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Händelfestspiele Halle
15 June 2025
Galgenbergschlucht, Halle, 21:00h
Staatskapelle Halle
with Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano) & Nicolò Balducci (countertenor)
Programme includes:
Strauss | Aus Italien
Prokofiev | Excerpts from Romeo & Juliet
Rossini | Overture to L’italiana in Algeri
Handel | Music for the Royal Fireworks
Late-Night Sinfonie: Krakow Edition
20 June 2025
Muzeum Inżynierii i Techniki, Kraków, 21:00h
Sinfonietta Cracovia
Copland | Suite from Appalachian Spring (1970)
Sibelius | Suite from Belshazzar’s Feast, arr. Gale
Bartók | Dance Suite, arr. Gale
FUTURE
Meistersaal Sessions
July 2025
Freigeist Ensemble
Prokofiev | Symphony No. 7, arr. Gale
Filonenko | СВЕЧЕНИЕ (Glühen)
Shostakovich | Symphony No. 10, arr. Gale
Freigeist Festival
August 2025
Freigeist Orchester
Works including
Haydn | Symphony No. 67
Beethoven | Symphony No. 6 ‘Pastorale’
Late-Night Sinfonie
September 2025
Freigeist Ensemble
Debussy | Iberia, arr. Gale *Premiere*
Ravel | Chants Populaires, arr. Gale *Premiere*
Ravel | Deux Mélodies Hébraïques, arr. Gale
Ravel | Cinq Mélodies Populaires Grecques, arr. Gale
Ravel | Ma Mère l’Oye, arr. Gale *Premiere*
Debussy | La Mer, arr. Gale
Late-Night Sinfonie
September 2025
Freigeist Ensemble
Copland | Symphony No. 1, arr. Copland / Gale *Premiere*
Bartok | Dance Suite, arr. Gale
Copland | Symphony No. 2 “Short Symphony”, arr. Russell-Davies
Bartok | Suite from Miraculous Mandarin, arr. Gale
Orchestre de Chambre du Luxembourg
October 2025
Orchestre de Chambre du Luxembourg
Incl. works by Beethoven, Haydn, Schubert & Ravel.
Late-Night Sinfonie
October 2025
Freigeist Ensemble
Berg | Sieben frühelieder, arr. Schäffer
Bruckner | Symphony No. 6, arr. Gale *Premiere*
Tour to BE & NL with Flemish Radio Choir
November 2025
Brussels Philharmonic
with Boris Giltburg (piano) and Vlaams Radiokoor (Flemish Radio Choir)
Incl. works by Beethoven and Bruckner.
RECENT
National Orchestra Institute & Akademia NOSPR
26 March 2025
NOSPR, 19:30h
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice
Golijov | Last Round
Bartók | Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, arr. Gale
Lutosławski | Little Suite (chamber version)
Copland | Appalachian Spring, suite for orchestra (1945)
Symphonic Dances
24 January 2025
Warmińsko-Mazurska Filharmonia, 19:00h
Warmian-Masurian Philharmonic, Olsztyn
Hindemith | Symphonic Dances
Copland | Clarinet Concerto
Grieg | Symphonic Dances
Late-Night with Brussels Philharmonic
30 November 2024
Flagey Brussels, 20:15h
Brussels Philharmonic
Haydn | Symphony No. 67
Rameau | Suite: Les Boréades
Haydn | Symphony No. 60 “Il Distratto”
Late-Night with Brussels Philharmonic
15 June 2024
Flagey Brussels, 20:15h
Brussels Philharmonic
Mendelssohn | The Hebrides “Fingal’s Cave”
Beethoven | Symphony No. 6 ‘Pastoral’
Weber | March from Turandot
Hindemith | Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
“Sinfonia Varsovia to Its City”: Festival Finale
09 June 2024
ul. Grochowska 272, Warsaw, 18:00h
Sinfonia Varsovia
Copland | Fanfare for the Common Man
Berio | Quattro versioni originali della “Ritirata notturna di Madrid”
Prokofiev | Symphony No. 1 ‘Classical’
Barber | Adagio for Strings
Britten | Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra
Bartok | Transylvanian Dances
Hindemith | Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
BREAKING MUSIC with Carolin Widmann
28 February 2024
Theater im Delphi, Berlin, 20:00h
Freigeist Ensemble
with Carolin Widmann (violin)
Music by Ginastera.
In collaboration with AMC and EuroArts.
Lügen über A.L.I.C.E.
14 October 2023
Konzertsaal, Universität der Künste Berlin, 19:30h
Music for orchestra by Harald Günter Kainer, incl. arrangements of Schumann, Satie & Webern.
Generously supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.
Mahler 3
02 July 2023
Rheingau Musik Festival
Kloster Eberbach, 19:00h
Freigeist Ensemble
with Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
and Freigeist Chor & Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben
Mahler | Symphony No. 3, arr. Kornfeil
Mahler 3
01 July 2023
Musikfest Stuttgart
Liederhalle, Mozart-Saal, 19:00
Freigeist Ensemble
with Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
and Freigeist Chor & Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben
Mahler | Symphony No. 3, arr. Kornfeil
Meistersaal Sessions
18 June 2023
Meistersaal Berlin
Freigeist Ensemble
Stravinsky | Symphony in Three Movements, arr. Gale
Hindemith | Symphony “Mathis der Maler” *Premiere*
Prokofiev | Symphony No. 6, arr. Gale *Premiere*
Generously supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.
Meistersaal Sessions
21 May 2023
Meistersaal Berlin
Freigeist Ensemble
Shostakovich | Symphony No. 9, arr. Gale
Prokofiev | Symphony No. 5, arr. Gale
Generously supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.
Late-Night Sinfonie
23 April 2023 (moved from 30 September 2021)
Uebel & Gefährlich, Hamburg, 20:30h
Freigeist Ensemble
with Alexander Iskin (artist)
Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition, arr. Gale
Prokofiev | Symphony No. 7, arr. Gale *Premiere*
Generously supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.
Lügen über A.L.I.C.E.
25 November 2022, 10:00h
26 November 2022, 16:00h
Pfefferberg Theater, Berlin
Music for orchestra by Harald Günter Kainer, incl. arrangements of Schumann, Satie & Webern.
Generously supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.
Late-Night Sinfonie
27 July 2022
MaHalla Berlin, 21:00h
Freigeist Ensemble
Bruckner | Symphony No. 8, arr. Gale
Generously supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.
Late-Night Sinfonie
08 July 2022
Bartók Beyond Borders
Säälchen Berlin, 21:00h
Freigeist Ensemble
with Christian Tetzlaff (violin) & Rony Barrak (darbuka)
Bartók | Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, arr. Gale
Bartók | Violin Concerto No. 1, arr. Gale
Bartók | Roumanian Folk Dances, arr. Barrak
Bartók | Dance Suite, arr. Gale
Generously supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.
Late-Night Sinfonie
07 July 2022
Bartók Beyond Borders
Mojo Club, Hamburg, 21:00h
Freigeist Ensemble
with Christian Tetzlaff (violin) & Rony Barrak (darbuka)
Bartók | Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, arr. Gale
Bartók | Violin Concerto No. 1, arr. Gale
Bartók | Roumanian Folk Dances, arr. Barrak
Bartók | Dance Suite, arr. Gale
Generously supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.
Bartók Beyond Borders
06 July 2022
Kissinger Sommer
Kurtheater (Bad Kissingen), 21:00h
Freigeist Ensemble
with Rony Barrak (darbuka)
Bartók | Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, arr. Gale
Bartók | Roumanian Folk Dances, arr. Barrak
Bartók | Dance Suite, arr. Gale
Bartók Beyond Borders
06 April 2022
Bartók Spring
Budapest Music Center, 19:30h
Freigeist Ensemble
with Rony Barrak (darbuka)
Bartók | Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, arr. Gale *Premiere*
Bartók | Roumanian Folk Dances, arr. Barrak
Bartók | Dance Suite, arr. Gale
Late-Night-Sinfonie
03 March 2022
MaHalla Berlin, 20:30h
Freigeist Ensemble
with RIAS Kammerchor Berlin
Sibelius | Belshazzar’s Feast, arr. Gale
Schoenberg | Friede auf Erden, arr. Gale *Premiere*
Zemlinsky | Psalm 23, arr. Stein
Sibelius | Symphony No. 3, arr. Gale
Generously supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.
MAHLER 3
29 October 2021
Kasseler Musiktage
documentaHalle, Kassel, 20:00h
Freigeist Ensemble
with Catriona Morison (mezzo-soprano)
Freigeist Chor
Cantamus-Chor des Staatstheater Kassel
Mahler | Symphony No. 3, arr. Kornfeil *German Premiere*
From Russia with Soul
02 October 2021
Konzerthaus Dortmund, 20:15h
Freigeist Ensemble
Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition, arr. Gale
Stravinsky | Suite from The Firebird (1945), arr. Schäffer
Late-Night-Sinfonie
01 October 2021
Säälchen Berlin, 21:00h
Freigeist Ensemble
with Alexander Iskin (artist)
Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition, arr. Gale *Premiere*
Stravinsky | Suite from The Firebird (1945), arr. Schäffer
Generously supported by Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.
STRAVINSKY 50
12 September 2021
Musikest Berlin
Philharmonie Berlin, großer Saal, 11:00h
Freigeist Ensemble
with Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
Stravinsky | Symphony in C, arr. Gale *Premiere*
Bartók | Violin Concerto No. 1, arr. Gale *Premiere*
Stravinsky | Symphony in Three Movements, arr. Gale *Premiere*
An event of the Berliner Festspiele / Musikfest Berlin.
BRUCKNER 8
28 August 2021
Rheingau Musik Festival
Kloster Eberbach, 16:00h & 20:00h
Freigeist Ensemble
Bruckner | Symphony No. 8, arr. Gale *Premiere*
RUSH-HOUR SINFONIE
02 August 2021
Konzerthaus Berlin, 18:00h
Freigeist Ensemble
with Marlis Petersen (soprano)
Mahler | Totenfeier, arr. Gale
Strauss | Mädchenblumerlieder, arr. Kloke
Hindemith | Kammermusik No. 1 (op. 24)
MEISTERSAAL SESSIONS
01 August 2021
Meistersaal Berlin
Freigeist Ensemble
with Marlis Petersen (soprano)
Mahler | Totenfeier, arr. Gale *Premiere*
Strauss | Mädchenblumerlieder, arr. Kloke *Premiere*
Schönberg | Kammersymphonie No. 1