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Daniel Barenboim & West-Eastern Divan Orchestra - Live from Alhambra

Nabil Shehata double bass | Kyril Zlotnikov cello
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim

EuroArts produces Alhambra Concert of the West Eastern Divan Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim - Millions of television viewers in Germany, France, Portugal, Greece and Finland experienced live the moving open-air concert within the highly symbolic ruins of the Alhambra in Granada. Music as a language of peace – this vision unifies the young musicians of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra who come from Israel, Palestine, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Europe. They perform side by side in the orchestra formed in 1999 by Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said. The orchestra has taken on the complex challenge of performing music to promote peace.

Repertoire

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No.3; Brahms: Symphony No.1; Bottesini: Fantasia on a theme by Rossini; Wagner: Tristan und Isolde “Liebestod“

Facts

Prog. No.
5553
Music genre
Orchestral Music
Length
104 mins
Director
Michael Beyer
Producers
EuroArts Music International, ZDF/ARTE
Production year
2006
Format
HD