchestras. Founded in 1882, the virtuoso ensemble makes Washington Performing Arts its first stop of their 2024 United States tour under the baton of conductor Kirill Petrenko. Hear Sergei Rachmaninoff's haunting Isle of the Dead, depicting the transition of souls to the afterlife and inspired by a black-and-white reproduction of Arnold Böcklin's painting of the same name. Experience Dvořák's Symphony No. 7 in D minor, op. 70, flowing from sonorous and expressive climax to ebbing pastoral expressions of horn and oboe. Violinist Benjamin Beilman joins the orchestra as they perform Erich Wolfgang Korngold's romantically cinematic Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 35. Berlin's first visit with Washington Performing Arts in 21 years, this is a rare and extraordinary opportunity to be part of an evening of unforgettable artistic excellence.