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August 6, 2012
The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
In 1999, conductor Daniel Barenboim and his good friend, author Edward Said, decided to found an orchestra made of up both Israeli and Arab musicians. Lots of people said they were crazy. Others said it might lead to peace in the Middle East. Barenboim is too much of an optimist and just enough of a pessimist to believe either argument. Still, he says what it can do is open up the dialogue between the two sides of the conflict. All this week, we'll hear Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in symphonies by Beethoven, from the Proms in London.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Franz Liszt
Concert Etude, S. 145, No. 1 (Forest Murmurs)
William Wolfram, piano
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
The Boston Symphony Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
Tanglewood Music Festival, Lenox, Massachusetts
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Franz Liszt
Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514
Denis Matsuev, piano
Verbier Festival and Academy, Verbier, Switzerland
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Alexander Scriabin
Etude in D sharp Minor, Op. 8, No. 12
Denis Matsuev, piano
Verbier Festival and Academy, Verbier, Switzerland
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Flute Sonata in E Minor, BWV 1034
Erik Bosgraaf, recorder, Francesco Corti, harpsichord
Oriol Martorell Hall, Barcelona, Spain
hour 2
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Felix Mendelssohn
Songs Without Words No. 2 in A Minor and No. 3 in A (Hunting Song), Op. 19
Daniel Barenboim, piano
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Leonard Bernstein
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Bil Jackson, clarinet, John Novacek, piano
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Colorado Springs, Colorado
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George Gershwin
Prelude No. 2
Michael Newman, guitar, Robert Bonfiglio, harmonica
Grand Canyon Music Festival, Grand Canyon, Arizona
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Adagio from Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, BWV 974
Alexandre Tharaud, piano, Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie, director
Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C , Op. 21
The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
