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Prom 4: Shostakovich's 'Leningrad' Symphony

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2018

Live at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic, under Chief Conductor Juanjo Mena, perform Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony. Mark Simpson is the soloist in Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto.

Live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic and Chief Conductor Juanjo Mena in Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony. They are joined by Mark Simpson for Magnus Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, presented by Clemency Burton-Hill

Magnus Lindberg: Clarinet Concerto

8pm Interval: Proms Plus Talk
An introduction to Shostakovich's 'Leningrad' Symphony with Anastasia Belina and David Nice, presented by Petroc Trelawny.

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Shostakovich: Symphony No 7 'Leningrad'

Mark Simpson (clarinet)
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)

In his final season as its Chief Conductor, Juanjo Mena leads the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic in a concert contrasting darkness and light. Magnus Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto is a modern classic, a glorious collision of tradition and innovation that is at once emotionally direct and ferociously virtuosic; a graduate of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3's New Generation Artist scheme and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Young Musician winner, Mark Simpson is the soloist. Darkness streaks across the second half with Shostakovich's heart-wrenching tribute to the Soviet victims of the Second World War - the powerful 'Leningrad' Symphony.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 16 Jul 2018 19:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music and featured items

  • Part 1

    Duration: 35:55

  • Interval

    Proms Plus - Shostakovich Leningrad Symphony

    Duration: 21:03

  • Part 2

    Duration: 01:16:15

  • Magnus Lindberg

    Clarinet Concerto

    Performer: Mark Simpson.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No 7 in C major, 'Leningrad'

  • Claude Debussy

    Cello Sonata in D minor

    Performer: Benjamin Britten. Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • Rostropovich and Britten Recital.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

Credit

Performer Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic

Broadcast

  • Mon 16 Jul 2018 19:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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