Orchestras in Berlin

[Dundonnell]

I have often ended up a bit confused by this subject...so, inspired by Jens' posting in this thread-

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,9.43880.html

Staatskapelle: the orchestra of the Berlin State Opera (Staatsoper Unter den Linden)

Successor to the Royal Court Opera(Hofoper) from 1918; in East Berlin until 1991.
Principal Conductors:
Richard Strauss:          1898-1913
Leo Blech:                  1913-1920
Erich Kleiber:              1923-1934
Clemens Krauss:          1935-1936
Herbert von Karajan:    1941-1945
Joseph Keilberth:         1948-1951
Erich Kleiber:              1954-1955
Franz Konwitschny:     1955-1962
Otmar Suitner:            1964-1990
Daniel Barenboim:        1992-


Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra(Berliner Philharmoniker)

Founded 1882. Current name since 1887. Based at the Philharmonie since 1963.
Principal Conductors:
    Arthur Nikisch:         1895-1922
    Wilhelm Furtwangler:1922-1945
    Leo Borchard:          May-August 1945
    Sergiu Celibidache:   1945-1952
    Wilhelm Furtwangler: 1952-1954
    Herbert von Karajan: 1954-1989
    Claudio Abbado:       1989-2002
    Sir Simon Rattle:      2002-

Komische Oper

Originally founded in 1892. Has undergone several changes of name and designation and periods of closure.
Principal Conductors:
Kirill Petrenko:            2002-1008
Carl St.Clair:              2008-

Deutsche Oper

Founded 1912. Known as the Municipal Opera(Staedtische Oper) from 1925 until 1933.
Principal Conductors:
Bruno Walter:               1925-1929
Arthur Rother:              1935-1943
Karl Dammer:                1937-1943
Ferenc Fricsay:             1949-1952
Richard Kraus:               1954-1961
Heinrich Hollreiser:          1961-1964
Lorin Maazel:                 1965-1971
Jesus Lopez Cobos:        1981-1990
Giuseppe Sinopoli:          1990
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos: 1992-1997
Christian Thielmann:       1997-2004
Renato Palumbo:            2006-2008
Donald Runnicles:           2009-



Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra(Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin)

Founded 1923; based in East Berlin until 1991.
Principal Conductors:
Bruno Seidler-Winkler:      1926-1932
Eugen Jochum:               1932-1934
Sergiu Celibidache:          1945-1946
Hermann Abedroth:          1953-1956
Rolf Kleinert:                   1959-1973
Heinz Rogner:                 1973-1993
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos: 1994-2000
Marek Janowski:              2002-


Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester

Founded 1946. Known as R.I.A.S.-Symphonie-Orchester, 1946-1956 and as Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra(Radio-Symphonie Orchester, Berlin), 1956-1993: based in West Berlin.
Principal Conductors since 1946:
Ferenc Fricsay:          1948-1954
Ferenc Fricsay:          1959-1963
Lorin Maazel:             1964-1975
Riccardo Chailly:         1982-1989
Vladimir Ashkenazy:    1989-1999
Kent Nagano:            2000-2006
Ingo Metzmacher:      2007-

Konzerthausorchester, Berlin

Founded 1952. Known as the Berlin Symphony Orchestra until 2006; based in East Berlin until 1991. Based at the Konzerthaus since 1984
Principal Conductors:
Hermann Hildebrandt:    1952-1959
Kurt Sanderling:           1960-1977
Gunther Herbig:           1977-1983
Claus Peter Flor:          1984-1991
Michael Schonwandt:    1992-1998
Eliahu Inbal:                2001-2006
Lothar Zagrosek:          2006-

I MIGHT try something similar for Moscow....but that would take some doing

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

I MIGHT try something similar for Moscow....but that would take some doing

Make sure you have plenty of free time  I have a hard enough time telling them apart, and to make matters worse, some of them seem to have both an "official name" and a "colloquial name" (e.g. "Moscow Distinguished Academic Ensemble Symphonic Orchestra Named After Dmitry Ilyich Prokofiev and Under the Direction of Iggy Pop" might just be known as "Moscow Symphony Orchestra")

[Dundonnell]

Make sure you have plenty of free time  I have a hard enough time telling them apart, and to make matters worse, some of them seem to have both an "official name" and a "colloquial name" (e.g. "Moscow Distinguished Academic Ensemble Symphonic Orchestra Named After Dmitry Ilyich Prokofiev and Under the Direction of Iggy Pop" might just be known as "Moscow Symphony Orchestra")

Somewhere-in one of the music magazines I think, could have been International Record Review-there was once an article on the very subject of Russian orchestras and their (very frequent) changes of name. I shall try to hunt it out!

[Coopmv]

I have often ended up a bit confused by this subject...so, inspired by Jens' posting in this thread-

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,9.43880.html

Staatskapelle: the orchestra of the Berlin State Opera[/b](Staatsoper Unter den Linden)

Successor to the Royal Court Opera(Hofoper) from 1918; in East Berlin until 1991.
Principal Conductors since 1945:
Joseph Keilberth:          1948-1951
Erich Kleiber:               1954-1955
Franz Konwitschny:      1955-1962
Otmar Suitner:            1964-1990
Daniel Barenboim:        1992-


Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra(Berliner Philharmoniker)

Founded 1882. Current name since 1887. Based at the Philharmonie since 1963.
Principal Conductors since 1945:
    Leo Borchard:          May-August 1945
    Sergiu Celibidache:   1945-1952
    Wilhelm Furtwangler: 1952-1954
    Herbert von Karajan: 1954-1989
    Claudio Abbado:       1989-2002
    Sir Simon Rattle:      2002-

Komische Oper

Originally founded in 1892. Has undergone several changes of name and designation and periods of closure.
Principal Conductors:
Kirill Petrenko:            2002-1008
Carl St.Clair:              2008-

Deutsches Oper

Founded 1912.
Principal Conductors since 1945:
Ferenc Fricsay:             1949-1952
Richard Kraus:               1954-1961
Heinrich Hollreiser:          1961-1964
Lorin Maazel:                 1965-1971
Jesus Lopez Cobos:        1981-1990
Giuseppe Sinopoli:            1990
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos: 1992-1997
Christian Thielmann:       1997-2004
Renato Palumbo:            2006-2008
Donald Runnicles:           2009-



Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra(Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin)

Founded 1923; based in East Berlin until 1991.
Principal Conductors since 1945:
Sergiu Celibidache:          1945-1946
Hermann Abedroth:          1953-1956
Rolf Kleinert:                   1959-1973
Heinz Rogner:                 1973-1993
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos: 1994-2000
Marek Janowski:              2002-


Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester

Founded 1946. Known as R.I.A.S.-Symphonie-Orchester, 1946-1956 and as Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra(Radio-Symphonie Orchester, Berlin), 1956-1993: based in West Berlin.
Principal Conductors since 1946:
Ferenc Fricsay:          1948-1954
Ferenc Fricsay:          1959-1963
Lorin Maazel:             1964-1975
Riccardo Chailly:         1982-1989
Vladimir Ashkenazy:    1989-1999
Kent Nagano:            2000-2006
Ingo Metzmacher:      2007-

Konzerthausorchester, Berlin

Founded 1952. Known as the Berlin Symphony Orchestra until 2006; based in East Berlin until 1991. Based at the Konzerthaus since 1984
Principal Conductors:
Hermann Hildebrandt:    1952-1959
Kurt Sanderling:           1960-1977
Gunther Herbig:           1977-1983
Claus Peter Flor:          1984-1991
Michael Schonwandt:    1992-1998
Eliahu Inbal:                2001-2006
Lothar Zagrosek:          2006-

I MIGHT try something similar for Moscow....but that would take some doing

Nice job and great research!

[Dundonnell]

Thanks very much

I am glad that someone appreciated it

Am still working on the Orchestras in Moscow follow-up. VERY difficult

[greg]

Thanks very much

I am glad that someone appreciated it

Am still working on the Orchestras in Moscow follow-up. VERY difficult

We'll be waiting. 

[Coopmv]

Thanks very much

I am glad that someone appreciated it

Am still working on the Orchestras in Moscow follow-up. VERY difficult

Do New York ...  Toscanini, Walter, Bernstein ...

[greg]

and then London...
then LA.....
then Vienna...

[Coopmv]

and then London...
then LA.....
then Vienna...

I do not think LA has been in the same league as these cities when it comes to classical music.  It is even outclassed by such cities as Boston and Chicago when it comes to music or even museum establishments ...

[greg]

I do not think LA has been in the same league as these cities when it comes to classical music.  It is even outclassed by such cities as Boston and Chicago when it comes to music or even museum establishments ...

True.

[Dundonnell]

We'll be waiting. 

Gosh(that's the British way of saying something I can think of other words for ), you change your name so often that it's hard to keep track

As for doing other cities...yes, London, New York are feasible, Paris would be tricky! I will think about it once I have finished Moscow

[Renfield]

Have you done London already?


(Hearty congratulations for all this research, by the way: a valuable reference!)

[jwinter]

Nice job! 

[Dundonnell]

Thanks to you all for the nice compliments But if there are mistakes please do point them out!

[Lethevich]

Wikipedia has a handy template listing London orchestras:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:London_orchestras

[greg]

I'm considering doing some sort of database, but as a text file, with a ton of orchestras in it.

Okay, so I'll do Vienna, unless anyone else wants to do it. Then I'll need an editor.

[ChamberNut]

Interesting lists!  I did not realize who some of the principal conductors were at various times/locations.  Tres cool!

[greg]

Vienna Philharmonic   

Subscription Conductors

* Otto Nicolai (1842-1848)
* Karl Anton Eckert (1854-1857)
* Felix Dessoff (1860-1875)
* Hans Richter (1875-1882)
* Wilhelm Jahn (1882-1883)
* Hans Richter (1883-1898)
* Gustav Mahler (1898-1901)
* Joseph Hellmesberger, Jr. (1901-1903)
* Felix Weingartner (1908-1927)
* Wilhelm Furtwängler (1927-1930)
* Clemens Krauss (1929-1933)   

Guest Conductors (since 1933)

* Bruno Walter
* Fritz Busch
* Arturo Toscanini
* Richard Strauss
* Josef Krips
* Wilhelm Furtwängler
* Hans Knappertsbusch
* Sir John Barbirolli
* Erich Kleiber
* Karl Böhm
* Herbert von Karajan
* Rafael Kubelík
* George Szell
* Carl Schuricht
* Carlos Kleiber
* Wolfgang Sawallisch
* Carlo Maria Giulini
* Sir Adrian Boult
* Leonard Bernstein
* Seiji Ozawa
* Claudio Abbado
* James Levine
* Lorin Maazel
* Simon Rattle
* Mstislav Rostropovich
* André Previn
* Giuseppe Sinopoli
* Václav Neumann
* Riccardo Muti
* Georges Prêtre
* Valery Gergiev
* Nikolaus Harnoncourt
* Pierre Boulez
* John Eliot Gardiner
* Roger Norrington
* Marcello Viotti
* Christian Thielemann
* Franz Welser-Möst
* Daniele Gatti
* Gilbert Kaplan
* Mariss Jansons
* Daniel Barenboim
* Simone Young
* Pierre Monteux   
* Jonathan Nott
* Daniel Harding
* Zubin Mehta
* Willi Boskovsky
* Georg Solti
* Gunter Wand
* Eugene Ormandy


Vienna Symphony
* 1900-1925 Ferdinand Löwe
* 1920s-1930s Wilhelm Furtwängler (as director of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde)
* 1933-1940s Oswald Kabasta
* 1946-1948 Hans Swarowsky
* 1948-1960 Herbert von Karajan (as director of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde)
* 1960-1970 Wolfgang Sawallisch
* 1970-1973 Josef Krips (artistic advisor)
* 1973-1976 Carlo Maria Giulini
* 1980-1982 Gennady Rozhdestvensky
* 1986-1991 Georges Prêtre (principal guest conductor)
* 1991-1996 Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
* 1997-2005 Vladimir Fedoseyev
* 2005-present Fabio Luisi

Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
* Milan Horvat (1969–1975)
* Leif Segerstam (1975–1982)
* Lothar Zagrosek (1982–1986)
* Pinchas Steinberg (1989–1996)
* Dennis Russell Davies (1996–2002)
* Bertrand de Billy (2002–)


Tonkünstler Orchestra
* 1933-1939 Leopold Reichwein
* 1939-1943 Bert Costa
* 1944-1945 Friedrich Jung
* 1946-1951 Kurt Wöss
* 1951-1964 Gustav Koslik
* 1964-1975 Heinz Wallberg
* 1975-1978 Walter Weller
* 1978-1988 Miltiades Caridis
* 1988-1994 Isaac Karabtchevsky
* 1994-2000 Fabio Luisi
* 2000-2003 Carlos Kalmar
* 2004-present Kristjan Järvi

[greg]

Let's all get as many as we can and then make a thread with a pin in it (forgot what's it's called) and just put them all out on a single post.

[Dundonnell]

Let's all get as many as we can and then make a thread with a pin in it (forgot what's it's called) and just put them all out on a single post.

Or just move your last(excellent!) post to a separate thread "Orchestras in Vienna"?