| Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) | Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, Op.15 | |
| Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) | Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), Op.40 |
| Staatskapelle Berlin | |
| Daniel Barenboim | Conductor |
| Martha Argerich | Piano |
Daniel Barenboim returns to his London home to perform with Martha Argerich and the orchestra of the Berlin State Opera.
'The Berlin Staatskapelle, the orchestra of Barenboim's home-base opera house, just can't put a finger wrong' (Jessica Duchen in The Independent)
As part of Southbank Centre's The Barenboim Project, Barenboim applies his extraordinary musicianship to Richard Strauss' orchestral tone poem Ein Heldenleben. This soaring, colourful depiction of 'a hero's life', comes complete with blazing trumpets, angular squeaks and snarls to suggest the pettiness of his adversaries and tender melodies to conjure the hero's companion.
Martha Argerich - the pianist that has been described as 'both a poet and a tiger on stage' - performs a much-loved staple of her repertoire, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1.
