Daniel Barenboim returns with his orchestra of young Arabs and Israelis, and with another iconic musician, Martha Argerich.

Composer Jörg Widmann harnessed the energy of Beethoven’s fast movements in the ‘exercise in fury and rhythmic insistence’ that is his Con brio.

After Liszt’s thunderously virtuosic First Piano Concerto, Daniel Barenboim – who conducted Wagner’s Ring cycle at the Proms in 2013 – concludes with powerful excerpts from three of the composer’s operas.

Jörg Widmann
Con brio 11’

Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major 18’

interval

Wagner
Tannhäuser – overture 14’
Götterdämmerung – Dawn, Siegfried’s Rhine Journey and Funeral March 20’
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg – overture 10’

Martha Argerich piano

West–Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim conductor