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Free Concert Webcast Today: Berlioz, Messiaen, and Dutilleux from Berlin

Broadcast tower topped by music note, globe in background

Today, March 20, 2018 at 3:00PM EST (GMT-4) there will be a free live webcast on the website of the Berlin Philharmonic, digitalconcerthall.com.  The Young German Philharmonic [Junge Deutsche Philharmonie], all conservatory students, will present a program featuring works by French composers.  Conductor David Afkham will direct the young musicians as they perform Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, Olivier Messiaen’s Les Offrandes oubliees, and Henri Dutilleux’s cello concerto Tout un monde lointain.  The last piece will feature renowned cellist Steven Isserlis.