Daniel Barenboim and his West–Eastern Divan Orchestra
Legendary pianist Martha Argerich joins the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra for Liszt’s First Piano Concerto in E flat, before an all-Wagner second half.
In 2020, Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3 is bringing together musical greats, from the past and the present, in one extraordinary Proms season. Radio 3 is broadcasting the best of four decades of unmissable Proms concerts. Tonight, a memorable concert from the 2016 season, when Daniel Barenboim paired his orchestra of young Arabs and Israelis with the iconic pianist Martha Argerich in a thundering performance of Liszt’s First Piano Concerto. The concert begins with a work by Jörg Widmann. Entitled Con brio, it harnesses the energy of Beethoven’s fast movements in an ‘exercise in fury and rhythmic insistence’. Barenboim – who conducted Wagner’s Ring cycle at the Proms in 2013 – concludes with powerful excerpts from three of the composer’s most popular works.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Jörg Widmann: Con brio
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
c. 8.10pm
Interval
c.8.25pm
Wagner: Tannhäuser – Overture
Wagner: Götterdämmerung – Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
Wagner: Götterdämmerung – Siegfried's Death and Funeral March
Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg – Overture
Martha Argerich (piano)
West–Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
(From the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Proms 2016, 17 August)
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Jörg Widmann
Con brio
Orchestra: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. -
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Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major, S.124
Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. -
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Franz Schubert
Rondo in A major for piano duet, D.951
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Daniel Barenboim. -
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Richard Wagner
Tannhauser - Overture
Orchestra: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. -
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Richard Wagner
Gotterdammerung - Dawn Music and Siegfried's Rhine Journey
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Richard Wagner
Gotterdammerung - Siegfried's Funeral March
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Richard Wagner
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg - Prelude
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Richard Wagner
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg - Prelude to Act 3
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Richard Wagner
Lohengrin - Prelude to Act 3
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Violin Concerto No 1 (3rd mvt)
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- Mon 3 Aug 2020 19:30Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3
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