This season, our Berliner Philharmoniker Ensembles series is dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven; 2027 marks the 200th anniversary of his death. Beethoven’s “Große Fuge” is a work of astonishing modernity and expressive power – qualities that many of his contemporaries found bewildering. Yet the work left a profound impression on the young Felix Mendelssohn: shortly after Beethoven’s death, the 18-year-old composed his Opus 13, in which he repeatedly alludes to the music of his great predecessor, including the Große Fuge. The programme opens with Beethoven in a lighter mood – with the Serenade in D major and the Duet with Two Obligato Eyeglasses.

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Berliner Philharmoniker Ensembles

Berliner Philharmonie

You can simply go to a concert at the Philharmonie, spontaneously, during your lunch break – and with free admission: every Wednesday at 13:00 between September and June. The programme lasts 40 to 50 minutes: chamber music, piano works or a percussion duo – everything from Tchaikovsky to tango. Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Karajan-Akademie regularly perform, as well as guests from the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Berlin music conservatories. As can be expected at a lunch concert, catering is available from 12 noon until shortly before the concert begins.

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Sep 28, 2026

Berliner Philharmoniker Ensembles · Berliner Philharmoniker

Jun 10, 2026

Lunch concert · Berliner Philharmoniker

Future and recently performed repertoire

Violin in Piano Trio by Beethoven

Berliner Philharmoniker

Violin in String Quartet No. 2 by Mendelssohn

Berliner Philharmoniker

Violin in String Quartet No. 21 by Mozart

Berliner Philharmoniker

Violin in String Quartet No. 9 by Shostakovich

Berliner Philharmoniker

Violin in Piano Trio No. 1 by Balcı

Berliner Philharmoniker

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