Digital Program
Sat 12.04. Ruth Reinhardt & Vivi Vassileva
8 PM Konzerthaus Berlin
Antonín Dvorák
“The Noon Witch” – Symphonic poem in C major, op. 108
John Corigliano
Concerto for percussion and orchestra (“Conjurer”)
Bohuslav Martinu
Symphony No. 4
Cast
Ruth Reinhardt, Conductor
Vivi Vassileva, Percussion
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Concert broadcast: The concert will be broadcast on April 25, 2025, at 8:00 PM on Deutschlandfunk Kultur.
Concert introduction: 7:10 PM, Ludwig-van-Beethoven Hall, concert introduction by Steffen Georgi
Let’s be so bold
He hesitated and twisted, John Corigliano did, when Evelyn Glennie asked him in the 1990s to compose a percussion concerto. Eventually, it came to fruition – and has since caused a stir worldwide. The best percussionists, both female and male, dedicate themselves one after the other to wood, metal, and skin – as the three movements are titled – the three magical materials from which most idiophones ("self-sounding instruments") are made, to which most percussion instruments belong. The magnificent Vivi Vassileva, a whirlwind between instruments, will demonstrate how much virtuoso effort it takes to domesticate the self-sounding instruments to irresistible effect.
Two fascinating masterpieces from the Czech Republic frame the percussion spectacle in the concert conducted by the charismatic Ruth Reinhardt: Dvořák’s moving symphonic poem The Noon Witch and the jubilant and lyrical Symphony No. 4 by Martinů – composed in 1945, just under the impression of the news of the end of World War II.
John Corigliano
Concerto for percussion and orchestra ("Conjurer")
Percussion concerto
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Antonín Dvořák
“The Noon Witch” – Symphonic poem in C major
“The Noon Witch”
Bohuslav Martinů
Symphony No. 4 H. 305
RSB evening orchestra
Violin 1
Ofer, Erez
Herzog, Susanne
Yoshikawa, Kosuke
Beckert, Philipp
Bondas, Marina
Feltz, Anne
Kynast, Karin
Morgunowa, Anna
Polle, Richard
Ries, Ferdinand
Stangorra, Christa-Maria
Tast, Steffen
Yamada, Misa
Shalyha, Bohdan
Bernsdorf, Romina
Hagiwara, Arisa
Violin 2
Kurochkin, Oleh
Simon, Maximilian
Petzold, Sylvia
Draganov, Brigitte
Eßmann, Martin
Färber-Rambo, Julinane
Hetzel de Fonseka, Neela
Manyak, Juliane
Palascino, Enrico
Seidel, Anne-Kathrin
Fen, Yu-Chen
Sak, Muge
Khachatryan, Davit
Viola
Adrion, Gernot
Silber, Christiane
Doubovikov, Alexey
Drop, Jana
Inoue, Yugo
Kantas, Dilhan
Montes, Carolina
Sullivan, Nancy
Olgun, Berkay
Vozovik, Mariana
Shin, Hyeri
Zappa, Francesca
Cello
Eschenburg, Hans-Jakob
Riemke, Ringela
Breuninger, Jörg
Weiche, Volkmar
Albrecht, Peter
Bard, Christian
Boge, Georg
Kipp, Andreas
Weigle, Andreas
Meiser, Oliwia
Double bass
Wagner, Marvin
Figueiredo, Pedro
Ahrens, Iris
Gazale, Nhassim
Rau, Stefanie
Schwärsky, Georg
Zon, Jakub
Kostić, Dušan
Flute
Steininger, Lilja
Kronbügel, Annelie
Schreiter, Markus
Dallmann, Franziska
Oboe
Hecker, Thomas
Grube, Florian
Vogler, Gudrun
Herzog, Thomas
Clarinet
Link, Oliver
Pfeifer, Peter
Korn, Christoph
Bassoon
You, Sung Kwon
Königstedt, Clemens
Horn
Ember, Daniel
Holjewilken, Uwe
Stephan, Frank
Hetzel de Fonseka, Felix
Trumpet
Kupriianov, Roman
Ranch, Lars
Niemand, Jörg
Trombone
Pollock, Louise
Hauer, Dominik
Lehmann, Jörg
Tuba
Neckermann, Fabian
Percussion
Tackmann, Frank
Thiersch, Konstantin
Barth, Martin
Timpani
Eschenburg, Jakob
Piano
Inagawa, Yuki
Image rights
Vivi_Vassileva-Julia Wesely
Vivi_Vassileva_2_c_Hugo Thomassen
Orchestral pictures and rehearsal Peter Meisel
Ruth Reinhardt Peter Meisel