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BBC Proms

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From the Royal Albert Hall, London.
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mark Wigglesworth.
Maria Ewing brings her famous portrayal of Salome to the Proms, in the company of two powerful orchestral scores.

Strauss Tod und Verkldrung, Op 24
Salome (closing scene)

8.15 Hidden Agenda
Gerard McBurney discovers a coded message of resistance to Stalinist tyranny in the finale of Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony.

8.35 Shostakovich Symphony No 5 in D minor

Contributors

Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Mark Wigglesworth
Salome:
Maria Ewing (soprano)
Herod:
Jeffrey Lawton (tenor)
Herodias:
Ann Howard (mezzo)
Presenter (Hidden Agenda):
Gerard McBurney
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

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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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