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Proms 1991

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

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