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Distance, intimacy and personality: a memorable program at the Pierre Boulez Saal

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“Pahud... not forgoing the emotional impetus, even volatility, of the score”
Reviewed at Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin on 11 July 2020
Boulez, Mémoriale
Manoury, Soubresaura, for solo flute (World premiere)
Neuwirth, coronAtion II: Naufraghi del mondo che hanno ancora un cuore (World premiere)
Attahir, Bayn Athnyn, for violin (or viola) and piano (World premiere)
Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, Piano
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute
Michael Barenboim, Violin, Viola
Jiyoon Lee, Violin
Matthias Glander, Clarinet
Sarah Jégou-Sageman, Violin
Petra Schwieger, Violin
Yulia Deyneka, Viola
Volker Sprenger, Viola
Katrin Spiegel, Viola
Astrig Siranossian, Cello
Igancio García Vidal, French horn
Sebastian Posch, French horn
Joy and hope from Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
*****
Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan return to the BBC Proms
***11
Clumsy Liszt, listless Berlioz from Barenboim and the Staatskapelle
Don Giovanni laughs off his own death at Staatsoper Berlin
***11
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra shows its stars at the Salzburg Festival
****1
Daniel Barenboim steps in to conduct Brahms at Berlin Philharmonie
****1
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