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BBC Proms 2006

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Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts the European Union Youth Orchestra as they perform Shostakovich's Symphony No 4 before Promenaders at London's Royal Albert Hall. There's also a rendition of Mozart's Turkish violin concerto (No 5 in A, K219) by Janine Jansen that is preceded by (K)ein Sommernachtstraum, or (Not) A Summer Night's Dream - Alfred Schnittke's mischievous response to a request for a Shakespeare-related work.
Introduced by Natasha Kaplinsky.

(The concert is also live on BBC Radio 3 from 6.30pm)
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(Mozart at the Proms is on Wednesday at 10.45pm on BBC1)

(Digital viewers can access synchronised programme notes by pressing the red button on the handset)
Homes & Antiques magazine includes a feature on the history of the Proms in its September issue. Out now, £3.30

Contributors

Presenter:
Natasha Kaplinsky
Musicians:
European Union Youth Orchestra
Conductor:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Violinist:
Janine Jansen
Director:
Ian Russell
Series Editor:
Oliver Macfarlane
Source: Radio Times

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