BBC Proms · SEASON 64
Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony
Episode 14 · 2010-08-19
- Documentary
Episode overview
From the Royal Albert Hall and introduced by Suzy Klein, the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Edward Gardner perform Shostakovich's iconic Fifth Symphony (A Soviet Artist's Reply to Just Criticism) which found huge favour with the Stalinist authorities in the 1930s and has since become internationally established as one of the great popular masterpieces of the 20th century. The programme also includes the Four Sea Interludes from Britten's opera Peter Grimes, and the world premiere of a new violin concerto by young British composer Huw Watkins, performed by Alina Ibragimova.
Season 64 episodes
1. Mahler's Symphony No 8 - Symphony of a Thousand2010-07-16
2. Bryn Terfel Sings Wagner's Meistersinger2010-07-17
3. Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony2010-07-22
4. Beethoven Night with the BBC Symphony Orchestra2010-07-23
5. Miracle on the Mersey2010-07-24
6. Dvorak's New World Symphony with the CBSO2010-07-29
7. Mark Elder Conducts Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony2010-07-30
8. Sondheim's Eightieth Birthday Celebration2010-07-31
9. Mahler's Third Symphony with the BBC SSO2010-08-05
10. Paul Lewis Plays Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto2010-08-06
11. World Orchestra for Peace2010-08-07
12. Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto2010-08-12
13. Bach Day2010-08-14
14. Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony2010-08-19
15. The Philharmonia Play Ravel and Arvo Part2010-08-20
16. The National Youth Orchestra2010-08-21
17. Sibelius's Second Symphony2010-08-26
18. Jamie Cullum Night2010-08-27
19. Rodgers and Hammerstein2010-08-29
20. Pictures at an Exhibition with the BBC NOW2010-09-02
21. Bruckner's Ninth Symphony2010-09-03
22. Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic2010-09-03
23. Doctor Who at the Proms2010-09-06
24. Last Night of the Proms 1910 Style2010-09-09
25. Doctor Who at the Proms Extended2010-09-10
26. Monteverdi's Vespers2010-09-10
27. Last Night of the Proms2010-09-11
28. Chopin and Ravel2010-10-29
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