BBC Proms
Season 66 Episode 3 - Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 1 and 2
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.
Episodes in Season 66
First Night of the Proms
180 min
Strauss and Sibelius
180 min
Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 1 and 2
180 min
Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 3 and 4
180 min
Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 5 and 6
180 min
Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 7 and 8
180 min
Beethoven's 9th Symphony
180 min
Bach's Mass in B minor
180 min
Bruckner's 8th Symphony
180 min
Handel's Water Music
180 min
A Fantasia of English Music
180 min
Bruckner's 6th Symphony
180 min
An Evening with Ivor Novello
180 min
Vaughan Williams Night
180 min
National Youth Jazz Orchestra
180 min
From the New World
180 min
National Youth Jazz Orchestra
180 min
The Romantics
180 min
Gilbert and Sullivan
180 min
Wallace and Gromit at the Proms
180 min
Wagner and Strauss
180 min
Elgar's First Symphony
180 min
Bernstein's Mass
180 min
Haitink Conducts the Vienna Philharmonic
180 min
Last Night of the Proms - Part 1
180 min
