Two feuding families, and a young, innocent couple: Sergei Prokofiev transformed Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet into a ballet full of tender, lyrical melodies and captivating dance scenes. Folkloric elements run through the music. Lithuanian conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla has compiled highlights from the score for her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker.
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Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Emanuel Ax
To open the concert, Gražinytė-Tyla brings us the cheerful, ironic world of a puppeteer in Mieczysław Weinberg’s ballet suite Burattino und das goldene Schlüsselchen.
Another highlight: Emanuel Ax is the soloist in the new piano concerto by film composer John Williams.
Mieczysław Weinberg
Burattino and the Golden Key: Orchestral Suite No. 4, Op. 55d
John Williams
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
- Emanuel Ax – piano
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Excerpts
1. The Montagues and the Capulets
2. Juliet as a young girl
3. Masks
4. Romeo and Juliet, balcony scene
5. Tybalt's death
6. Father Laurence
7. Dance of the couples
8. Dance of the girls from the Antilles
9. Juliet's funeral
10. Juliet's death
Additional information
Participating artists
Emanuel Ax
Berliner Philharmoniker
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Dates
April 2026
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