Can classical music be humorous? Absolutely, as the Berliner Philharmoniker and chief conductor Kirill Petrenko show in their 2026 New Year’s Eve Concert. Parodies of Haydn and Mozart in Prokofiev’s Symphonie Classique; Shostakovich’s witty Double Concerto for Piano and Trumpet; and a fireworks display of mischief in Richard Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks make for […]