Type: Gala Concert
Location: Berlin State Opera
Conductor: Julien Salemkour
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin, Germany
Soloists: Nicolaj Znaider (violin) Thomas Quasthoff (bass) Sylvia Schwartz (soprano)
Program: Various including excerpts from The Marriage of Figaro
Year: 2006

This gala-style program is organized as a sequence of distinct Mozart works. The concert opens with the overture to La clemenza di Tito, followed by the Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major (K.219) with Nicolaj Znaider. Vocal numbers include the soprano aria “Chi sa, chi sa, qual sia” (K.582) sung by Sylvia Schwartz and the bass aria “Per questa bella mano” (K.612) performed by Thomas Quasthoff. The central work is the Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (K.488), plus excerpts from The Magic Flute.