Chamber Music V: This is a joke

Paul Hindemith [1895 - 1963].
Overture to FLIEGENDEN HOLLÄNDER, as played by a bad spa band at the fountain at 7 a.m. for string quartet

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [1756 - 1791]
Ein musikalischer Spaß KV 522 for two violins, viola, bass and two horns

Erik Satie [1866 - 1925]
Sonatine Bureaucratique for piano

György Sándor Ligeti [1923 - 2006]
Six Bagatelles for woodwind quintet

Charles Edward Ives [1874 - 1954]
"General William Booth enters into Heaven"
and other songs for voice and piano

The selection of works and the dramaturgical conception of the Tischlereikonzerte are in the hands of the musicians of the orchestra. They are inspired by the new productions or revivals of the opera programme to create stimulating themes and unusual programmes that are unparalleled in their musical range in Berlin.