The Leipzig Philharmonic Orchestra sets standard for excellence in musical performance at home and around the world. The Orchestra enriches and serves cultural life throughout the country and gains enormous public recognition. The dark and warm sound of the Orchestra, much praised today, has grown from the German tradition.

In 2000, the Orchestra was founded by committed music musicians. The Orchestra performs an extensive repertoire covering works from baroque to modern age. Every year it prepares diverse concert programmes which are performed first in Leipzig, and then on concert tours in the major concert halls of USA, Italy, China, Korea, India and Latin America.

 

 

Maestro Michael Koehler is renowned for excellence in musical performances around the world. His unique concerts enrich cultural life and gain enormous public recognition. The dark and warm sound of his orchestras, much praised today, has grown from the German tradition.

 

Michael Koehler was born in the musical city of Dresden, Germany. After spending his early years in Dresden as a solo pianist, he studied sound engineering and orchestra conducting in Berlin, Munich and Paris. After his graduation from the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" Berlin (class of GMD Prof. Rolf Reuter, Berlin State Opera) he continued his studies with Maestro Sergiu Celibidache in Munich and at the Schola Cantorum in Paris and Munich. He participated in master-classes with Kurt Masur, Gerd Albrecht, Rolf Reuter and at the Yehudi- Menuhin-Academy, Gstaad among others.

 

Conductor: Michael Koehler

Volin: Holger Engelhardt
Soprano: Catrin Kirchner

 

Strauss：Emperor Waltz
Tenor: Aria “Una furtiva lacrima...” from Liebestrank by Donizetti
Strauss：Peasants Polka
Soprano:“Liebe, du Himmel auf Erden” from “Paganini” by Franz Lehar
Duetto “Unspoken Love/Lippen schweigen...” from “Merry widow” by Lehar
Suppe：Light cavalry overture

Intermission

Rossini：Wilhelm Tell Ouverture
Bizet：L’Arsienne Suites (excerpts)
Aria “Dein ist mein ganzes Herz...” （Lehar: Land des L: chelns）
Elgar：Pomp&Circumstances Marche no.1
Ravel: Bolero
Dvorak: “Song to the moon” from Rusalka:
Giuseppe Verdi: Drinking Song from La Traviata
Tschaikowsky:《Overture 1812》

Encores

Strauss：Ohne Sorgen! Polka schnell op.271
Offenbach：Can-Can
Paul Lincke: Berliner Luft
Strauss: Radetzky March