BBC Proms 2019 Prom 34 - West–Eastern Divan Orchestra (320kbps .mp3)

Live at BBC Proms: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra with conductor Daniel Barenboim and pianist Martha Argerich in Schubert, Tchaikovsky and Lutosławski

01. Schubert - Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished'
01a. General introduction to BBC Proms 2019 Prom 34
02. Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
02a. Introduction to the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra
03. Lutosławski - Concerto for Orchestra
03a. Introduction to Lutosławski’s Concerto for Orchestra
04. Beethoven - Egmont Overture (encore)

Martha Argerich (piano)
West–Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

Daniel Barenboim and his West–Eastern Divan Orchestra return to the Proms with a programme of emotion and sensation.

Legendary Argentine pianist Martha Argerich is the soloist in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 – an outpouring of Romantic intensity sustained from the arresting opening chords right through to the thrilling finale.

Polish folk dances pulse through Lutosławski’s vibrant Concerto for Orchestra, with its echoes of Stravinsky and Bartok. Its bracing rhythmic energy and reticent beauty offer the perfect foil to the melodic richness of Tchaikovsky’s concerto.

05. Proms 2019 Prom 34, Proms interval
Professor Adrian Thomas and Professor Nicholas Reyland discuss the work that established Lutoslawski as a major composer in 1950s Poland, the Concerto for Orchestra, with presenter Andrew McGregor.


Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Kate Molleson
Broadcast: 12 August 2019