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BBC Proms 2006

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Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic. Tonight's programme opens with Szymanowski's impressionistic Violin Concerto No 1 featuring the brilliant virtuoso Frank Peter Zimmermann as soloist. After the interval Rattle leads his Berlin forces in a performance of Bruckner's Symphony No 7 in E, with its famous Adagio mourning Wagner it's a high point of the Austro-German symphonic repertory.
Introduced by Huw Edwards from the Royal Albert Hall.
Live on BBC Radio 3 from 6.30pm.

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Proms on Four continues tomorrow at 7.30pm on BBC4
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Contributors

Presenter:
Huw Edwards
Musicians:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Violinist:
Frank Peter Zimmermann
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Director:
Rhodri Huw
Series Editor:
Oliver Macfarlane
Source: Radio Times

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