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When I started studying Dérive ... I couldn't really read the first three pages of the score. I got a recording that Pierre had conducted. So I had the score on my lap and I put the CD on – and I still couldn't follow the damn thing. It was so complex and so fast. But then I grew to understand it and to love it. And it is a masterpiece of the first order.
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Pope Benedict to attend La Scala Beethoven concert
-- Pope Benedict XVI will attend a concert at the La Scala opera house of Beethoven's Ninth symphony conducted by Daniel Barenboim .The June 1 concert is part of the pope's Milan visit for the World Encounter of Families, which deals with issues relating to Read more »
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Israeli orchestra strikes note of controversy with Wagner work
A seven-decade old cultural taboo will be broken next month when an Israeli symphony orchestra will play works by Richard Wagner inside the country for the first time since the state's foundation in 1948. The Eretz Israel orchestra, the pre-state forerun 5/30/12 from The Independent Read more »
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Muti to conduct concert for pope
CHICAGO, May 7 (UPI) -- The Chicago Symphony Orchestra says its music director, Riccardo Muti, will lead Rome's Teatro dell'Opera in a concert to honor Pope Benedict XVI. Friday's musical program of Vivaldi and Verdi will be a tribute to mark the seventh from United Press International Read more »
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'Zionist' Barenboim's Qatar concert cancelled
Qatari authorities decided to cancel the performance of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra which is conducted by Daniel Barenboim a known supporter of the Palestinian cause. So why has the concert been cancelled? That depends on who you ask. The West-Easte from Ynetnews Read more »
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Deutsche Grammophon Releases All-New Recording of Daniel Barenboim conducting Bruckner’s Symphony no. 7 with the Staatskapelle Berlin
Universal Classics continues its commitment to conductor Daniel Barenboim with this new release on Deutsche Grammophon of Bruckner’s Symphony no. 7 in E major featuring the Staatskapelle Berlin. Recorded live in the Berlin Philharmonie in June, 2010, thi from Net New Music Read more »
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Lineup for Cultural Olympics Festival Announced
Daniel Barenboim will conduct the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in a complete Beethoven symphony cycle culminating on July 27, the opening night of the London Olympics. (Daniel Barenboim) The lineup for the London 2012 Festival—a major celebration to coin from The Epoch Times Read more »
