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Proms 2018 Prom 43: Daniel Barenboim & West–Eastern Divan Orchestra

Prom 43
Prom 43: Daniel Barenboim & West–Eastern Divan Orchestra
19:30 Tue 14 Aug 2018 Royal Albert Hall
Daniel Barenboim and his West–Eastern Divan Orchestra return for a concert that includes Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with soloist Lisa Batiashvil Scriabin’s The Poem of Ecstasy and the London premiere of David Robert Coleman’s Looking for Palestine.
Daniel Barenboim and his West–Eastern Divan Orchestra return for a concert that includes Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with soloist Lisa Batiashvil Scriabin’s The Poem of Ecstasy and the London premiere of David Robert Coleman’s Looking for Palestine.

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Daniel Barenboim and his pioneering West–Eastern Divan Orchestra return to the Proms for a concert marrying passion and politics.

One of the most richly Romantic works in the repertoire – Tchaikovsky’s heart-rending Violin Concerto, performed here by Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili – is paired with Scriabin’s ecstatic, orgiastic The Poem of Ecstasy, an attempt to bridge the divide between spirituality and sexuality in music.

At the centre of the concert is David Robert Coleman’s Looking for Palestine for soprano and orchestra, a work commissioned by the ensemble, and one that speaks to its uniquely political identity.

Please note that this event contains an update to the concert programme and running order from that in the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Proms 2018 Festival Guide

Image: Lisa Batiashvili © Sammy Hart/Deutsche Grammophon

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