Prom 2: Daniel Barenboim conducts Sibelius and Elgar

15 Jul 2017, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Sat 15 Jul 2017 Next Event

Proms 2017 Prom 2: Daniel Barenboim conducts Sibelius and Elgar

19:30 Sat 15 Jul 2017 Royal Albert Hall

Daniel Barenboim and the mighty Staatskapelle Berlin launch this year鈥檚 cycle of Elgar symphonies with the thrilling emotional extremes of the Symphony No. 1. Lisa Batiashvili joins the orchestra for Sibelius鈥檚 exhilarating Violin Concerto.

Programme

- - Jean Sibelius
  - Violin Concerto(33 mins)
- - interval
- - Edward Elgar
  - Symphony No. 1 in A flat major(52 mins)

Performers

Lisa Batiashvili
violin
violin
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

Fresh from two remarkable Elgar recordings with his Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim launches this year's cycle of Elgar symphonies with a performance of the First 鈥� a work of thrilling emotional contrasts and a slow movement of Mahlerian richness and beauty.

He pairs it with one of the great Romantic violin concertos, once described by musicologist Donald Francis Tovey as 'more original, more masterly and more exhilarating' than any of its rivals, in which former 鲍鱼tv Radio 3 New Generation Artist Lisa Batiashvili is the soloist.

Tickets for this concert are now very limited. However Daniel Barenboim is also conducting Staatskapelle Berlin in Prom 4 on Sunday 16 July. See below for more details.

Image: Daniel Barenboim 漏 Monika Ritterhaus