BBC Proms 2012 - 13. Beethoven Symphonies 7 and 8

BBC Proms 2012 - 13. Beethoven Symphonies 7 and 8

Beethoven - Symphony No. 8 in F major (25 mins)
Pierre Boulez - AnthŠmes 2 (25 mins)
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A major (35 min)

Michael Barenboim violin
IRCAM live electronics
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim conductor

Daniel Barenboim continues his survey of Beethoven - whose music, he believes, 'speaks to all people'. Tonight, two Beethoven symphonies of dancing athleticism and universal appeal frame one of Pierre Boulez's mesmerising extensions of earlier works: AnthŠmes 2 is scored for violin and live electronics and its serenely beautiful expressivity may come as a surprise. Beethoven's ebullient Seventh, famously dubbed 'the apotheosis of dance', was the last piece conducted by Proms founder-conductor Henry Wood.


Beethoven - Symphony No. 8 in F major (25 mins)
Pierre Boulez - AnthŠmes 2 (25 mins)
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A major (35 min)

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