Daniel Barenboim and the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra
Beethoven symphony cycle on radio and television
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.     20 – 27 July 2012
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Listen to each concert live on BBC radio 3 and watch on BBC TV
Daniel Barenboim directs his first Beethoven symphony cycle in London – and becomes the first conductor since Henry Wood in 1942 to survey all nine symphonies in a single Proms season. Each of the five concerts also offers the opportunity to hear the music of Pierre Boulez – like Beethoven, one of the great musical revolutionaries. The dynamic West–Eastern Divan Orchestra – famously bringing together Arab and Israeli players to form less ‘an orchestra for peace’ than ‘an orchestra against ignorance’ – goes far beyond the symbolic in its goal of building bridges through music
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Friday 20 July 2012 at 19.30, Royal Albert Hall

Prom 9: Beethoven Cycle – Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major
Boulez: Dérive 2

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra  Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

Review from The Telegraph

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 Saturday 21 July 2012 at 19.30, Royal Albert Hall

Prom 10: Beethoven Cycle – Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major
Pierre Boulez: Dialogue de I’ombre double

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’

Jussef Eisa (clarinet)  IRCAM (live electronics)
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra  Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

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Monday 23 July 2012 at 19.30, Royal Albert Hall

Prom 12: Beethoven Cycle – Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major ‘Pastoral’

Pierre Boulez: Mémoriale (‘… explosante-fixe …’ Originel)

Pierre Boulez: Messagesquisse

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor

Guy Eshed –  flute.  Hassan Moataz El Molla – cello,
West–Eastern Divan Orchestra.  Daniel Barenboim conductor

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Tuesday 24 July 2012 at 19.00, Royal Albert Hall

Prom 13: Beethoven Cycle – Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Pierre Boulez: Anthèmes 2

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Michael Barenboim (violin).   IRCAM (live electronics)
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.   Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

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Friday 27 July 2012 at 18.30, Royal Albert Hall

Prom 18: Beethoven Cycle – Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral

Review from The Guardian

Programme notes from the Proms

Photo slide show

An impressive team of soloists joins the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra to project the finale’s inclusive vision of hope, reconciliation and hard-won triumph.

What better to mark today’s opening of the London 2012 Olympics than Beethoven’s ultimate hymn to universal brotherhood?

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’

National Youth Choir of Great Britain
West–Eastern Divan Orchestra.   Daniel Barenboim conductor
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And if you can’t get enough Beethoven – he is Composer of the Week on radio 3
Monday – Friday  23rd – 27th July
available on iPlayer for 7 days afterwards
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