Prom 9: Beethoven Cycle 鈥� Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

20 Jul 2012, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Fri 20 Jul 2012 Next Event

Proms 2012 Prom 9: Beethoven Cycle 鈥� Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

19:30 Fri 20 Jul 2012 Royal Albert Hall

Daniel Barenboim begins his Beethoven symphony cycle at the beginning, with the First and Second; plus Boulez鈥檚 D茅rive 2.

Programme

- - Ludwig van Beethoven
  - Symphony No. 1 in C major(25 mins)
- - Pierre Boulez
  - D茅rive 2(45 mins)
- - interval
- - Ludwig van Beethoven
  - Symphony No. 2 in D major(35 mins)

Performers

West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim
conductor
conductor

Composers

About this event

Daniel Barenboim directs his first Beethoven symphony cycle in London 鈥� and becomes the first conductor since Henry Wood in 1942 to survey all nine symphonies in a single Proms season.
His dynamic West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra 鈥� famously bringing together Arab and Israeli players to form less 'an orchestra for peace' than 'an orchestra against ignorance' 鈥� goes far beyond the symbolic in its goal of building bridges through music.

Expect further fireworks as Barenboim pairs Beethoven's revolutionary classics with music by one of today's senior musical figures, the ever-innovative composer-conductor Pierre Boulez, with whom Barenboim first collaborated in the mid-1960s.

听

Discover the Music Download a 3 minute audio guide in which Tom Service talks about Beethoven's 1st Symphony.

#BoulezGuide - read Tom Service's tweets about Boulez's听D茅rive 2.