At the Brandenburg Gate a rich and varied programme covering every aspect of the fall of the Berlin Wall awaits you. The programme includes music, discussion and videos.
1 min reading time
(as at 14 October 2014, changes possible)
| as of 12 noon | Public rehearsal of the Staatskapelle with Daniel Barenboim |
| as of 14:00 | Opening of the afternoon programme. Taking you through the afternoon Shary Reeves and Erkan Arikan; interview with the Plauener Gruppe |
| ca. 15:00 | OTTO NORMAL (this year the band became official youth ambassador with its "Musik macht Schule" project, which offers workshops for children and young people with disabilities) |
| ca. 15:30 | Breakdance |
| ca. 15:45 | Mine, German folk music with hip hop, jazz and electronic influences |
| ca. 16:15 | "Der Duft des Westens" (The smell of the West), film and interview with directors Mark Huff and Arne Breusing |
| ca. 16:30 | Beat’n Blow, Berlin beat combo |
| ca. 16:55 | Clueso |
| 18:00 | Musical opening of the evening programme, commemoration of the victims who lost their lives at the Berlin Wall |
| 18:05 | Peter Gabriel with the orchestral version of "Heroes" |
| 18:10 | Word of welcome by Jan Josef Liefers, who will take us through the evening |
| ca. 18:15 | Talk with civil rights activists and a look back at the time before the Berlin Wall was built and at the GDR era; appearance of Silly and the 200-strong Bürgerchor (Berliner Figuralchor, Cantores minores, Karl-Forster-Chor) |
| ca. 18:45 | Clueso and DIE FANTASTISCHEN VIER perform to mark the 25th anniversary of German reunification |
| ca. 19:15 | Official opening of the border of lights "Balloons of freedom" with Klaus Wowereit, Governing Mayor of Berlin |
| ca. 19:20 | Staatskapelle with Daniel Barenboim - Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (Fourth Movement) |
| as of 19:50 | Udo Lindenberg |
| as of 20:30 | Paul Kalkbrenner |