Conductor Mark Elder
BBC Symphony Chorus Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Oleg Mirochnikov (speaker) This concert - given last February in the Royal
Festival Hall, London - features works by Shostakovich and Prokofiev celebrating respectively the tenth and twentieth anniversaries of the 1917 October Revolution. The Prokofiev cantata in particular requires vast forces, including chorus, accordion players, military bands and sound effects. The concert begins with three short early works by the two composers.
Introduced by Paul Guinery and Gerard McBumey.
Shostakovich Scherzo in F sharp minor; Scherzo in E Prokofiev Dreams
Shostakovich Symphony No 2 (To October)
Prokofiev Cantata on the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution