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Tue 21 Aug 2012

• 17:45

  Proms Plus Literary

  Royal College of Music

  Novelist Pat Barker and Revd Giles Fraser discuss what British writers can learn from the Russian classics, with readings from their personal favourites.

  Also part of

  For poets Proms Plus

  
• 19:30

  Prom 51: Glinka, Howard & Shostakovich

  Royal Albert Hall

  Andris Nelsons and the CBSO on firm ground with a Glinka overture and Shostakovich’s dramatic ‘Leningrad’ Symphony.

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  Andris Nelsons and the CBSO on firm ground with a Glinka overture and Shostakovich’s dramatic ‘Leningrad’ Symphony.

  Programme

  • • • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
      • Ruslan and Lyudmila – overture(5 mins)
    • • Emily Howard
      • Calculus of the Nervous System(15 mins)UK premiere
    • • interval
    • • Dmitry Shostakovich
      • Symphony No 7 in C major, 'Leningrad'(75 mins)

  Performers

  • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  • Andris Nelsons

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
  • Emily Howard
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

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