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Prom 52/Schnittke, Shostakovich

大象传媒 Proms 2009: LSO/Valery Gergiev in Schnittke: Nagasaki, with Elena Zhidkova (mezzo-soprano) and the London Symphony Chorus. Shostakovich: Symphony No 8 in C minor.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

大象传媒 Proms 2009:

A Prom featuring the LSO and its Russian conductor Valery Gergiev performing Shostakovich's wartime symphony No 8. It is paired with an early work by Schnittke, written in response to the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. Introduced by Suzy Klein.

Elena Zhidkova (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)

Schnittke: Nagasaki
Shostakovich: Symphony No 8 in C minor

4.00pm
Purcell and his forebears

Purcell: Suite from Dioclesian
Ars Nova Copenhagen
Concerto Copenhagen
Andrew Lawrence-King (conductor)

Tallis: Why Fum'th in Fight
Byrd: Vigilate
Stile Antico

Purcell: O sing unto the Lord, Psalm 96
Ars Nova Copenhagen
Concerto Copenhagen
Andrew Lawrence-King (conductor)

Tallis: Come Holy Ghost
Byrd: Spiritus Domini; Confirma hoc Deus; Factus est repente
Stile Antico.

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Mon 7 Sep 2009 14:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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