ON THE OCCASION OF THE 20 TH BIRTHDAY OF THE WEST-EASTERN DIVAN ORCHESTRA BEETHOVEN TRIPLE CONCERTO ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER · YO-YO MA DANIELBARENBOIM WEST-EASTERN DIVANORCHESTRA BRUCKNER SYMPHONY NO. 9 PHILHARMONIE BERLIN BEETHOVEN TRIPLE CONCERTO ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER · YO-YO MA DANIELBARENBOIM WEST-EASTERN DIVAN ORCHESTRA BRUCKNER SYMPHONY NO. 9 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in C major, Op. 56 The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra celebrates its 20th anniver- “Triple Concerto” sary by giving a concert at the Berlin Philharmonie with world-renowned artists: Anne-Sophie Mutter and Yo-Yo Ma ANTON BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9 in D minor, WAB 109 perform Beethoven’s Triple Concerto together with Maestro Barenboim and the young musicians. Yo-Yo Ma, who played with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at their first concert 20 Violin Anne-Sophie Mutter Cello Yo-Yo Ma years ago, and Anne-Sophie Mutter, who made her debut with Piano & Conductor Daniel Barenboim the orchestra only this year, were named as honorary members Orchestra West-Eastern Divan Orchestra of the orchestra on the occasion of this event. “It is fascinating Video Director Andreas Morell to experience how brilliant, concentrated and at the same time relaxed these three world stars make music together and listen to each other. A masterpiece of harmony” (RBB24). The second part of the concert features Bruckner’s 9th Symphony, transcendental music which the composer himself dedicated to Length: approx. 110' “the dear God”. The symphony is unfinished not only because Cat. no. A 055 51303 0000 Bruckner died during the process of composition, but especially because it seems to perish in nothingness. The musicians of the A co-production of UNITEL and RBB West-Eastern Divan Orchestra are excellently prepared and play in cooperation with ARTE and Pierre Boulez Saal technically and tonal flawlessly. A magic moment. All rights reserved · credits not contractual · Different territories · Photos: © Monika Rittershaus · Flyer: mmessner.de Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Germany · Tel. +49.89.673469-630 · [email protected] www.unitel.de.