Duration
104 Min
Daniel Barenboim & West-Eastern Divan Orchestra – Live in Geneva
Concert
Victoria Hall
Production Date: 06/08/2004
104 Min
Five years after its foundation by Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra perform a programme built on two pillars of the repertory in Geneva's Victoria Hall. Barenboim himself is the soloist in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, a work of rare drama, beauty and – especially in the final movement – sparkling virtuosity. After it comes the rich melody and orchestral sumptuousness of Tchaikovsky's grandly Romantic Symphony No. 5. Two encores, meanwhile, serve up melancholy and then drama, concluding this impressive showcase of an ensemble bringing together young musicians of Arab and Israeli backgrounds to promote harmony in a climate of political instability.
- Ensemble:
- West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
- Conductor:
- Daniel Barenboim
