BBC Proms: Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 1 and 2

180mAired 2012-07-20

A special night at the BBC Proms, as Daniel Barenboim embarks on his complete cycle of Beethoven symphonies, becoming the first conductor since Henry Wood in 1942 to perform all nine symphonies in a single Proms season. He begins the journey with Beethoven's First and Second Symphonies, performed by his acclaimed West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, which famously brings together both Arab and Israeli musicians and which he describes as 'less an orchestra for peace' than 'an orchestra against ignorance'. Throughout this symphony cycle, Barenboim pairs the revolutionary and visionary music of Beethoven with one of the great musical innovators of our time, Pierre Boulez, and here he presents the intricate and shimmering soundworlds of Boulez's Dérive 2. Introduced by Suzy Klein.

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Episodes

Season

30 episodes

BBC Proms: Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 1 and 2

First Night of the Proms

Strauss and Sibelius

Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 1 and 2

Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 3 and 4

Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 5 and 6

Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 7 and 8

Beethoven's 9th Symphony

Bach's Mass in B minor

Bruckner's 8th Symphony

Handel's Water Music

A Fantasia of English Music

Bruckner's 6th Symphony

An Evening with Ivor Novello

Vaughan Williams Night

National Youth Jazz Orchestra

From the New World

National Youth Jazz Orchestra

The Romantics

Gilbert and Sullivan

Wallace and Gromit at the Proms

Wagner and Strauss

Elgar's First Symphony

Bernstein's Mass

Haitink Conducts the Vienna Philharmonic

Last Night of the Proms - Part 1

Last Night of the Proms - Part 2

Last Night of the Proms in 3D

Episode 29

Episode 30

Episode 31