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BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican
J Prokofiev described his Second Symphony as being 'made of iron and steel', and it owes much to the early 20th-century vision of the machine age. The brilliant young Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider is the soloist in Prokofiev's
Second Violin Concerto, and Paavo Berglund, making a welcome return to the BBC Symphony Orchestra, completes the programme with Sibelius's final masterpiece, his Seventh Symphony.
Nikolaj Znaider(violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paavo Berglund Prokofiev Symphony No 2
8.10 Twenty Minutes: Political Geography On the day that Sven Hedin died 50 years ago, Christopher Cook follows the Swedish explorer's eastern expeditions through the mountains and deserts of Asia mapping the frontiers of empire, and his western political journey into the heart of darkness of Heinrich Himmler's SS.
8.30 Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 2, Op 63 Sibelius Symphony No 7

Contributors

Violinist:
Nikolaj Znaider
Violinist:
Paavo Berglund
Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Unknown:
Sven Hedin
Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Heinrich Himmler
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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