To open the West-Eastern Divan Festival, Daniel Barenboim leads the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at the Philharmonie Berlin in three of the best-known and most influential works of the Classical and Romantic repertoire. While Beethoven’s “Leonore” Overture No. 3 was first heard in Vienna in 1806, Schubert’s “Great” C-major Symphony did not reach an audience until more than ten years after the composer’s death. Just a few decades later, Richard Wagner took a revolutionary step toward musical modernism with Tristan und Isolde.
Ludwig van Beethoven - Overture “Leonore” No. 3 Op. 72bRichard Wagner - Prelude and Liebestod from “Tristan und Isolde” *** - ***Franz Schubert - Symphony No. 8 in C major D 944 “Great”