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West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim conductor

Liszt Les préludes (17 mins)
Wagner Tristan and Isolde - Prelude and Liebestod (18 mins)
interval
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique (55 mins)

It was in 1999 in Weimar, Germany, that the Israeli pianist-conductor Daniel Barenboim and the Palestinian-American cultural historian, the late Edward Said, jointly founded the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra – a unique ensemble bringing together young players from both sides of the Arab–Israeli divide in what Barenboim insists is not 'an orchestra for peace' but 'an orchestra against ignorance', and which is now universally acclaimed as simply a superb orchestra, however you label it.

To open our weekend celebrating the Divan's 10th anniversary, we return to its roots in Weimar, where, as the city's music director for over a decade, Liszt championed the works of both Wagner and Berlioz.

Kensington Gore
London
SW7 2AP