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I sit quietly for a time enveloped by glowing midnight-blue glass walls and a giant ‘floating’ Jesus looking at me in this Kaiser-Wilhelm Memorial Hall.
This modern octagonal structure sits as an anti-war memorial next to the bombed-out hulk of the original church since 1961.
Popular classics performed beautifully by the Berlin chamber Orchestra, and some excellent soloists. I’m also a sucker for a Toccata and Fugue on the Schuke organ with its 63 registers and more than 5,000 pipes.
I was drawn more into the music tonight than listening in a concert hall or at home. The lady who sold me the ticket gave me the choice of being near the cello or amongst the violins. I chose the violins – the horse hair of the bow was swishing at such a pace across the strings I could almost feel the friction.