West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

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Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage57th Street and, 7th Ave, New York City, New York, 10019, United States

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Programme

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	Symphony no. 4 in B flat major, Op.60
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	Symphony no. 3 in E flat major "Eroica", Op.55

Performers

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim	Conductor

For co-founder Daniel Barenboim, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra—made up of both Arab and Israeli musicians—is proof “that people who listen to each other, both musically and in all other ways, can achieve greater things.” Completing a Beethoven symphony cycle in under a week is a mighty feat, and Barenboim and the orchestra continue here with the Fourth and the mighty “Eroica.”

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What a difference a day makes: Barenboim and WEDO continue at Carnegie

David Allen, 3rd February

“Daniel Barenboim can be a frustrating... conductor”, I wrote after the first concert in this series of four, in which he and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra are presenting all nine of Beethoven’s symphonies. As if to prove the point, to follow that stunning concert of First, Eighth and Fifth, these forces delivered a maddeningly inconsistent Fourth and a far loftier but hardly flawless Eroica.

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