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BBC Proms 2000

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Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Two powerful masterpieces dominate this 25th anniversary concert marking the death of Shostakovich on 9 August 1975. The music speaks eloquently for itself in the Michelangelo Sonnets - last reflections on the life of a creator - and in the titanic Symphony No 8.
Sergei Leiferkus (baritone), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor David Atherton

Shostakovich Suite on Verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti
8.10 Twenty Minutes: Poetry Proms Jo Shapcott, poet-in-residence at the Proms, introduces this evening's readings from the Serpentine Gallery by Maura Dooley and George Szirtes, including new work on one of this year's Proms themes - the power of music.
8.30 Shostakovich Symphony No 8

(Repeated Tuesday 15 August 2pm)
(Reader Event - Russian Concert: page 44)

Contributors

Baritone:
Sergei Leiferkus
Musicians:
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor:
David Atherton
Presenter (Twenty Minutes):
Jo Shapcott
Reader:
Maura Dooley
Reader:
George Szirtes
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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