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Prom 46 : la fiesta du West-Eastern Divan Orchestra sous la baguette bienveillante de Daniel Barenboim

By Martin Arnaud, 21 August 2014
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“Un orchestre cosmopolite qui n'a pas fini d'éblouir.”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 20 August 2014
Programme
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492: Overture
Roustom, Ramal (UK première)
Adler, Resonating Sounds (UK première)
Ravel, Rapsodie espagnole
Ravel, Alborada del gracioso
Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel, Boléro
Performers
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, Conductor
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Marking 25 years of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim returns to the Proms with violin legend Anne-Sophie Mutter. 

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Daniel Barenboim offered an unusually Germanic take on César Franck, while section leaders Michael Barenboim and Kian Soltani pulled double duty as soloists in Brahms' Double Concerto.
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Zoltán Szabó, 17th December
A mixed performance from Bonn, but there was magic from Barenboim's fingers in the Third Piano Concerto.
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Resounding: Barenboim brings music back to the Pierre Boulez Saal
Hugo Shirley, 14th August
The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra presents a superb programme executed with power and urgency to herald the return of public music-making at the Pierre Boulez Saal.
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Bluster and conviction from Argerich and Barenboim
Mark Thomas, 12th 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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Martin Arnaud
Martin Arnaud
Martin Arnaud graduated from ESSEC Business School, he has worked with various festivals, orchestras and venues including Opéra de Paris, Radio France, Festival Chopin, Festival des Arcs, Institut français du Royaume-Uni, following his passion for classical music.