Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Also: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	14th August 2018
To	14th August 2018
When	19:30
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
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Date of change: 5 Jun 18 - T01104905782

Prom 43 - Daniel Barenboim & West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Work:: Prom 43 (S5974)

Part of the BBC Proms.

Production:: Daniel Barenboim & West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (T01104905782)

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.

Performer	Elsa Dreisig (soprano)
Performer	Lisa Batiashvili (violin)
Company	West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Conductor	Daniel Barenboim

Listing:: L01647878259

Daniel Barenboim & West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

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.

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