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Beethoven Unleashed: 250th Anniversary Concert, Live from Bonn

Live from Old Plenary Hall, Bonn, Daniel Barenboim conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto and Fifth Symphony.

On the occasion of Beethoven's 250th birthday, a grand ceremony including Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto and Fifth Symphony will take place in his home town Bonn on December 17, 2020 鈥� which is Beethoven's day of baptism. The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra has been a constant in the international music world for more than 20 years. Renowned pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim founded it together with Edward W Said in 1999 to facilitate dialogue between the different cultures of the Middle East through the experience of making music together. The orchestra has performed the Beethoven symphonies in the world's great concert halls.

"Beethoven's music is universal," says Barenboim, "no matter where in the world - it speaks to all people.鈥�

This is the closing concert in a year-long celebration of Beethoven's music by The Beethoven Anniversary Society BTHVN 2020.

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor
Beethoven: Symphony No 5 in C minor
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (soloist and conductor)

2 hours, 58 minutes

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Thu 17 Dec 2020 19:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata in F major Op.24 (Spring) for violin and piano

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Resignation (Lisch aus, lisch aus, mein Licht!) WoO.149 for voice and piano

    Performer: Imogen Cooper. Singer: Ian Bostridge.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 5 in C minor

    Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Trio in E flat major Op.1`1 for piano and strings

    Ensemble: Leonore Piano Trio.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    An die ferne Geliebte Op.98

    Performer: Imogen Cooper. Singer: Ian Bostridge.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Zartliche Liebe (Ich liebe dich, so wie du mich) WoO.123 for voice and piano

    Performer: Imogen Cooper. Singer: Ian Bostridge.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata quasi una fantasia in C sharp minor, Op.27`2 'Moonlight'

    Performer: Paul Lewis.

Broadcast

  • Thu 17 Dec 2020 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3