West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at the Proms

Synopsis

The orchestra’s London appearance, as part of the 120th anniversary Proms season, marked a significant date for Barenboim himself: he was celebrating 65 years (less a day) since making his debut in his native Buenos Aires. His programme cleverly contrasts the anti-Romantic terseness and crystalline beauty of Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony – “a taut, rhythmic performance with a fine sense of dramatic momentum” (Evening Standard) – with the tempestuous emotionalism of Tchaikovsky’s opus, where “the orchestra rose to all technical challenges in an interpretation of overwhelming energy and power” (The Guardian), while Beethoven’s Triple Concerto could almost serve as a paradigm for the orchestra’s egalitarian ethos where Barenboim and his partners “offered urbane poise, ideally suited to this relaxed, airily melodic work” (The Telegraph). PROGRAM Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony; Beethoven: Triple concerto; Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

Additional Info

• No: A025501460000
• Composer: Arnold Schoenberg, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pjotr Iljitsch Tchaikovsky
• Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
• Orchestra: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
• Artists: Guy Braunstein (violin), Kian Soltani (violoncello)
• Production year: 2015
• Run time: 02:13:00
• Producers: A co-production of BBC and UNITEL CLASSICA
• Format: HDTV 16:9

Disc Infos

• No. of Discs: 0