Can classical music be humorous? Absolutely!
The Berliner Philharmoniker and their chief conductor Kirill Petrenko will demonstrate this at the 2026 New Year’s Eve Concert: in his sparkling Symphonie classique, Sergei Prokofiev parodies the music of Haydn and Mozart.
Dmitri Shostakovich also had the First Viennese School in mind when he wrote his witty Double Concerto for Piano and Trumpet. In this performance, pianist Alexander Malofeev, born in 2001, makes his debut alongside principal trumpeter David Guerrier.
Kirill Petrenko also sets off a fireworks display of mischief with Richard Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks.
Enjoy this lively New Year’s Eve celebration live at the Old Market Hall Cinema!
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko Dirigent
Alexander Malofeev piano
David Guerrier trumpet
Otto Nicolai
The Merry Wives of Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor): Overture
Dmitri Schostakowitsch
Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and String Orchestra in C minor, op. 35
Sergej Prokofjew
Symphony No. 1 in D major, op. 25 “Classique”
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks), op. 28
Johann Strauss (Sohn)
Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron): Overture
