Radio 3 in Concert: Beethoven Unleashed: 250th Anniversary Concert, Live from Bonn

On the occasion of Beethoven's 250th birthday, a grand ceremony including Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto and Fifth Symphony will take place in his home town Bonn on December 17, 2020 - which is Beethoven's day of baptism. The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra has been a constant in the international music world for more than 20 years. Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim founded it together with Edward W Said in 1999 to facilitate dialogue between the different cultures of the Middle East through the experience of making music together. This is the closing concert in a year-long celebration of Beethoven's music by the Beethoven Anniversary Society BTHVN 2020. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor; Symphony No 5 in C minor. West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, soloist and conductor Daniel Barenboim