The ensemble works to establish dialogue between the cultures of the Middle East through the experience of playing music together, and has gained cultural and musical respect all over the world. The concert proves that it can bear comparison with veteran orchestras, even in familiar repertory staples. Combining technical polish and security, tonal beauty and transparency with youthful expression, passion and exuberance, the ensemble plays music by Beethoven, Brahms and others. The event was broadcast live from the Palacio de Carlos V, Alhambra in Spanish Granada, thus hundreds of thousands of viewers across Europe were able to experience Barenboim’s conducting and this special orchestra.
Brahms, Johannes : Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Beethoven, Ludwig van : Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72a
Bottesini: Fantasia on Themes by Rossini