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Friday, November 2, 2007 at 10:00 AM
Berlin in Lights Exhibition at Carnegie Hall
Berlin Today: An Exhibition of Photographs by Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk
Zankel Hall
November 2 – November 18
In November 2007 a selection of evocative black-and-white photographs on contemporary Berlin will be exhibited in the front-of-house spaces in Zankel Hall. These photographs, by Dutch-born photographer Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk, create a visual essay of the city in a state of change and include images of architectural icons as well as lesser known sides of Berlin. The exhibition is curated by Andres Lepik, Chief Architectural Historian at the State Museum of Berlin.
Friday, November 2, 2007 at 10:00 AM
Berlin in Lights Exhibition at Carnegie Hall
Berlin in Lights: A Special Exhibit
Rose Museum
Friday, November 2, 2007 at 7:00 PM
Berlin in Lights Partner Event
Berlin Cabaret
Neue Galerie
Neue Galerie New York—a museum devoted to German and Austrian art of the early 20th century—presents a cabaret series in the Café Sabarsky, an intimate 60-seat room exquisitely appointed with period objects, including lighting fixtures by Josef Hoffmann and furniture by Adolf Loos. The restaurant draws its inspiration from the great cafés that served as important centers of intellectual and cultural life at the turn of the 20th century. During Berlin in Lights, the series will focus on Berlin cabaret.
Fri., Nov. 2 and Sat, Nov. 3
Café Sabarsky
UTE LEMPER
VANA GIERIG, Piano
Thurs., Nov. 8
Café Sabarsky
PATRICIA RACETTE
Fri., Nov. 9
Café Sabarsky
Artist TBA
Sat., Nov. 10
Café Sabarsky
MEOW MEOW
Thurs., Nov. 15
Café Sabarsky
HUDSON SHAD
Fri., Nov. 16
Café Sabarsky
ROBERT OSBORNE
RICHARD GORDON, Piano
Sat., Nov. 17
Café Sabarsky
ALICIA HALL MORAN
JASON MORAN, Piano
Friday, November 2, 2007 at 8:00 PM
Max Raabe
Palast Orchester
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Palast Orchester
Max Raabe, Vocalist
Evoking a nostalgic romance that has captured the imaginations of generations from all over the world, singer and bandleader Max Raabe and his 12-piece Palast Orchester perform dance and film music from the golden age of songwriting in Germany, the United States, and beyond.
Friday, November 2, 2007 at 9:00 PM
Berlin in Lights Partner Event
First Fridays: Art after Dark
Guggenheim
Celebrating ten years of Sonar Kollektiv Records, Berlin’s Jazzanova performs a DJ set with a special visual set by Berlin design group JUTOJO at the Guggenheim’s popular First Fridays. Listen to the music, grab a drink with friends, and explore the sensational Richard Prince exhibition, all in Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece of modern architecture.
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 2:00 PM
Screening Berlin: Filmmakers’ Views of the City
Panel Discussion
Weill Recital Hall
Panelists to include:
Volker Schlöndorff
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Michael Barker
David Denby, Moderator
In recent years, Berlin has again become a center of attraction for great filmmakers of contemporary cinema. Stars of today’s film industry present their perspectives on the city that has fascinated directors from Fritz Lang to Billy Wilder and beyond.
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 5:00 PM
Berlin: Symphony of a City
Zankel Hall
Helmut Imig, Conductor
Eric Huebner, Piano
Stephen Gosling, Piano
Thomas Kolor, Percussion
Pablo Rieppi, Percussion
In beautiful black-and-white images, the 1927 silent film Berlin: Symphony of a City, directed by Walther Ruttmann, depicts a day in the life of Weimar Berlin; these screenings feature a live per-formance of the original score by Edmund Meisel, arranged for two pianos and percussion.
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 7:30 PM
Berlin: Symphony of a City
Zankel Hall
Helmut Imig, Conductor
Eric Huebner, Piano
Stephen Gosling, Piano
Thomas Kolor, Percussion
Pablo Rieppi, Percussion
In beautiful black-and-white images, the 1927 silent film Berlin: Symphony of a City, directed by Walther Ruttmann, depicts a day in the life of Weimar Berlin; these screenings feature a live per-formance of the original score by Edmund Meisel, arranged for two pianos and percussion.
Sunday, November 4, 2007 at 2:00 PM
Berlin Stories: Literary Journeys through the City
Panel Discussion
Weill Recital Hall
Panelists:
Jeffrey Eugenides
Daniel Kehlmann
Nicole Krauss
Peter Schneider
Michael Naumann, Moderator
For centuries, writers and poets have attempted to capture Berlin’s hypnotic spirit in words. Four acclaimed novelists reflect on the city’s many faces and its continuing appeal to new generations of authors.
Sunday, November 4, 2007 at 4:30 PM
Canvas Berlin: Europe's New Capital of the Visual Arts
Panel Discussion
Weill Recital Hall
Panelists:
Klaus Biesenbach
Tacita Dean
Thomas Demand
Julie Mehretu
Michael Kimmelman, Moderator
With its vibrancy and eccentricity, Berlin has become the center of Europe’s cutting-edge visual-arts scene. Some of today's most ingenious artists join MoMA curator Klaus Biesenbach to discuss the German capital as creative breeding ground.
Sunday, November 4, 2007 at 7:00 PM
Berlin Architecture
Panel Discussion
Zankel Hall
Panelists:
David Chipperfield
Louisa Hutton
Jürgen Mayer H.
Jan Kleihues
Barry Bergdoll, Moderator
No city in Europe has been so radically transformed in recent years as Berlin. From 1991 until 2006, the controversial city building director Hans Stimmann guided the reconstruction of Berlin, bringing high-profile new architecture to the city, but with strict controls. Where will the city move architecturally in the years to come? Barry Bergdoll, Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at MoMA, hosts a panel of leading architects in a discussion of Berlin’s remarkable boom and its future.
Monday, November 5, 2007 at 6:00 PM
Berlin in Lights Partner Event
Berlin–New York Dialogues
Urban Design and Memorials
Panel Discussion
German Consulate
Panelists include:
Lance J. Brown
Daniel Libeskind
HG Merz
Ron Shiffman
Susan Szenasy
What is the connection between collective memory and commemoration? What are the challenges of integrating memorials into the urban fabric, and how is the appropriate scale determined? This panel discussion will examine how Berlin and New York address issues of politics of preservation and lessons of history. What are the differences and similarities in approaches to building memorials, and how can we learn from one another?
Monday, November 5, 2007 at 9:00 PM
Nomad Soundsystem
Zankel Hall
With hard-hitting Western dance grooves and soulful North African raï melodies, Berlin-based Nomad SoundSystem mixes ethnic, electric, and eclectic sounds, appealing to club and world music audiences alike. Hailing from Tunisia, Algeria, Japan, and Berlin, the group’s members reflect the multicultural melting pot that is Berlin today.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at 6:30 PM
Berlin in Lights Partner Event
Talents: New Photography from Berlin
Goethe Institut
For the exhibition Talents, the Goethe-Institut New York, in collaboration with C/O Berlin, a cultural forum for photography, presents the work of eight up-and-coming photographers. Talents pairs each photographer with a young art critic, creating a dialogue between text and image that explores aspects of the human presence in the urban environment. Talents comprises four consecutive exhibitions, each presenting two photographers. The second exhibition, featuring the work of Tobias Zielony and Frank Berger, opens November 6.
Situated in the vibrant arts district of Mitte, C/O Berlin is at the center of Berlin’s burgeoning photography scene. The Goethe-Institut, Germany’s official cultural institute, organizes and supports a broad spectrum of events worldwide and promotes German culture and international cultural exchange.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at 10:00 AM
Berlin in Lights Partner Event
Kino Berlin
MoMA
Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at 6:00 PM
Berlin in Lights Partner Event
Berlin Hauptbahnhof 1999–2006 / Berlin Central Station 1999–2006
German Consulate
November 7 – December 21
Berlin photographer Roland Horn spent seven years documenting, in images, the construction of the new Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Central Station). His photographs depict the complex logistical and technical process that went into building Europe’s biggest railway hub. A selection of some 20 images—most of them in large format—offers a remarkable view into the construction of this extraordinary structure.
Opening Reception
Wednesday, November 7, 2007, at 6 PM
To register, e-mail german-consulate-ku@nyct.net or call 212-610-9759.
Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 10:00 AM
Berlin in Lights Partner Event
Berlin / New York Dialogues
Center for Architecture
Thurs, Nov 8—VIP OPENING
Sat, Nov 10—SYMPOSIA
Sun, Nov 11—FAMILY DAY
Two of the world’s most dynamic urban centers, Berlin and New York City, are making radical transformations in their streets and skylines. Berlin / New York Dialogues investigates the current conditions, the processes, and the related issues that define urban planning and architecture in these two cities. The exhibition, on view November 8, 2007, through January 5, 2008, is organized in collaboration with the German Architecture Center (DAZ).
Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 7:30 PM
HK Gruber Conducts Weill & Eisler
Zankel Hall
HK Gruber, Conductor and Chansonnier
The Zankel Band
Conjuring up the decadence and sharp wit of the era of Kurt Weill and Hanns Eisler, conductor-chansonnier HK Gruber leads a chamber orches-tra in a performance of music by the two greatest theatrical composers of Weimar Berlin.
WEILL "Berlin im Licht"
EISLER "Ballade von der Krüppelgarde"
EISLER Suite for Orchestra No. 2, Op. 24
WEILL "Ölmusik"
EISLER "Ballade von der Wohltätigkeit"
EISLER "Das Lied vom SA-Mann"
EISLER Suite for Orchestra No. 3, Op. 26
WEILL "Morgenchoral des Peachum"
WEILL "Lied von der Unzulänglichkeit menschlichen Strebens"
EISLER "Ballade vom Nigger Jim"
EISLER "Ballade von den Säckeschmeißern"
WEILL "Klops Lied"
WEILL Little Threepenny Music for Orchestra
Friday, November 9, 2007 at 8:30 PM
Nevzat Akpinar Ensemble
Zankel Hall
The Nevzat Akpinar Ensemble, comprising members of Berlin's large Turkish and Kurdish communities, makes its US debut, performing the folk and ritual music of the Alevi, a mystical Sufi order; intricate baglama (lute) and vocal music from various regions of Turkey; dance music of central Anatolia; and original compositions.
Saturday, November 10, 2007 at 7:00 PM
KNM Berlin
Zankel Hall
KNM Berlin, acclaimed for its HouseMusik concerts in Berlin—in which private apartments, offices, shops, and cafés are used for a concert on the move—brings its innovative approach to Zankel Hall. In a mini-marathon, KNM presents a survey of today’s avant-garde music scene in Berlin with video, sound installations, and sampling as well as virtuosic music making.
SCHOENBERG Chamber Symphony, Op. 9 (arr. Webern)
NONO Post-prae-ludium No.1, "per Donau"
PETER ABLINGER Voices and Piano
HELMUT LACHENMANN Intérieur I
STEFAN BARTLING Mit Namen und RANDNOTIZ
HELMUT OEHRING Philipp
Automat (film by Peter Sabat) + Duas Quintas (music by Marc Sabat)
RODRIGUEZ Telegram from a Sea (words by Ron Winkler)
WALTER ZIMMERMANN Shadows of Cold Mountain 5
ALESSANDRO BOSETTI The Listeners (video)
THOMAS MEADOWCROFT Ezra Keats Plot
STEPHAN WINKLER Vom Durst nach Dasein
JAMES TENNEY Cognate Canons
Sunday, November 11, 2007 at 2:00 PM
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela
Gustavo Dudamel, Music Director and Conductor
Emanuel Ax, Piano
BERLIOZ Le Carnaval romain Overture
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
Latin American compositions and other works
Sunday, November 11, 2007 at 7:00 PM
Political Berlin: Germany and the United States
Panel Discussion
Weill Recital Hall
Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg
Josef Joffe
Henry A. Kissinger
John C. Kornblum
Richard C. Holbrooke, Moderator
Following the 1999 return of the parliament to its traditional seat along the Spree River, Berlin has again become the international face of Germany. Eminent public figures and experts of transatlantic diplomacy will explore Germany’s most important strategic partnership—its relationship with the United States.
Monday, November 12, 2007 at 5:00 PM
Neighborhood Concert: Berliner Philharmoniker Woodwind Quintet
Chinatown Salvation Army
Berliner Philharmoniker Wind Quintet
Monday, November 12, 2007 at 7:30 PM
The 12 Cellists of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Zankel Hall
PART I: ANGEL DANCES
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA Milonga del Angel (arr. José Carli)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Trio and Quartet from Elijah (arr. W. Kaiser-Lindemann)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY La Cathedral engloutie (arr. Rudolf Leopold)
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA Muerte del Angel (arr. J.Carli)
ARVO PÄRT Fratres
GIUSEPPE VERDI Ave Maria from Four Sacred Pieces (arr. David Riniker)
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA Resurrección del ángel (arr. J. Carli)
PART II: THE DANCE OF THE WORLD
JEAN FRANÇAIX Presto from Aubade
BORIS BLACHER Espagnola
W. KAISER-LINDEMANN The 12 in Bossa Nova
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVITCH Lyrischer Walzer (arr. Riniker)
GEORGE GERSHWIN Clap Yo’ Hands (arr. Michail Tsygutkin)
ENNIO MORRICONE The Man with the Harmonica (arr. Kaiser-Lindemann)
JORGE BEN Mas que nada (arr. Valter Despali)
CHABUKA GRANDA La Flor de la Canela (arr. Carli)
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA Fuga y misterio (arr. Carli)
Monday, November 12, 2007 at 8:00 PM
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela
Gustavo Dudamel, Music Director and Conductor
Sir Simon Rattle
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10
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