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A Fitting Tribute

BBC Radio 3
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Dmitri Shostakovich died on 9 August 1975. That evening at America's Berkshire Music Festival
MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH conducted the BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA In a programme of Russian music.
Tchaikovsky Fantasy: Francesca da Rimini
Shostakovich Symphony No 5. in D minor
(Recording from the Music Shed, Tanglewood, made available by courtesy of the Boston Symphony Transcription Trust)

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Dmitri Shostakovich
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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