Prom 43: 17.08.16 - Martha Argerich/Daniel Barenboim /West–Eastern Divan Orchestra

[gedsmk]

Just watched on telly,the encore was the best part of the concert,brought a tear to the eye.
You must have a heart of stone gedsmk

Don't be silly!

[kernelbogey]

I just watched the programme and am wondering if the Schubert Rondo is a piece the two of them used to play as children in Argentina. Perhaps a trip down memory lane?

Makes sense: I was struck by how they held hands continuously while not at the keyboard.

[Beef Oven!]

Don't be silly!

Come on, it was very touching.

[BBMmk2]

Makes sense: I was struck by how they held hands continuously while not at the keyboard.

Quite a touching evening seeing two old friends making music together and the Schubert Rondo was such a moving experience. I think this was perhaps going down memory lane for these two legends, and I don't use that word lightly!

[kernelbogey]

Quite a touching evening seeing two old friends making music together and the Schubert Rondo was such a moving experience. I think this was perhaps going down memory lane for these two legends, and I don't use that word lightly!

I believe that I shall see that encore in my mind's eye every time I hear this work in the future.

[Lancashire Lass]

I believe that I shall see that encore in my mind's eye every time I hear this work in the future.

I didn't know the piece at all. The melody flew into my mind this morning, couldn't remember where it was from, now it refuses to go away :-)

I was lucky enough to be there last week, was in tears by the end of the encore. It could have gone on all night as far as I was concerned, every time they repeated the main theme, it turned the emotional screws that bit more.

I had never seen (or really heard) Martha Argerich before, I couldn't believe how someone with so much power could have such a delicate touch in the lyrical sections of the Liszt. And she is so good to watch -- we were sitting opposite and could just see the tops of her hands. They glided up and down the keyboard as casually as if she were scrolling down her i-pad, and then she'd finish off each line with a little flourish of her wrist. Loved the way too she kept smoothing back errant wisps of hair in a very girly way -- no sign of that famous "uppity female" attitude dimming then :-)

[Richard Tarleton]

Loved the way too she kept smoothing back errant wisps of hair in a very girly way

Being easily amused by lookalikes, the resemblance between Marta and a certain lady classicist sprang unbidden to mind

[french frank]

Too long for an encore, certainly.

Or giving people their money's worth? But when people are out of sympathy with something, nothing can be said …

[richardfinegold]

I didn't know the piece at all. The melody flew into my mind this morning, couldn't remember where it was from, now it refuses to go away :-)

I was lucky enough to be there last week, was in tears by the end of the encore. It could have gone on all night as far as I was concerned, every time they repeated the main theme, it turned the emotional screws that bit more.

I had never seen (or really heard) Martha Argerich before, I couldn't believe how someone with so much power could have such a delicate touch in the lyrical sections of the Liszt. And she is so good to watch -- we were sitting opposite and could just see the tops of her hands. They glided up and down the keyboard as casually as if she were scrolling down her i-pad, and then she'd finish off each line with a little flourish of her wrist. Loved the way too she kept smoothing back errant wisps of hair in a very girly way -- no sign of that famous "uppity female" attitude dimming then :-)

The melody figured prominently in a movie starring Ralph Fiennes. I think the title was Winter. It is a multigenerational tale about a Jewish family in Hungary

[BBMmk2]

This was an encore that just had to be done, though. I am glad it did happen! In a word - sublime.

[Petrushka]

As noted above, Barenboim and Argerich played this same encore in April last year at a Staatskapelle Berlin concert in the RFH. It was wonderful then and, happily I was in the hall for this one too so had the pleasure of seeing them do the Schubert twice.

[Lancashire Lass]

The melody figured prominently in a movie starring Ralph Fiennes. I think the title was Winter. It is a multigenerational tale about a Jewish family in Hungary

Thanks Richard, I'll check it out!