The Berlin Sinfonietta, founded in 1974, is the chamber orchestra of the "
Berlin Symphony Orchestra" (now known as the "
Konzerthausorchester Berlin").
The founder of the orchestra,
Hans Peter Franck, was for many years the second conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra .Since 2009, the director has been
Sebastian Nordmann.
[''Nordmann bleibt für weitere fünf Jahre Konzerthaus-Intendant'' , 17. Juli 2013]
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' The orchestra plays regularly in the concert halls in Berlin, such as the
Philharmonie and the
Konzerthaus Berlin. It plays not just the standard repertoire, but includes contemporary music and
20th-century music
The following Wikipedia articles deal with 20th-century music.
Western art music Main articles
*20th-century classical music
*Contemporary classical music, covering the period
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*Aleatoric music
*Electronic music
*Experimental music
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Repertoire
Along with renaming the chamber orchestra in 1987 to “Berlin Sinfonietta" the orchestra expanded its repertoire and its capacity to a symphony orchestra and started to cooperate with big choir and other musical institutes. Then followed numerous concerts and recordings of works including
Mozart's ''Requiem'',
Brahms' ''Requiem'',
Haydn's ''
The Creation'' and ''
The Seasons'',
Handel's Messiah
''Messiah'' (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel. The text was compiled from the King James Bible and the Coverdale Psalter by Charles Jennens. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742 ...
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Bach's B Minor Mass'', ''
Dvorak's Stabat Mater'', ''
Rossini's Stabat Mater'',
Mendelssohn's ''
Elijah'' and ''
St. Paul'', and
Schubert Masses.
References
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German orchestras
1974 establishments in Germany
Musical groups established in 1974
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