Name: Gala against cancer
Start: 2026-04-17T19:00:00
Location: Bremen Market Square

Carl Rumstadt

Tanja Christine Kuhn

Florian Ludwig

Johannes Leander Maas

Bremer Philharmoniker

The season finale will be breathtaking: the cycle of all Brahms symphonies will be completed, and Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto delivers pure drama. A somber beginning, a frenzied scherzo, an epic passacaglia, and a furious finale—Shostakovich has arguably created one of the greatest solo concertos of the 20th century. This is music of existential importance that truly gets under your skin. The internationally renowned violinist Vadim Gluzman is the ideal soloist for this bravura piece. Brahms' Fourth Symphony completes his symphonic oeuvre. In his own words, he "wasn't at all eager to write a bad No. 4." And he wasn't—quite the opposite: the composer has created a milestone here. And just as the season began with Brahms, so it ends with him. Brahms, Bremen, and the Bremen Philharmonic belong inextricably together.

Brahms: Symphony No. 4 | Marko Letonja

The Bell, Bremen

Schubert's Countryside Desire

Tobacco Quarter Hall 1

Next Level shatters all common stereotypes of a classical concert! This requires unconventional, experimental, and inspiring characters on stage and an open-minded audience that is curious about unusual program combinations, wants to be close to the concert hall with a drink in hand, and appreciates the dialogue with the musicians. Next Level, the other face of classical music – new, unsettling, exciting, intoxicating.

Symbiotic Clash

Overtures, arias and duets from popular operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) and others, as well as from Viennese operettas by Oscar Straus (1870-1954), Franz Lehár (1870-1948) and other composers of the so-called Silver Operetta Era.