The German Film Orchestra Babelsberg is continuing its collaboration with the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation in 2025 with this special concert series. Three concerts in the historic dance hall will set the mood for the special openings of the palace in September and October with expert tours of exciting and previously unreflected contemporary stories of the palace.

The opening concert of the series will be given by the string ensemble of the Babelsberg Film Orchestra in the impressive ballroom of the palace with a string serenade. You will experience a musical journey through the eventful history of Babelsberg Palace.

A concert series of the SPSG in cooperation with the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg.

PROGRAMME

At the beginning of the concert, a greeting with contemporary history awaits you.

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
String Symphony No. 7 in D minor (MWV N7)

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Phantasy op. 2
Quartet in one movement for oboe, violin, viola and violoncello

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
From Holberg's Time - Suite in the Old Style op. 40

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Impromptu for string orchestra op. 5

Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)
Gabriel's Oboe for oboe and string orchestra

Musical direction: Maciej Strzelecki
Oboe: Haruna Travkin-Kinugasa