Barenboim acted in front of a crowd and asked "do not forget about culture"

It proposes a concert shorter than envisaged and says to the public: These are difficult moments in Argentina, but the culture encourages "

I had already offered all the participants a concert short but no less beautiful, with this music that knows how to do so little, when he took the microphone and He approached the edge of the stage in a gesture of intimacy. People applauded him standing after listening to the polonaise of the third act of the opera
Tchaikovsky's Eugene Oneguin, which was the only reminder of the concert, and after once again thanking everyone present for being here and for the understanding given because of the change in the program, Daniel Barenboim decided to speak To leave an important message: "I know that Argentina is going through a difficult period, but it's something that we have a lot of experience, so I beg you only one thing, do not forget the culture.It is difficult, the first thing people think about leaving is the culture, but it's the one that encourages us and makes us happy, and do not think either that it's reserved for the privileged, it's not like that, just the opposite … permission to leave this little message and I greet and embrace all. "These are his words of goodbye addressed, at- he says, to all who attended this concert and to all the others that he has offered throughout these 10 days of celebration.

It was a week of gray and rain. Planning an outdoor concert, but as he had accepted the invitation that Daniel Barenboim himself had made to all those who wanted to approach the Vatican Square to enjoy the concert offered to Beside the Staatskapelle in Berlin, the sun decided to appear early. The willingness to attend was firm in many cases (as reported by the authorities of Teatro Colón, the number of participants exceeded 10,000 people), since the traffic did not make the task easy either. Because of the street cuts planned by the meeting of finance ministers, the presidents of central banks and the holders of international organizations of the Group of 20, who have been joined by other courts for the demonstration which has took place in protest against the IMF in Recoleta, there were many who had no choice but to walk on the last blocks.

In anticipation of all this, and wanting to have one of the chairs placed in front of the deck, there were those who came long before the time of the call. Already at 11:30, when the space was open to the public to start sitting, the line of people was almost around the theater. Four giant screens and sound columns have been strategically placed so that no one remains without seeing and listening.

"That this concert be done here meets this commitment we have since Columbus, that this beautiful music that provides one of the most important orchestras in the world and led by one of the musicians the more renowned can be enjoyed by all, "said María Victoria Alcaraz, general manager of Teatro Colón, the body responsible for coordinating this festival, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture. The nation and the federal system of media and public content

The entry of Barenboim could not cause less euphoria than that of his musicians, and it was so. Received with a joy that also represents the gratitude of having placed Buenos Aires on the musical calendar each year, he surprised his energy after leading three functions of
Tristán and Isolda and five symphonic concerts in a period of 10 days (there is yet another function of the opera to conclude the festival). The first thing he did was to thank and say that for him it is always very exciting to come back. "I was born in Arenales Street, just a few blocks from here, so imagine what I want to be here."

The beginning of the program, as planned, with the opening of
The b arbero de Sevilla, by Rossini, was the perfect setting. Unfortunately, because of the cold wind that continuously came onto the stage and did not allow the musicians or their instruments to be in the conditions required for the pieces that were originally intended, a change had to be made be done. Thus, the pieces Debussy and Stravinski were replaced by the third movement of the
Third Symphony by Brahms and, later, by the last movement of the
Fourth also from Brahms. An afternoon of music that, although being shorter than expected, was unforgettable.