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1 Aug 2018, Imperial College Union
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Proms 2018 Proms Plus Talk

Proms Plus Talk
Proms Plus Talk
17:15 Wed 1 Aug 2018 Imperial College Union
Ahead of tonight’s performance of Dvořák's Cello Concerto, Sir John Tusa and Marina Frolova-Walker discuss the cultural repercussions started by the upheaval across the Iron Curtain 50 years ago.
Ahead of tonight’s performance of Dvořák's Cello Concerto, Sir John Tusa and Marina Frolova-Walker discuss the cultural repercussions started by the upheaval across the Iron Curtain 50 years ago.

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1968: Mstilav Rostropovich as the tanks rolled in
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1968: Mstilav Rostropovich as the tanks rolled in
What happened in 1968? Looking back to the Proms when Czechoslovakia was invaded
Aug '18Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

About This Event

Ahead of tonight’s performance of Dvořák's Cello Concerto, famously played by Mstislav Rostropovich at the Proms 50 years ago as Soviet tanks entered Prague, Sir John Tusa and Marina Frolova-Walker discuss the cultural repercussions started by the upheaval across the Iron Curtain.

Edited version broadcast on Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3 during tonight's interval.

Booking is not required for this event. Entry is on a first-come-first-served basis (doors open from 30 minutes before the event begins; capacity is limited).

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