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The Berlin Philharmonic has announced its 2021-22 season, spotlighting some of the world’s greatest performers. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on vocal works.

Here is the full slate:

The Bundesjugendchor presents works by Brahms, Schumann, di Laso, Harvey, Rihm, and Denner. Anne Kohler is the Chorus Master.

Performance Date: August. 28, 2021

Renée Fleming performs Olivier Messiaen’s “Poèmes pour Mi” alongside Daniel Harding and the Concertgebouworkest.

Performance Date: August. 31, 2021

Alto Helena Rasker will present the world premiere of Cathy Milliken’s “Night Shift – The Rehearsal” alongside the Neuer Kammerchor Berlin. Catherine Larsen-Maguire conducts the Ensemble Modern.

Performance Date: Sept. 1, 2021

Mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg will sing Händel‘s “Donna, che in ciel di tanta luce splendi” alongside the Monteverdi Choir. The Monteverdi Choir and English baroque soloists will present Händel’s “Dixit Dominus” and Bach’s “Christ Lag in Todes Banden.” Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts.

Performance Date: Sept. 3, 2021

Soprano Anna Prohaska performs works by John Tavener, Franz Tunder, Georg Friedrich Händel, Jörg Widmann, and Wolfgang Rihm. Francesco Corti plays the harpsichord and organ, while Nicolas Altstaedt plays the cello.

Performance Date: Sept. 4, 2021, Philharmonie, Chamber Music Hall

Baritone Georg Nigl presents Stravinsky‘s “Abraham and Isaak” alongside conductor Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.

Performance Date: Sept. 4, 2021

Gabriel Fauré’s “Requiem” will see soloists Dorothee Mields and baritone Krešimir Stražanac take on the famed piece. The program will also include choral works by Anton Bruckner. Philippe Herreweghe conducts the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées and Collegium Vocale Gent.

Performance Date: Sept. 6, 2021

Mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená sings Ondřej Adámek’s Song cycle for mezzo-soprano and orchestra “Where are you?” alongside Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra.

Performance Date: Sept. 7, 2021

Performances of Don Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa’s “Madrigali a cinque voci” spotlight soprano Miriam Allan, mezzo-soprano Barbora Kabátková, alto/countertenor Marine Fribourg, tenors Benedict Hymas and Tore Tom Denys, and bass Jimmy Holliday. Philippe Herreweghe conducts the Collegium Vocale Gent.

Performances Date: Sept. 8, 2021, 5 p.m. CET and 9 p.m. CET, Philharmonie, Chamber Music Hall

Soprano Flurina Stucki, tenor Matthew Newlin and baritone Markus Brück perform Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem” alongside the Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin and Kinderchor der Deutschen Oper Berlin. Sir Donald Runnicles conducts the Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin.

Performance Date: Sept. 10, 2021

Countertenor Andrew Watts presents the world premiere of Olga Neuwirth’s Musical Calligrams in memoriam Hester Diamond for Countertenor, Children’s Choir and Orchestra “Keyframes for a Hippogriff” alongside the Kinderchor der Staatsoper Berlin. Jakub Hrůša conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker.

Performance Dates: Sept. 11 – 12, 2021

François-Xavier Roth conducts Les Siècles and tenor and baritone soloists yet to be announced in the performance of Igor Stravinsky’s “Canticum sacrum ad honorem Sancti Marci nominis.” Isabelle Faust plays the violin, while Gijs Leenaars conducts the Rundfunkchor Berlin.

Performance Date: Sept. 13, 2021

The RIAS Kammerchor Berlin and the soloists of the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin perform choral works by William Byrd, Thomas Tallis, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Don Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa, and Igor Stravinsky. Justin Doyle conducts the Kammerakademie Potsdam.

Performance Date: Sept. 15, 2021

Alto Catriona Morison and bass Matthias Winckhler perform works by Igor Stravinsky alongside the Rundfunkchor Berlin. Robin Ticciati conducts the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.

Performance date: Sept. 19, 2021

Soprano Julia Lezhneva and mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter present Pergolesi’s “Stabat Mater” alongside the Berliner Barock Solisten.

Performance Date: Oct. 20, 2021

The Rundfunkchor Berlin performs works by Mozart and Haydn alongside conductor Ádám Fischer.

Performance Dates: Oct. 21 – 23, 2021

A concert performance of Tchaikovsky‘s opera “Mazeppa” will showcase Vladislav Sulimsky, Olga Peretyatko, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Vitalij Kowaljow, Oksana Volkova, Dmitry Golovnin, Alexander Kravets, and Anton Rositskiy. Kirill Petrenko conducts.

Performance Dates: Nov. 10 – 12, 2021, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Soprano Chen Reiss sings Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 alongside conductor Semyon Bychkov.

Performance Dates: Dec. 2 – 4, 2021

Mezzo-soprano Okka von der Damerau performs Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 alongside Maestro Zubin Mehta.

Performance Dates: Dec. 16 – 18, 2021

The Rundfunkchor Berlin presents Verdi‘s “Quattro pezzi sacri” with Daniel Barenboim leading the work.

Performance Dates: Jan. 6 – 8, 2022

A concert performance of Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta” spotlights Mika Kares, Liparit Avetisyan, Igor Golovatenko, Michael Kraus, Olga Pudova, Victoria Karkacheva, Margarita Nekrasova, Dmitry Ivanchey, Nikolay Didenko, and Sonya Yoncheva in the title role. Kirill Petrenko conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 12 – 15, 2022

Soprano Anja Kampe sings Berg‘s “Fünf Orchesterlieder” alongside conductor Philippe Jordan.

Performance Dates: Jan. 20 – 22, 2022

Tenor Andrew Staples performs Britten’s “Nocturne” alongside conductor Daniel Harding and the Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker.

Performance Date: Jan. 29, 2022

Mezzo-soprano Nadine Weissmann performs works by Wagner alongside pianist Cordelia Höfer.

Performance Dates: Feb. 6 – 13, 2022

Damen des Rundfunkchors Berlin and Wiener Singvereins present Josef Suk’s “Lebensreife” alongside pianist Sir András Schiff and conductor Kirill Petrenko.

Performance Date: Feb. 10 –  15, 2022

Soprano Anna Prohaska and bass-baritone Florian Boesch perform works by Bach and Buxtehude alongside Il pomo d’oro.

Performance Date: Feb. 25, 2022, Kammermusiksaal

Soprano Nadine Sierra and mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa sing Mahler‘s Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” alongside the Rundfunkchor Berlin. Gustavo Dudamel conducts.

Performance Dates: Feb. 25 – 27, 2022

Mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre performs works by Francesco Provenzale, Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani, François-André Philidor, André-Cardinal Destouches, François Couperin, Marin Marais, Antonio Vivaldi, Giuseppe de Bottis, and Georg Caspar Schürmann. Jupiter-Ensemble accompanies, while Thomas Dunford plays the lute.

Performance Date: Feb. 27, 2022, Kammermusiksaal

Soprano Hana Blažíková performs a rich program by Johann Sebastian Bach. Václav Luks conducts the Collegium 1704.

Performance Date: March 4, 2022

Baritone Benjamin Appl performs Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s “Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Stand,” Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach’s “Pygmalion,” and Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Ich habe genug” alongside oboist Christoph Hartmann and the Berliner Barock Solisten.

Performance Date: March 5, 2022

Soprano Rachel Redmond, tenor James Way, and bass Sreten Manojlović present Georg Friedrich Händel’s “L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato.” William Christie conducts Les Arts Florissants.

Performance Date: March 6, 2022

Soprano Elena Stikhina, mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili, tenor Fabio Sartori and bass René Pape perform Verdi’s “Messa di Requiem” alongside the Rundfunkchor Berlin. Daniel Barenboim conducts.

Performance Dates: March 11 – 13, 2022

Soprano Lucy Crowe, mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg, and tenor Werner Güra sing Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Symphony No. 2 “Lobgesang” alongside the Monteverdi Choir. Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts.

Performance Dates: March 17 – 19, 2022

Tchaikovsky’s “The Queen of Spades” is set to star tenor Arsen Soghomonyan as Hermann and soprano Asmik Grigorian as Lisa. The cast also includes Boris Pinkhasovich as Yeletsky, Vladislav Sulimsky as Tomsky, Aigul Akhmetshina as Polina, and Doris Soffel as the Countess. Kirill Petrenko conducts a production by Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier. The final two performances will be in a concert version.

Performance Dates: April 9 – 18, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, April 21 – 24, Philharmonie

Soprano Anna Netrebko performs works by Rachmaninoff alongside conductor Kirill Petrenko.

Performance Date: April 13, 2022, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Sonya Yoncheva sings the title role in a concert performance of Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta” alongside Mika Kares, Dmytro Popov, Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Olga Pudova, Margarita Nekrasova, Dmitry Ivanchey, and Nikolay Didenko. Kirill Petrenko conducts.

Performance Date: April 17, 2022, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Soprano Sonya Yoncheva gives a recital alongside pianist Malcolm Martineau.

Performance Date: April 20, 2022

Baritone Christian Gerhaher sings Gustav Mahler’s “Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Friedrich Rückert.” Antonello Manacorda conducts.

Performance Dates: May 5 – 6, 2022

Mezzo-soprano Anna Lapkovskaja presents works by Igor Stravinsky alongside Sir Simon Rattle.

Performance Dates: May 19 – 21, 2022

Soprano Anna Prohaska performs works by Johann Sebastian Bach alongside Sir Simon Rattle.

Performance Date: May 21, 2022

Countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński sings music by Henry Purcell, Franz Schubert, Georg Friedrich Händel, Mieczysław Karłowicz, Charles Naginski and Aaron Copland alongside pianist Michał Biel.

Performance Date: June 7, 2022

Soprano Lise Davidsen and baritone Christian Gerhaher perform Alexander Zemlinsky’s “Lyrische Symphonie” alongside conductor Kirill Petrenko.

Performance Dates: June 9 – 11, 2022