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Proms 1991

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Philippe Bianconi (piano)
Orchestre de Paris conductor Semyon Bychkov

Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat (Emperor)

8.10 The Protective Mask of Buffoonery
Eric Roseberry considers the influence on Shostakovich of Mahler's use of tragic irony and the grotesque.

8.30 Shostakovich Symphony No 10

(Orchestre de Paris appears with support from the City of Paris)

Contributors

Pianist:
Philippe Bianconi
Musicians:
Orchestre de Paris
Conductor:
Semyon Bychkov
Presenter (The Protective Mask of Buffoonery):
Eric Roseberry
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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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