A dream of an evening with the West-Eastern Divan

Par Mark Pullinger, 19 août 2015

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

Critique faite à Royal Albert Hall, Londres, le 18 août 2015

Schönberg, Symphonie de chambre no. 1 en mi majeur, Op.9

Beethoven, Triple Concerto pour violon, violoncelle, et piano en ut majeur, Op.56

Tchaïkovski, Symphonie no. 4 en fa mineur, Op.36

Sibelius, Valse triste, Op.44 no. 1

Glinka, Rouslan et Ludmila : ouverture

Carli, El Firulete

Guy Braunstein, Violon

Kian Soltani, Violoncelle

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Daniel Barenboim, Direction, Piano

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

Beethoven et Bruckner all stars : Barenboim & co. à la Philharmonie

Nicolas Mathieu, 20th October

Rendez-vous au sommet à la Philharmonie : Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yo-Yo Ma, Daniel Barenboim et le West-Eastern Divan Orchestra ont livré des interprétations remarquables, tant dans Beethoven que dans Bruckner.

*****

Prom 46: une célébration amusée aux couleurs espagnoles

Martin Arnaud, 20th August

Devant un public euphorique, le West-Eastern Divan Orchestra a célébré la musique hispanisante dans un concert festoyant, sous la baguette bienveillante de Daniel Barenboim.

****1

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

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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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