BBC Proms 2006

19th August 2006 Season 60 Episode 8

The Shostakovich centenary continues with Valery Gergiev conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre in the choral Symphony No 13 (Babi Yar), with bass soloist Sergei Alexashkin. Plus, one of Russia's leading violinists, Vadim Repin, performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto and the evening begins with Liadov's From the Apocalypse. Introduced by Michael Portillo from the Royal Albert Hall.

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Season 60 · Episode 9

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Highlights of two concerts earlier in the season. Maxim Vengerov plays Mozart's fourth violin concerto with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, and Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and Ravel's Piano Concerto in G, with Francois-Frederic Guy. Charles Hazlewood presents.

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