


Berlin: A Rick Phillips Music Tour
Apr 15-24, 2021
11 days | Germany | Music & Theatre
What’s included: Accommodation; most meals; sightseeing and guided walks with Whisper earphones; all entrance fees to sites visited with the group; Berlin six-day transit pass; Berlin three-day museum pass; Rick Phillips’s presentations; taxes and gratuities; fully escorted by Rick Phillips
Itinerary at a Glance
Day | Activity |
Rick has selected seven concerts for us - excellent seats. We will let you know as soon as tickets become available for purchase. | |
1 | Meet in Berlin, welcome dinner |
2 | Tour the historic ‘Mitte’ area, see the landmark Brandenburg Gate |
Performance: Mozart: Opera The Magic Flute at Staatsoper Unter den Linden | |
3 | Guided visit of the Boros Collection, a private gallery of contemporary art in a WWII-era bunker |
Performance: Concert with Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin at Konzerthaus. Mozart, J.C. Bach | |
4 | One of the world's finest collections of European Art at the Gemaldegalerie |
Performance: Concert with Deutsch SO/Robin Ticciati, Isabelle Faust at the Philharmonie, Schoenberg + Brahms Requiem | |
5 | Explore the Inner City with with a local architect |
Performance: Concert with the Bremen Chamber Phil./Albrecht Mayer. Konzerthaus. Mozart, Gossec | |
6 | Excursion to Potsdam to visit the glorious Sanssouci gardens and palace |
7 | Museum Island, Berlin’s treasure trove of art and artefacts |
Performance: Mozart: Don Giovanni at the Deutsche Oper Berlin | |
8 | Guided visit of the Pergamon Museum |
Performance: Concert with Berlin Phil./Yefim Bronfman at The Philharmonie. Brahms + Sibelius | |
9 | Visit the Museum of Musical Instruments, afternoon at leisure, celebratory dinner |
Performance: 1930, Concert with Staatskapelle Berlin/Sir Andras Schiff at Pierre Boulez Hall. All Bach | |
10 | Depart Berlin |
Your Tour Leader

Rick was the Host and Producer of SOUND ADVICE, the weekly guide to classical music and recordings, heard across Canada on CBC. He’s often a juror in the classical music categories for the Juno Awards. Rick holds a B. Mus. from McGill University and a M. Mus. from the University of Toronto.
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What’s included: Accommodation; most meals; sightseeing and guided walks with Whisper earphones; all entrance fees to sites visited with the group; Berlin six-day transit pass; Berlin three-day museum pass; Rick Phillips’s presentations; taxes and gratuities; fully escorted by Rick Phillips
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