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Prom 34: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra

Live at the 麻豆社 Proms. The West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra, with their conductor Daniel Barenboim and pianist Martha Argerich, perform Schubert, Tchaikovsky and Lutos艂awski.

Live at 麻豆社 Proms: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra with conductor Daniel Barenboim and pianist Martha Argerich in Schubert, Tchaikovsky and Lutos艂awski

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Kate Molleson

Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished'

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor

8.30pm
Interval: Proms Plus Talk: Professor Adrian Thomas and Professor Nicholas Reyland discuss the work that established Lutoslawski as a major composer in 1950s Poland, the Concerto for Orchestra, with presenter Andrew McGregor.

Witold Lutos艂awski
Concerto for Orchestra

Martha Argerich (piano)
West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

Daniel Barenboim and his West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra return to the Proms with a programme of emotion and sensation.

Legendary Argentine pianist Martha Argerich is the soloist in Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 1 鈥� an outpouring of Romantic intensity sustained from the arresting opening chords right through to the thrilling finale.

Polish folk dances pulse through Lutos艂awski鈥檚 vibrant Concerto for Orchestra, with its echoes of Stravinsky and Bartok. Its bracing rhythmic energy and reticent beauty offer the perfect foil to the melodic richness of Tchaikovsky鈥檚 concerto.

2 hours, 44 minutes

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished'

    Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra.
  • Witold Lutos艂awski

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
  • Witold Lutos艂awski

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Overture: Egmont

    Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
  • Judith Weir

    The Welcome arrival of rain for orchestra (conclusion)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • NMC.
  • Witold Lutos艂awski

    Variations on a theme of Paganini

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Rachmaninov:Suite No.2 /Ravel a Valse/Lutoslawski:/Paganini Variations - Argeric.
    • Philips.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Mon 12 Aug 2019 19:30

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