André de Ridder & Anna Lapwood

Experience an extraordinary journey of sound and transformation in the concert film “André de Ridder & Anna Lapwood.” The Rundfunk‑Sinfonieorchester Berlin, led by the visionary conductor André de Ridder, unites with masterful organ performances by Anna Lapwood to bring a program that spans contemporary innovation, cinematic resonance, and classic wonder. The evening opens with “Catamorphosis,” the 2020 masterpiece by Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdóttir, whose work embodies the rebirth of the phoenix, blending catastrophe and metamorphosis into a new artistic language. Following this, Max Richter’s “Cosmology” gifts listeners with ambient textures and the thunderous gravitas of the organ, amplified by an evocative women’s choir. The program then ventures into the spatial meditation of György Ligeti’s “Atmospheres,” before sweeping into the cinematic gravitas of Hans Zimmer’s “Interstellar”—with stirring organ solos from “Cornfield Chase” and the powerful “No Time for Caution.” Finally, the orchestra dares the celestial grandeur of Gustav Holst’s “The Planets” Suite, featuring the bold movements of “Mars,” “Venus,” “Uranus,” and “Jupiter,” all brought to life under Lapwood’s commanding organ presence. The girls’ choristers from the Choir of the Young Ensemble Berlin, guided by Carsten Schultze and Vinzenz Weissenburger, provide lyrical color throughout the night’s stellar journey. For more details and tickets, all the more information is available in the external links.