Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Joana Mallwitz

In Beethoven’s cheerful Second Symphony from 1802, contemporaries detected something new and profound—reviews spoke, for example, of great “depth, power, and artistic erudition.” Later critics often overlooked this. For them, it was not until his world-famous “Third Symphony”—composed a year later and named “Eroica”—that the composer broke away from his role models Haydn and Mozart. For some time now, however, it has once again been appreciated for its own merits.While 2027 marks the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin – founded in 1952 as the Berliner Sinfo