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Empty Space in a Land of Shadows: close of A Festival of New Music at the Pierre Boulez Saal

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“wraiths brought together for a ghostly gig in Berlin”
Reviewed at Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin on 12 July 2020
Boulez, Dérive 1
Rivet, Terre d'ombres, for solo flute (World premiere)
Widmann, Empty space, for five players (World premiere)
Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, Piano
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute
Jörg Widmann, Clarinet
Tibor Reman, Clarinet
Michael Barenboim, Violin
Astrig Siranossian, Cello
Giuseppe Mentuccia, Conductor
Dominic Oelze, Percussion
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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