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In Paradisum: A Cappella Concert on 4 October at Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche: Works by Purcell, Schütz, Schein, Mendelssohn, Harris and Sandström, conducted by Nico Köhs
On Sunday, 4 October 2026 at 3 pm, the Rundfunkchor Berlin’s Schola will perform the a cappella concert »In Paradisum« at Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche Berlin. Together with members of the Rundfunkchor Berlin, conductor Nico Köhs and the young singers will present a programme poised between earthly life and heavenly longing, featuring music from the early Baroque, late Romanticism and the present day by composers including Purcell, Schütz, Mendelssohn and Sandström.
The Rundfunkchor Berlin at Musikfest Berlin 2026: Henze’s Ninth Symphony on 4 September with Joana Mallwitz and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, and Rachmaninoff’s »The Bells« on 13 September with Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
The Rundfunkchor Berlin will appear in two Musikfest Berlin 2026 concerts in the Main Hall of the Berlin Philharmonie, on 4 and 13 September. On 4 September at 8 pm, the choir will perform Hans Werner Henze’s Symphony No. 9 with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin under Joana Mallwitz. On 13 September at 8 pm, it will join the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under Vladimir Jurowski for, among other works, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s »The Bells«, Op. 35.
Ticket sales for the Rundfunkchor Berlin’s 26/27 season start on 15 July: Tickets for RundfunkchorLounge, Christmas Concert, »We’re Not Going Anywhere – Queer Resilience« and »Flying Mozart«
Ticket sales for the Rundfunkchor Berlin’s 26/27 concert season will start on 15 July at 10 am. Under the direction of Chief Conductor Gijs Leenaars, the new season features major choral-symphonic concerts with orchestra as well as signature projects such as the community-programme »We’re Not Going Anywhere – Queer Resilience«, a new edition of »Flying Mozart« with the Flying Steps, the traditional Christmas Concert at the Berlin Cathedral and three RundfunkchorLounges at Heimathafen Neukölln.
15 years of SING!: the Rundfunkchor Berlin’s education programme celebrates its anniversary with a ceremonial event
On Thursday, 26 November 2026, SING! will celebrate its anniversary with a ceremonial event. Planned is a one-hour festive concert with singers from the Rundfunkchor Berlin under the direction of Gijs Leenaars, together with pupils from various SING! primary schools. The event is by invitation only. Media representatives are warmly invited to report on the occasion. Accreditation enquiries should be addressed to the press contact listed below.
RundfunkchorLounge »The Other Half of Olympus«: Music and Talk on Women, Power and Myth | Bestselling author and content creator Tara-Louise Wittwer and classical philologist Prof. Dr Katharina Wesselmann as guests on 2 July at Heimathafen Neukölln
On 2 July 2026, the Rundfunkchor Berlin presents the RundfunkchorLounge »The Other Half of Olympus – Women, Power and Myth« at Heimathafen Neukölln, focusing on female figures from antiquity and their impact up to the present day. In moderated conversations with author and content creator Tara Louise Wittwer and classical philologist Prof. Dr Katharina Wesselmann, the evening explores how patriarchal narratives about women continue to shape gender images and role expectations today – and how these ideas are negotiated and reinterpreted in music. Under the direction of Chief Conductor Gijs Leenaars, the programme spans a musical arc from Schubert’s Romantic interpretations of the gods and Antigone, via Renaissance madrigals by Monteverdi and Marenzio and Szymanowski’s mythical sound worlds, through to Brahms’ »Nänie« and ABBA’s »Cassandra«.
