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Wed 17 Aug 2016

• 17:45

  Proms Extra

  Imperial College Union

  Musicologist Barbara Eichner explores Wagner’s writing for the orchestra.

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• 19:30

  Prom 43

  Royal Albert Hall

  Legendary pianist Martha Argerich – who celebrates her 75th birthday this year – joins the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra to perform Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1, before an all-Wagner second half.

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  Legendary pianist Martha Argerich – who celebrates her 75th birthday this year – joins the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra to perform Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1, before an all-Wagner second half.

  Programme

  • • • Jörg Widmann
      • Con brio(11 mins)
    • • Franz Liszt
      • Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major(18 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Richard Wagner
      • Tannhäuser – overture(14 mins)
      • Götterdämmerung – Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey(20 mins)
      • Götterdämmerung – Siegfried's Death and Funeral March
      • The Mastersingers of Nuremberg – Prelude to Act 1(10 mins)

  Performers

  • Martha Argerich

    piano
    piano
  • West–Eastern Divan Orchestra
  • Daniel Barenboim

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Jörg Widmann
  • Franz Liszt
  • Richard Wagner

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