Proms 48 and 49 – West-Eastern Divan Orchestra/Barenboim

Royal Albert Hall, LondonWith its membership largely made up of young Arab and Israeli players, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra has represented an astonishingly moving act of creative co-existence since it was founded by Daniel Barenboim and the late Edward Said in Weimar 10 years ago. In the first of its Proms under Barenboim, the orchestra paid homage to its city of origin with music by Liszt – who led Weimar's musical life in the mid-19th century – plus two of the composers h...

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