Berlin Symphony Orchestra

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The Berliner Symphonisches Orchester was a symphony orchestra in Berlin (West). It existed from 1949 to 1967.

The orchestra should not be confused with the former Berlin Symphony Orchestra (today: Konzerthausorchester Berlin ) from the eastern part of the city, which at that time still belonged to the GDR.

history

The Berliner Symphonisches Orchester was founded in the spring of 1949 in Berlin (West), the name was approved in writing by the then Magistrate of Berlin (the predecessor of the Senate of Berlin). Carl A. Bünte was chief conductor from the beginning to 1967. In 1962 the legal form was converted into a "non-profit GmbH" with the addition "particularly worthy of support".

Performances of the orchestra

The orchestra was in uninterrupted activity until August 31, 1967 (including with its own subscriber base) inside and outside Berlin with up to 60 concerts per year. As early as 1951, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra was engaged for six concerts in the Titaniapalast, four of them under the direction of Carl A. Bünte, on behalf of the Berlin Philharmonic, who were on a concert tour to Egypt under Wilhelm Furtwängler. On 15./16. In September 1963, the orchestra premiered Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony under the direction of Bünte in the concert hall of the University of Music.

The orchestra made frequent guest appearances in the Hamburger Musikhalle , as well as - sometimes several times - u. a. in Oldenburg , Hanover , Hildesheim , Cologne , Düsseldorf , Speyer , Nuremberg , Stuttgart , Bremen and Munich . The orchestra was also signed for the Berliner Festwochen . Bünte received the music prize of the German Critics Association 1961/62 a. a. for "his work with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra". The name Berliner Symphonisches Orchester has been protected in a GmbH since 1967 , which is currently being liquidated. The name Berliner Symphonisches Orchester was notarized on January 7, 2011 and transferred to a concert management.

Development after 1966

In 1966 the Berliner Orchestervereinigung 1966 eV was founded with the aim of uniting the Berlin Symphony Orchestra with the former German Symphony Orchestra ; this began its concert activities as the Berlin Symphony Orchestra (SOB) on September 1, 1967. Carl A. Bünte was elected chief conductor, who ended his activity on August 31, 1973 at his own request to pursue his career in Japan , South America and other European countries continue. The orchestra (SOB) gave around 60 concerts per year inside and outside Berlin and has been called the Berliner Symphoniker since the beginning of 1990 . Successors to Bünte were u. a. Theodore Bloomfield , Daniel Nazareth and Alun Francis .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Berlin State Library: CA Bünte Berlin Concerts 1946-1973 . Druck Hilke KG Berlin 1973 (over 600 concerts)
  2. ↑ Berlin, the city of music between war and peace. Musical balance sheet of a four-power city. Ed. Bote & Bock, Berlin - Wiesbaden 1956
  3. ↑ CA Bünte: Collected reviews from 1947 to 1994 (archived in the Berlin State Library)
  4. ↑ Publication by the Senator for Family, Youth and Sport (Berlin) in 1970 on the occasion of the 200th youth concert (this includes 19 concerts by the Berlin Symphony Orchestra from 1952-1967)
  5. ↑ Source Berlin State Library / Music Department: 72 archived concert recordings of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra on CDs under "Bünte" between 1952 and 1963.

Discography (selection)

  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, op.36.Bella Musica, Bühl 2013
  • Peter I. Tschaikowsky: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, op.17.Bella Musica, Bühl 2013
  • Hector Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique, op.14. Bella Musica, Bühl 2013
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture "The Consecration of the House", op.124. Bella Musica, Bühl 2013
  • Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8, The Great in C major. Bella Musica, Bühl 2013
  • Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration, op.24. Bella Musica, Bühl 2013
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67. Bella Musica, Bühl 2012, recording May 20, 1956 Berlin, conductor CA Bünte
  • Johannes Brahms: 4th Symphony in E minor, Op. 98. Bella Musica, Bühl 2012, recorded September 17, 1961, conductor CA Bünte
  • Peter I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor. Bella Musica, Bühl 2011, conductor CA Bünte
  • Peter I. Tschaikowski: Serenade for string orchestra op. 48. Bella Musica, Bühl 2011, conductor CA Bünte
  • Anton Bruckner: 7th Symphony in E major, original version Haas. Bella Musica, Bühl 2011, conductor CA Bünte
  • Peter I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op.64 . Carl A. Bünte conducts the Berlin Symphony Orchestra in historical recordings. Bella Musica, Bühl 2009; Recording: Berlin, April 1960, live (also contains the Serenade No. 2 in A major, Op. 16 by Johannes Brahms)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale" op.68 , CA Bünte conducts the Berlin Symphony Orchestra (also includes Richard Strauss: Don Juan ) Recording: Berlin 1959 (Berlin 1954) Bella Musica, Bühl 2009
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.3 "Eroica" op.55 , (also contains Great Fugue op. 133 ), CA Bünte conducts the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, recording Berlin 1959 (Berlin 1961) Bella Musica 2007
  • The Young Beethoven . Ludwig van Beethoven : Piano Concerto in E flat major (1784), Piano Concerto in D major in one movement, Martin Galling , piano, Berliner Symphonisches Orchester , cond. Carl August Bünte, Turnabout TV34367S, 1971

literature

  • Walter Habel (Hrsg.): Paperback of the Berlin life. arani, Berlin 1957, section "Orchestra in Berlin"
  • Carl A. Bünte: Tends to make independent decisions. A conductor's life. Autobiography. Frieling, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-8280-1306-6 .
  • Music city Berlin between war and peace. Bote & Bock, Wiesbaden 1956
  • CA Bünte: Berlin concerts 1946-1973. archived in the Berlin State Library
  • CA Bünte: Collected reviews 1947-1994. archived in the Berlin State Library

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