| Main Performers | Elsa Dreisig - vocal,
Lisa Batiashvili - violin |
| Orchestra or Band | WestEastern Divan Orchestra |
| Set List | 'Violin Concerto, Tchaikovsky
INTERVAL
'Looking for Palestine, D R Coleman,
'The Poem of Ecstasy, Scriabin
ENCORE
'Nimrod', E Elgar |
| Performance Notes | Daniel Barenboim and his pioneering WestEastern Divan Orchestra return to the Proms for a concert marrying passion and politics.
One of the best-loved Romantic works in the repertoire Brahmss colourful, dance-filled Violin Concerto, performed here by Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili is paired with Scriabins ecstatic, orgiastic The Poem of Ecstasy, an attempt to bridge the divide between spirituality and sexuality in music.
At the centre of the concert is David Robert Colemans 'Looking for Palestine' for soprano and orchestra, a work commissioned by the ensemble, and one that speaks to its uniquely political identity.
Proms, Royal Albert Hall and London premiere of 'Looking for Palestine, D R Coleman. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2018/51),
Programme (RAHE/1/2018/91),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2018/38),
Digital Photographs,
Posters (RAHE/2/2018/26, 41) |
| Ticket Prices | £7.50-£100, £6 standing arena and gallery |