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Daniel Barenboim, Daleks and disco

The BBC today announced details of this summer’s Proms festival, which will feature 90 concerts over eight weeks. Daniel Barenboim will make a rare visit, conducting the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, which he and Palestinian-American academic Edward Said founded 25 years ago. The 81-year-old conductor has almost given up performing concerts due to a neurological condition… Read More »