Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro – overture 5'
Kareem Roustom
Ramal 12'
UK premiere
Ayal Adler
Resonating Sounds 12'
UK premiere
interval
Ravel
Rapsodie espagnole 17'
Alborada del gracioso 7'
Pavane pour une infante défunte 8'
Boléro 16'
West–Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim conductor
The West–Eastern Divan Orchestra and Daniel Barenboim return for a colourful Spanish-flavoured evening.
We begin just outside Seville in Mozart's vivacious Figaro overture, before drifting into the dreamy Spanish nights of Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole.
Dreams give way to convulsing, urgent dance as we reach the Rapsodie's latter movements – a preview of the rhythmic intensity of the composer's Boléro.
Also featuring here are two works newly composed for the orchestra – both exploring the musical junctions of East and West.