Daniel Barenboim and his West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra
Legendary pianist Martha Argerich joins the West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra for Liszt鈥檚 First Piano Concerto in E flat, before an all-Wagner second half.
In 2020, 麻豆官网首页入口 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鈥檚 First Piano Concerto. The concert begins with a work by J枚rg Widmann. Entitled Con brio, it harnesses the energy of Beethoven鈥檚 fast movements in an 鈥榚xercise in fury and rhythmic insistence鈥�. Barenboim 鈥� who conducted Wagner鈥檚 Ring cycle at the Proms in 2013 鈥� concludes with powerful excerpts from three of the composer鈥檚 most popular works.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
J枚rg Widmann: Con brio
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
c. 8.10pm
Interval
c.8.25pm
Wagner: Tannh盲user 鈥� Overture
Wagner: G枚tterd盲mmerung 鈥� Dawn and Siegfried鈥檚 Rhine Journey
Wagner: G枚tterd盲mmerung 鈥� Siegfried's Death and Funeral March
Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg 鈥� Overture
Martha Argerich (piano)
West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
(From the 麻豆官网首页入口 Proms 2016, 17 August)
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J枚rg Widmann
Con brio
Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. -
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Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major, S.124
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Franz Schubert
Rondo in A major for piano duet, D.951
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Richard Wagner
Tannhauser - Overture
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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
Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. -
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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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Violin Concerto No 1 (3rd mvt)
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