A dream of an evening with the West-Eastern Divan

Por Mark Pullinger, 19 agosto 2015

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“crouched, poised, ready to strike; a veritable panther of the percussion”

Crítica hecha desde Royal Albert Hall, Londres el 18 agosto 2015

Schönberg, Sinfonía de cámara núm. 1 en mi mayor, Op.9

Beethoven, Concierto para violín, violonchelo y piano en do mayor 'Triple concierto', Op.56

Chaikovskiï, Sinfonía núm. 4 en fa menor, Op.36

Sibelius, Valse triste, Op.44 no.1

Glinka, Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture

Carli, El Firulete

Guy Braunstein, Violín

Kian Soltani, Violonchelo

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Daniel Barenboim, Dirección, Piano

Joy and hope from Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Chris Garlick, 4th November

The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra are on fire with the joy of music-making to the delight of a very sympathetic and enthusiastic audience at London's Southbank Centre.

*****

Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan return to the BBC Proms

Asher Rubenstein, 11th August

Marking 25 years of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim returns to the Proms with violin legend Anne-Sophie Mutter.

***11

Heimat in der Fremde: Barenboim und das West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Alexandra Richter, 1st August

Barenboim feiert mit seinem israelisch-arabischen Orchester eine triumphale Rückkehr in die Konzertsäle Europas.

****1

Thomas Guggeis fédère la patrie du West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Augustin Javel, 5th May

L'ensemble multiculturel fait montre d'une belle cohésion dans le cycle de Smetana, sous la direction d'un Thomas Guggeis (remplaçant Daniel Barenboim souffrant) impeccable de bout en bout.

****1

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra shows its stars at the Salzburg Festival

Alexander Hall, 13th August

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.

****1

BTHVN 2020 celebrated in Bonn by Barenboim and the WEDO

Zoltán Szabó, 17th December

A mixed performance from Bonn, but there was magic from Barenboim's fingers in the Third Piano Concerto.

***11

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

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