They met from morning ten to after sunset and could end up not a few. With the botched search for a successor to chief conductor Simon Rattle the Berliner Philharmoniker have maneuvered in an inclined position.
The failed election has a deep divide opinion in the orchestra revealed the world-class ensemble got a scratch. Within a year, the Philharmonic now want to take back to the vote.
The big names are controversial
You have been able to agree on a conductor, confessed orchestra chairman Peter Riegelbauer on Monday evening before freezing journalists and cameramen at the sparsely lit Jesus-Christ-Church in Berlin-Dahlem. The meeting had been almost treated like a state secret, the musicians had to give their phones for consultations
Whether Christian Thielemann and Andris Nelsons, Gustavo Dudamel or Daniel Barenboim -. Know she and the other candidates now that their Name place among the 124 voting musicians no consensus. However, the Philharmonic are optimistic: you assume that the relationship with the conductors remain undimmed
Actually wanted the musicians in four hours were some
Previous personal details of the self-governing orchestra noiseless. gone beyond the stage. For Herbert von Karajan, the Philharmonic in 1954 spoke out unanimously. Only after the elections were truly democratic. When Claudio Abbado the Italians in 1989 initially was not on the list. Speaking were Carlos Kleiber, Barenboim, Mariss Jansons and Rattle – Abbado was the surprise winner. Even with Rattles election in 1999 was discussed at length, Barenboim distinguished himself as first choice from and was it then not. The public then learned little.
And this time? Rattle in 2013 stated that he was no longer available after 2018. Long lead the orchestra announced the new election. On Monday we originally wanted to announce the new after four hours. But in the now become visible dispute is about more than name.
In the absence of artistic profile?
Where the crack runs exactly foreshadows only. After more than ten years, a part of the elite ensemble wants a different vision. Programs for cultural distant youth, a “Digital Concert Hall” for streaming music, the orchestra live at the cinema -. The publicly funded Philharmonic are indeed arrived in the 21st century, but some are missing a clear artistic profile
Always Again, there was internal criticism of Rattle’s programs, which are indeed wide-ranging, but for many neglected the symphonic music of the 19th century and the characteristic of the Philharmonic sound. As the dispute over the Berlin Volksbühne between event and high culture, it is also at the Philharmonic to the role of publicly funded cultural institutions.
Is Thielemann too traditional? Favors
A strong current in the orchestra the traditionalist Christian Thielemann (56), head of the Staatskapelle Dresden. The former Karajan Wizard is considered a conservative with a penchant for the late Romantic German plants and composers such as Richard Wagner, Johannes Brahms and Richard Strauss.
In contrast, many see Thielemann’s repertoire to be too limited, like his political stance not that he spoke about in recent newspaper articles to Pegida. Someone like the 36-year-old Nelson was there more fit for the future.
And what does the audience? Among the journalists in front of the Berlin Church joined on Monday evening and neighbors, many of them music lovers and fans of the orchestra. Some recalled their last experience at the Philharmonie, talked shop and were in favor of or against this or that candidate. The Philharmonic even searched meanwhile for the right boss – in vain
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