Musicologist Marina Frolova-Walker and cultural historian Pauline Fairclough discuss Shostakovich and his Symphony No. 5.
One of Europe’s greatest orchestras returns to the Proms. In the first of two concerts they pair two contrasting symphonies – Beethoven’s joyous Second and Shostakovich’s Fifth, written under the shadow of his public humiliation under Stalin's regime.
One of Europe’s greatest orchestras returns to the Proms. In the first of two concerts they pair two contrasting symphonies – Beethoven’s joyous Second and Shostakovich’s Fifth, written under the shadow of his public humiliation under Stalin's regime.
Described as ‘the undisputed queen of African music’, three-time Grammy Award-winner Angélique Kidjo makes her Proms debut with her nine-piece band in late-night tribute to the celebrated salsa songstress Celia Cruz.