Peter Tchaikovsky: A Swan Lake - Semperoper Dresden

In the ancient theater of Delphi, against the backdrop of the ruins of the Temple of Apollo, musicAeterna, conducted by Teodor Currentzis, performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, in conjunction with a new choreography by Sasha Waltz and her company.

Brian Eno and Roger Eno have been recording together since 1983. This unique musical event not only sees the two brothers performing live together for the first time but is one of very rare occasions that Brian has ever performed live in front of an audience. In front of a sell-out crowd and against a backdrop of spectacular images being projected onto the stones of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus amphitheatre, Brian and Roger perform atmospheric musical landscapes from legendary productions that include ambient records, television soundtracks and film scores.

An exceptional event took place from 31 October to 1 November 2025 in St Thomas Church in Leipzig, where Bach was cantor: Johannes Lang performed the complete organ works of his illustrious predecessor. The 22-hour programme followed the liturgical year. The works in this first part celebrate Advent and Christmas.

Munich's up-and-coming Superbloom festival welcomes pop veterans One Republic for a downpour of tracks in a downpour.

As the leader of the Il Gardellino ensemble, harpsichordist Alexander Grychtolik performs and conducts Bach’s “Passion Oratorio,” a project that had been abandoned by the cantor. Based on the libretto written by the poet Picander, the musician conducted extensive research to reconstruct the score, parts of which were later incorporated into the “St. Matthew Passion.”

To mark the 2026 edition of the Thuringian Bach Weeks, the orchestra and choir of the Junges Stuttgarter Bach-Ensemble, conducted by Hans-Christoph Rademann, will present a selection of excerpts from the short masses.

An exceptional event took place from 31 October to 1 November 2025 in St Thomas Church in Leipzig, where Bach was cantor: Johannes Lang performed the complete organ works of his illustrious predecessor. The 22-hour programme followed the liturgical year. The works in this second part celebrate Eastertide.

On June 8, 2024, Oscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard joined the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for a performance of Arthur Honegger’s oratorio Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher (Joan of Arc at the Stake), conducted by Alan Gilbert, performed at the Berliner Philharmonie in Berlin, Germany and broadcast live on Digital Concert Hall, the online concert hall of the Berliner Philharmonie. In the oratorio, Joan of Arc looks back on her life, her visions, and her successes during a show trial in which she is sentenced to be burned at the stake.

An exceptional event took place from 31 October to 1 November 2025 at St Thomas's Church in Leipzig, where Bach was cantor: Johannes Lang performed the complete organ works of his illustrious predecessor. The 22-hour programme followed the liturgical year. This third part celebrates Pentecost and the three Sundays after Trinity Sunday.

In Lithuania, soprano Asmik Grigorian and tenor Dmytro Popov join forces with the Kaunas Symphony Orchestra for a high-profile opera concert at the city's St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral. The programme features excerpts from works by Verdi, Bellini and César Franck.

The Süddeutsche Zeitung summed up this highly acclaimed performance of Bruckner's monumental Fifth Symphony by saying: Both Bruckners belief in God, as it majestically wells up out of the chorale of the Fifth, and his deeply tragic world view, collide with one another in Barenboims interpretation. The operatic experience of the conductor was almost tangible, revealing the sheer dramatic instrumental battle between Bruckners God and the Devil between heaven and hell without betraying Bruckners unerring sense of striking proportions. The release of this contrapuntal masterpiece (as Bruckner, not without pride, referred to this work) is part of Daniel Barenboims Bruckner cycle with the renowned Staatskapelle Berlin.

The Belgian vocal ensemble Vox Luminis compares two sacred works from the German Baroque repertoire, both celebrating the resurrection of Christ: the Easter Oratorio by the Lutheran Johann Sebastian Bach, which premiered in Leipzig in 1725, and the Missa Paschalis by the Catholic Jan Dismas Zelenka, which premiered in Dresden in 1726.

An exceptional event took place from 31 October to 1 November 2025 in St Thomas Church in Leipzig, where Bach was cantor: Johannes Lang performed the complete organ works of his illustrious predecessor. The 22-hour programme followed the liturgical year. This fourth instalment features Clavier-Übung III and chorales in praise of God.