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Proms 1991

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

European Community Youth Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy

Shostakovich Symphony No 8 in C minor

8.30 Taman
A mystery tale by Mikhail Lermontov set in a Russian coastal town in the 1830s.
Read by David Horovitch in a new translation by Rose Cullen.

8.50 Debussy La Mer

Scriabin The Poem of Ecstasy

(The appearance of the ECYO has been made possible by support from Digital Equipment Ltd)

Contributors

Musicians:
European Community Youth Orchestra
Conductor:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Author (Taman):
Mikhail Lermontov
Reader (Taman):
David Horovitch
Translator (Taman):
Rose Cullen
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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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