MUSIC IN GERMANY MUNICH, LEIPZIG & BERLIN MAY 6-21, 2019 TOUR LEADER: DR ROSAMUND BARTLETT

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1 MUSIC IN GERMANY MUNICH, LEIPZIG & BERLIN MAY 6-21, 2019 TOUR LEADER: DR ROSAMUND BARTLETT The Bavarian State Opera s production of Richard Wagner s Tannhäuser

2 MUSIC IN GERMANY MUNICH, LEIPZIG & BERLIN Tour dates: May 6-21, 2019 Tour leader: Dr Rosamund Bartlett Tour Price: $10,375 per person, twin share Single Supplement: $2,450 for sole use of double room Booking deposit: $500 per person Recommended airline: Qatar Airlines Maximum places: 20 Itinerary: Munich (5 nights), Leipzig (3 nights), Berlin (7 nights) Date published: December 12, 2019 Overview Music lies at the very heart of German identity and cultural expression and over the centuries German musicians have made an unrivalled contribution to the western tradition. German composers and performers enjoy a worldwide renown and talented musicians from abroad flock to Germany for the outstanding quality and vibrancy of the music scene. Orchestras and opera companies play a pivotal role and are supported by audiences and the state alike in a way that others can only dream about. Main cities have not just one, but sometimes two or three major orchestras and opera houses. Performances are well attended and feature not just classics from the standard repertoire but a constant roster of contemporary pieces and rediscovered works from the past. Academy Travel is once again delighted to offer a musical journey to Germany, with extended stays in three of its main music cities Munich, Leipzig and Berlin. 10 performances of orchestral music and opera are included, exploring the core of the German repertoire and featuring a lineup of top-flight artists. There are excursions to Bayreuth and Dresden, both important for their musical traditions, visits to galleries and musicthemed sightseeing. Your tour leader Dr Rosamund Bartlett is a cultural historian with a particular interest in European Modernism, and in opera. She completed her doctorate at Oxford and pursued an academic career for 15 years before becoming a full-time writer and translator. During this time, she served on the Council of the Royal Musical Association and organised several international music conferences which included collaborations with the University Musical Society in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the Borodin String Quartet, and Oxford Contemporary Music. She maintains an active scholarly profile and is currently an Honorary Associate in the School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Sydney. Her opera research has been supported by the British Academy and a Fernand Braudel Fellowship at the European University Institute in Florence. Enquiries and bookings For further information and to secure a place on this tour please contact Rebecca Fussell at Academy Travel on or (outside Sydney) or rebecca@academytravel.com. au She is the author and editor of several books, including Wagner and Russia, and Shostakovich in Context. As well as contributing to publications such as the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, she has written articles for the Royal Opera House, La Monnaie and Opera Australia. She has taken part in broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 and been asked to give pre-concert talks including for the Proms, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Oxford Lieder Festival. In 2017 she was commissioned to translate the original libretto of Shostakovich s Lady Macbeth for the Salzburg Festival. She speaks several languages and has been travelling to Germany since she was a teenager, when she was an exchange student in Munich. She has extensive experience leading tours throughout Europe.

3 Performance Program We are delighted to present a varied program of masterpieces of the Austro-German repertoire from Bach to Mahler. Performances by some of Germany s leading orchestras feature outstanding soloists and conductors. Operatic productions feature Australian artists, including conductor Simone Young and director Barry Kosky. MUNICH The Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields with violinists Julia Fischer and Augustin Hadelich, playing Bach, Schnittke and Dvořák Wagner s opera Tannhäuser at the Bavarian State Opera, conducted by Simone Young and starring Klaus Florian Vogt, Ludovic Tezier and Lise Davidsen Mahler s Symphony No 1, Titan, and Alban Berg s violin concerto with violinist Leonidas Kavakos and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Harding LEIPZIG Robert Schumann s violin concerto and Brahms s Symphony No 4, with the Central German Symphony Orchestra and violinist Carolin Widmann Andris Nelsons conducting the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Buckner s Symphony No 5 BERLIN Daniel Barenboim conducting the Staatskapelle Berlin and playing piano in Mozart s Piano Concerto No 27 and star mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili in Prokofiev s Alexander Nevsky cantata Barry Kosky s production of Puccini s La bohème for the Komische Oper Vladimir Jurowski conducting the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra in Richard Strauss s violin concerto and Beethoven s Symphony No 6, Pastoral The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert Blomstedt and with pianist Yefim Bronfman, playing Beethoven s Piano Concerto No 2 and Swedish composer William Stenhammar s masterpiece of 1915, Symphony No 2 Osmo Vänskä conducting the Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Berlin in Barber, Copeland and Sibelius s Symphony No 4 The Austro-German repertoire is explored thoroughly on this tour. Clockwise from top left: Schumann, Beethoven, Wagner, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Mozart, Mahler and Bach

4 Detailed itinerary Included meals are shown with the symbols B, L and D. Tour start & finish time The tour begins at 6.00pm in Munich on Monday 6 May, at the Platzl Hotel. The tour ends after breakfast in Berlin on Tuesday 21 May. Monday 6 May Arrive Munich The tour commences at the hotel in Munich at 6pm. Meet your tour leader and fellow travellers in the lobby of the hotel for introductions and drinks followed by dinner in the hotel. Overnight Munich (D) Above: the historic centre of Munich Below: star German violinist Julia Fischer appears with the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields Tuesday 7 May Nymphenburg Palace This morning we explore Munich with a guided walking tour through the city centre. In the afternoon we travel a short distance to Nymphenburg, summer residence of the Bavarian monarchs and visit the commanding baroque palace and expansive landscaped gardens. This evening we gather for a welcome dinner at a well-known Munich restaurant. Overnight Munich (B, D) Wednesday 8 May Fine art in Munich Academy of St Martin-in-the-fields We start today with a visit to the Alte Pinakothek which holds one of the most significant art collections in the world. Among the European masterpieces on view are paintings by Dürer, Titian, Rembrandt, Leonardo da Vinci, Rubens and Murillo. After free time for lunch we continue to the Pinakothek der Moderne, home to four outstanding museums under one cupola-topped roof: art, graphic art, architecture, and design. Our opening concert is with the renowned Academy of St Martin-in-the-fields, founded by Sir Neville Marriner in The program includes Bach s concerto for two violins, a masterpiece of the German baroque repertoire. Overnight Munich (B) Venue: Gasteig, Munich Program: JS Bach, Concerto for two violins, strings and basso continuo BWV1043; Alfred Schnittke Concerto grosson No 1 for two violins, harpsichord, piano and string orchestra; Antonin Dvorak Serenade for String Orchestra in E major, op.22 Performers: Academy of St Martin-in-the-fields, Julia Fischer and Augustin Hadelich (violins)

5 Thursday 9 May Lenbachhaus Tannhauser In the middle of the 19th century, Munich was one of the most important art centres in Europe, and in the 1880s, Lenbach was one of the most famous artists in Germany. Today Lenbachhaus is home to the stunning collection of art from the early 20thcentury Der Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) group: Kandinsky, Klee, Jawlensky, Macke, Marc, and Münter. Tonight, we head to the National Theatre in Munich, arguably Germany s leading opera house, to hear a key work of the German romantic repertoire. Richard Wagner s Tannhäuser premiered in Dresden in 1845, with a plot based on medieval German legends, but presented in a radical, sexually exploratory way through Wagner s music and lyrics. Australian conductor Simone Young leads the ensemble. Overnight Munich (B) Venue: National Theatre Munich Bavarian State Opera Program: Wagner s Tannhäuser Performers: Bavarian State Opera, Simone Young (conductor), Klaus Florian Vogt (Tannhäuser), Ludovic Tezier (Wolfram), Lise Davidsen (Elisabeth) Friday 10 May At Leisure Bavarian Radio Symphony Today is at leisure in Munich. Your tour leader will recommend possible sightseeing options. Tonight s concert with Munich s leading orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony, features Gustav Mahler s ground-breaking Symphony No 1, a harbinger of so many of this symphonist s later works. Overnight Munich (B) Venue: Gasteig, Munich Program: Alban Berg Concerto for Violin and Orchestra; Mahler Symphony No 1 in D major 'Titan' Performers: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor), Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Saturday 11 May To Leipzig Leipzig MDR symphony Orchestra This morning we depart for Bayreuth, an elegant provincial city where Wagner chose to build his Festspielhaus, a theatre specifically designed to house his great music dramas. We visit Wahnfried, the villa built for him by King Ludwig, also known as the Richard Wagner Museum. After a break for lunch, we continue to Leipzig. In the first of two concerts at the Gewandhaus concert hall, the Leipzig-based MDR Symphony Orchestra plays two cornerstones of 19th-century German orchestral music, Schumann s Violin Concerto and Brahms s Symphony No 4. Overnight Leipzig (B, L) Venue: Gewandhaus, Leipzig Top: Franz Marc at the Lenbachhaus, Munich Above: young Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen appears in leading opera houses around the world, specialising in Wagner and Strauss roles Below: Wagner s Villa Wahnfried in Bayreuth. The composer s former home is today an excellent museum

6 Program: Charles Ives Three places in New England; Robert Schumann Concerto for violin and orchestra in D Major; Johannes Brahms Symphony No 4 in E major, op.98 Performers: Leipzig MDR Symphony Orchestra, Markus Poschner (conductor), Carolin Widmann (violin) Above: Electrifying conductor Andris Nelsons, one of today s most sought-after classical artists Below: Dresden s historic Frauenkirche, miraculously reconstructed after the destruction of the city in World War II Bottom: Mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili, one of the great voices of the current scene Sunday 12 May Bach & Mendelssohn museums Gewandhaus concert A leisurely stroll takes us to the Gewandhaus for a morning concert conducted by Andris Nelsons in the great hall, noted for its fine acoustics. Following the performance, we visit the house where Felix Mendelssohn lived from 1845 until his death in Now a museum, we visit the carefully restored apartment furnished in late Biedermeier style and see his music salon which is still in use for concerts today. This afternoon we visit the Thomaskirche where J.S Bach worked and the adjoining Bach Museum, celebrating the composer s life and legacy and housing a display of his original manuscripts. In today s matinee concert, celebrated Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons, currently music director of both the Boston Symphony and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, leads a performance of Anton Bruckner s Symphony No 5, a monumental and complex work written in 1876 but first heard in Dinner this evening is at Auerbachs Kellar, frequented by Goethe and immortalised in Faust. Overnight Leipzig (B, D) Venue: Gewandhaus, Leipzig Program: Bruckner s Symphony No 5 Performers: Gewandhaus Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor) Monday 13 May Day trip to Dresden We drive to Dresden today where our touring begins with the Old Masters Gallery, located in the Zwinger Palace and containing European works from the Renaissance to the 18th century. We continue to the Frauenkirche, the monumental 18th-century church destroyed in the devastating air raids of World War II, restored and re-opened in Overnight Leipzig (B) Tuesday 14 May TO berlin Berlin Staatskapelle Today we travel to Berlin, one of the most interesting and diverse of all the great capitals of Europe, with a rich and complex history where we spend the next seven nights. On arrival we take a brief orientation walk of the central Mitte district. Our concert program in Berlin kicks off with an outstanding event at the Philharmonie concert hall. Renowned musician Daniel Barenboim plays and conducts Mozart s moving final piano concerto, No 27 in B-flat major. After interval mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili, one of today s leading singers, joins Barenboim and the orchestra for Prokofiev s wonderful Alexander Nevsky cantata. Overnight Berlin (B)

7 Venue: Philharmonie, Berlin Program: Nikos Skalkottas, Small suite for string orchestra; Mozart Piano concerto No 27 in B flat major K595; Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky, cantata for mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra Performers: Staatskapelle Berlin, chorus of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor & piano) Anita Rachvelishvili (mezzo soprano) Wednesday 15 May Gemäldegalerie La Boheme This morning we visit the stunning Gemäldegalerie. Assembled in the early 19th century, the gallery s collection represents all the major schools of European painting and includes masterpieces by Botticelli, Raphael, Caravaggio, Breughel, Vermeer and Rembrandt. Berlin s Komische Oper, currently under the artistic direction of Australian Barry Kosky, enjoys a fine reputation for verve and originality. In a break from the German repertoire, tonight we enjoy Kosky s well-regarded production of an operatic staple, Puccini s La Bohème. Overnight Berlin (B) Venue: Komische Oper Berlin Program: Puccini s La bohème (Barry Kosky production) Performers: Komische Oper, Jordan de Souza (conductor), Heather Engbretson (Mimi), Vera-Lotte Bocker (Musetta), Jonathan Tetelman (Rodolfo) Gunther Papedell (Marcello) Thursday 16 May Museum Island Berlin Radio Symphony On the site of one of Berlin's two original settlements, this unique complex of five state museums is a UNESCO World Heritage site and a must-visit in Berlin. Today we visit the Alte Museum, which houses an impressive collection of Greek and Roman antiquities, and the Bode Museum s large collection of sculpture. Tonight, at the charming Konzerthaus, Russian maestro Vladimir Jurowski (for many years artistic director of the London Philharmonic Orchestra) leads a performance of key German works Mendelssohn, Richard Strauss and Beethoven. Overnight Berlin (B) Venue: Konzerthaus, Berlin Program: Mendelssohn 'The Hebrides' overture op.26; Richard Strauss, Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major op.8; Beethoven Symphony No 6 in F major 'Pastorale' Performers: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Alina Ibragimova (violin) Images right: a moment from Act II of Barry Kosky s production of La bohème; and the auditorium of the Komische Oper; Vladimir Jurowski

8 Friday 17 May At Leisure Berlin Philharmonic Today is at leisure in Berlin. You may wish to return to Museum Island and perhaps visit the Pergamon Museum or one of Berlin s many other attractions. In what is sure to be a musical highlight of the tour, tonight we hear the Berlin Philharmonic and pianist Yefim Bronfman playing Beethoven s Piano Concerto No 2. After interval Swedish-American conductor Herbert Blomstedt introduces us to William Stenhammer s Symphony No 2. Written in 1915 this remarkable work is considered the composer s masterpiece. Overnight Berlin (B) Venue: Philharmonie, Berlin Program: Beethoven, Piano Concerto No 2 in B Flat major op.19; William Stenhammar, Symphony No 2 in G minor, op.34 (1915) Performers: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Yefim Bronfman (piano) Saturday 18 May Potsdam Today we travel to nearby Potsdam, to investigate court life at the time of Frederick the Great. Potsdam was the capital of the state of Brandenburg and a former royal city. We visit the splendid rococo palace of Sanssouci, which Frederick made his main residence. Overnight Berlin (B) Sunday 19 May Charlottenburg Deutsches Symphony We depart by coach to Charlottenburg, where we visit the Berggruen Museum with its exceptional collection of modern art including works by Matisse, Klee and Giacometti. After lunch we take a guided tour of the richly decorated interiors of the Palace of Charlottenburg, constructed between 1695 and 1713 as a summer home for Sophie Charlotte, wife of Elector Friedrich III of Prussia. Our final performance sees the excellent Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Berlin under the exceptional Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä in a program culminating with Sibelius s Symphony No 4. Overnight Berlin (B) Venue: Philharmonie, Berlin Program: Samuel Barber, First Symphony, op.9; Aaron Copeland, Clarinet Concerto; Jean Sibelius, Symphony No 4 in A minor, op.63 Performers: Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Osmo Vanska (conductor), Martin Fröst (clarinet) Images left: The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Sanssouci in Potsdam; and Finnish conducting legend Osmo Vänskä

9 Monday 20 May Farewell to Berlin This morning we begin with a visit to the German History Museum, a magnificent baroque structure extensively refurbished by I.M. Pei. The permanent exhibition showcases 1500 years if German History form the Middle Ages to the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Our time in Berlin culminates with a farewell lunch atop the Reichstag, seat of the German parliament. This building symbolises the struggles and eventual triumph of the city. First opened in 1894, destroyed by fire in 1933, the Reichstag became the first meeting place of a reunified Germany. The reconstruction of the building was completed in 1999 to a plan by British architect Sir Norman Foster. His plan included an extraordinary glass dome at the top of the building, offering 360 views of the surrounding city. Overnight Berlin (B, L) Tuesday 21 May Departure The tour ends after breakfast. Departing group members transfer to Berlin airport for outgoing flights. (B) Above: the gardens and palace at Charlottenburg, commissioned in the 17th century by Sophie Charlotte, wife of Friedrich III Below: Sir Norman Foster s cupola of the Reichstag Building in Berlin Hotels These fine four- and five-star hotels have been selected principally for their central location. Munich, Platzl Hotel (5 nights) Leipzig, Steigenberger Grandhotel Handelshof (3 nights) Berlin, The Westin Grand (7 nights)

10 Tour Price The tour price is $10,375 per person, twin share (land content only). The supplement for a single room is $2,450 per person. A non-refundable deposit of $500 per person is required to secure a place on the tour. Tour Inclusions Included in the tour price All accommodation in selected 4-star hotels Breakfasts daily, plus meals as noted in the itinerary Land travel by air-conditioned coach Best available tickets to the performances listed Extensive tour notes Background talks Services of a tour leader and tour manager throughout All entrance fees to sites mentioned on itinerary Qualified local guides where appropriate Porterage of one piece of luggage at all hotels Tips for all services included in the itinerary Not included International air fares, taxes and surcharges (see below) Travel insurance Meals not mentioned in itinerary Expenses of a personal nature Air travel OPTIONS The tour price quoted is for land content only. For this tour we recommend Qatar Airlines which offer flights into Munich and out of Berlin from most Australian cities. Please contact us for further information on competitive Economy, Business or First-Class airfares. Enquiries & bookings For further information and to secure a place on this tour please contact Rebecca Fussell at Academy Travel on or (outside Sydney) or rebecca@academytravel.com.au Weather on Tour May is a pleasant time to travel in Germany with spring temperatures ranging on average from the low 20s, dropping to C at night. However, you should pack for a few days which are cooler than this, as well as a few warmer ones. It is reasonable to expect rain at this time of year, though not enough to disrupt our program. Fitness Requirements of THIS tour GRADE TWO It is important both for you and for your fellow travellers that you are fit enough to be able to enjoy all the activities on this tour. To give you an indication of the level of physical fitness required to participate on our tours, we have given them a star grading. Academy Travel s tours tend to feature extended walking tours and site visits, which require greater fitness than coach touring. We ask you to carefully consider your ability to meet the physical demands of the tour. Participation criteria for this tour This Grade Two tour is designed for people who lead active lives and can comfortably participate in up to five hours of physical activity per day on most days, including longer walking tours, challenging archaeological sites, climbing stairs, embarking and disembarking trains and/or boats, and a more demanding tour schedule with one night stops or several internal flights. You should be able to: keep up with the group at all times walk for 4-5 kilometres at a moderate pace with only short breaks stand for a reasonable length of time in galleries and museums tolerate uncomfortable climatic conditions such as cold, humidity and heat walk up and down slopes negotiate steps and slopes on archaeological sites, which are often uneven and unstable get on and off a large coach with steep stairs, train or boat unassisted, possibly with luggage move your luggage a short distance if required A note for older travellers If you are more than 80 years old, or have restricted mobility, it is highly likely that you will find this itinerary challenging. You will have to miss several activities and will not get the full value of the tour. Your booking will not be accepted until after you have contacted Academy Travel to discuss your situation and the exact physical requirements of this tour. While we will do our best to reasonably accommodate the physical needs of all group members, we reserve the right to refuse bookings if we feel that the requirements of the tour are too demanding for you and/or if local conditions mean we cannot reasonably accommodate your condition.

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