Salzburg Easter Festival
March 31 - April 9, 2012
Concept
Herbert von Karajan's fundamental idea in establishing the Easter Festival was to expand upon the festival concept in Salzburg, although the Easter Festival was never intended to be an offshoot of the Summer Festival but a festival that would develop its own personal profile. This was facilitated by first-class directors, high-caliber musicians and elaborate productions.
The Salzburg Easter Festival today
The Festival begins each year on the Saturday before Palm Sunday with the opera premiere and ends on Easter Monday, when the opera is traditionally performed a second time. Six evenings of three concerts each with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra are scheduled in between. Special concerts and the Kontrapunkte concerts are also on the program, some featuring soloists from the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra as well as other ensembles, usually offering points of contact to the opera and the orchestral concerts.
The Program 2012
Carmen
Opera by G. Bizet. Berliner Philharmoniker; Musical director: Sir Simon Rattle (Im...
opera/operetta
Orchestra concert
Berlin Philharmonics, Conductor: Zubin Mehta; Anton Bruckner, Symphonie Nr. 8 c-moll...
classical
Orchestra concert
Berlin Philharmonics, Rundfunkchor Berlin; Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle; Murray...
classical
Kontrapunkte 2012
Scharoun Ensemble Berlin; Magdalena Kožená, mezzo soprano; C. Debussy, M. de Falla, M...
classical
Orchestra concert
Berlin Philharmonics, Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle; Emanuel Ax, piano; Anne Sofie von...
classical
Kontrapunkte 2012
Emanuel Ax, piano; Mitglieder der Berliner Philharmoniker; C. Debussy, G....
classical
Kontrapunkte 2012
Scharoun Ensemble Berlin; Magdalena Kožená, mezzo soprano; C. Debussy, M. de Falla, M...
classical
Orchestra concert
Berlin Philharmonics, Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle; Emanuel Ax, piano; Anne Sofie von...
classical
Orchestra concert
Berlin Philharmonics, Rundfunkchor Berlin; Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle; Murray...
classical
Orchestra concert
Berlin Philharmonics, Conductor: Zubin Mehta; Anton Bruckner, Symphonie Nr. 8 c-moll...
classical
