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BBC Proms 2006

BBC Radio 3
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Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Rob Cowan introduces the second of three Shostakovich anniversary concerts conducted by Valery Gergiev.
Sergei Alexashkin (bass), Vadim Repin (violin), Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre (Kirov Opera), conductor Valery Gergiev

Liadov From the Apocalypse
Sibelius Violin Concerto
7.25 Twenty Minutes: The Lucky 13
Yevgeni Yevtushenko recalls the impact of his poem Babi Yar and how it inspired Shostakovich's symphony. Reader John Rowe.
7.45 Shostakovich Symphony No 13 (Babi Yar)

(This Prom is repeated on Monday 4 September at 2pm)
(Visit the Radio 3 website at [website address removed] to listen online to all Proms for seven days after broadcast)
(This Prom is also broadcast live on BBC2)
(Gergiev - The Inside Story: page 52)

Contributors

Presenter:
Rob Cowan
Musicians:
Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre (Kirov Opera)
Conductor:
Valery Gergiev
Bass:
Sergei Alexashkin
Violinist:
Vadim Repin
Speaker (Twenty Minutes):
Yevgeni Yevtushenko
Reader:
John Rowe
Source: Radio Times

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