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BBC Proms

2019

Rachmaninov and Shostakovich

Duration: 1 hour, 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Tom Service and Jess Gillam introduce an evening of light and darkness. John Storgårds conducts the BBC Philharmonic in two dark Russian classics, Rachmaninov’s atmospheric The Isle of the Dead and Shostakovich’s broody Symphony No 11, 'The Year 1905'. Bringing light and hope is the world premiere of Finnish composer Outi Tarkiainen’s Midnight Sun Variations. Show less

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