Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: BBC PromsProgramme
| Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) | Symphony no. 8 in F major, Op.93 | |
| Boulez, Pierre (1925-2016) | Anthèmes II | |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) | Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op.92 |
Performers
| Michael Barenboim | Violin |
| IRCAM | Electronics |
| Daniel Barenboim | Conductor |
| West-Eastern Divan Orchestra |
Daniel Barenboim
continues his survey
of Beethoven –
whose music, he
believes, ‘speaks to
all people’. Tonight,
two Beethoven
symphonies of
dancing athleticism and universal appeal frame one
of Pierre Boulez’s mesmerising extensions of earlier
works: Anthèmes 2 is scored for violin and live
electronics and its serenely beautiful expressivity may
come as a surprise. Beethoven’s ebullient Seventh,
famously dubbed ‘the apotheosis of the dance’,
was the last piece conducted by Proms
founder-conductor Henry Wood.
continues his survey
of Beethoven –
whose music, he
believes, ‘speaks to
all people’. Tonight,
two Beethoven
symphonies of
dancing athleticism and universal appeal frame one
of Pierre Boulez’s mesmerising extensions of earlier
works: Anthèmes 2 is scored for violin and live
electronics and its serenely beautiful expressivity may
come as a surprise. Beethoven’s ebullient Seventh,
famously dubbed ‘the apotheosis of the dance’,
was the last piece conducted by Proms
founder-conductor Henry Wood.
