Prom 34: West Eastern Divan Orchestra

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Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom

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Programme

Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)	Symphony no. 8 in B minor "Unfinished", D.759
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)	Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, Op.23
Lutosławski, Witold (1913-1994)	Concerto for Orchestra
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	Egmont, Op.84: Overture

Performers

Martha Argerich	Piano
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim	Conductor

Daniel Barenboim and his West–Eastern Divan Orchestra return to the Proms with a programme of emotion and sensation. Legendary Argentine pianist Martha Argerich is the soloist in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 – an outpouring of Romantic intensity sustained from the arresting opening chords right through to the thrilling finale. Polish folk dances pulse through Lutosławski’s vibrant Concerto for Orchestra, with its echoes of Stravinsky and Bartok. Its bracing rhythmic energy and reticent beauty offer the perfect foil to the melodic richness of Tchaikovsky’s concerto.

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Bluster and conviction from Argerich and Barenboim

Mark Thomas, 13th August

There was vibrancy and subtlety in these cultured performances of Schubert and Lutosławski, with Martha Argerich still showing how it’s done with ‘that’ Tchaikovsky concerto.

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