Berlin 03-02-2010
The uplifting conclusion to Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin’s extraordinary four-concert stint at the Royal Festival Hall in London could not have been better scripted.
Barenboim had insisted on programming Schoenberg’s exquisitely succinct 5 Orchestral Pieces – a notoriously challenging composer – alongside a piano concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven – a notorius crowd pleaser.
Barenboim is a remarkable man. Preceding the [...] Continue Reading…
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