Karneval der Tiere & Beethoven 5. Sinfonie • Berlin

Two masterpieces of music history combined: Beethoven's 5th Symphony, one of the most famous works of classical music, is on the program. No other work has shown so impressively how music can transform existential questions about struggle, hope and triumph into sound. In contrast, we present Saint-Saëns’ famous Carnival of the Animals, a work of rare emotionality. With his Grande fantaisie zoologique he composed a wonderfully humorous piece of music that parodies popular songs as well as compositions by primarily French composers and his own Danse Macabre. An evening between dramatic music of fate and humorous stories...