The Digital Concert Hall provides you with classical concerts, films, and interviews from and about the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. You can watch and even more importantly listen to all concerts through your computer, tablet, or smartphone. The archive contains a great variety of concerts, searchable by composers, conductors, genre, etc.
Signing up is free but most of the content is usually not. However, there are some free concerts and if you like to listen to the paid concerts, the tickets are not expensive. It starts with a free 7 day trial period and will then be 14.90 EUR per month (cancellation is possible at any time), or you can get an annual ticket for 149 EUR (no automatic renewal).
Beethoven’s 250th anniversary
Many people were looking forward to celebrating Beethoven’s anniversary this year (2020), but Covid-19 (the coronavirus) seems to make it very difficult for many to enjoy this event. But we should not forget that a piece by Beethoven embodies the idea of connectedness particularly well. This piece is his 9th symphony or “Ode to Joy.”
Of course, Beethoven’s idea of connectedness was based on something like friendship, family, or love. But today we can make full use of another kind of “connectedness.” The whole world is a community connected through the Internet. In this difficult time, the Digital Concert Hall can connect you with the classical music you love. And it can connect you with the masterpieces of Beethoven to celebrate his anniversary. Maybe you sit down with your loved ones, open a good bottle of wine, and enjoy the Ode to Joy. Beethoven would have loved it.
