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The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

The world's greatest classical music festival. Stunning performances, unique collaborations and the sheer joy of live music. Relive 2023's highlights before the new season begins.

BBC Proms: 2010

Suzy Klein

Zebedee Soanes

Dominic Best

Jonathan Haswell

David Eric Robertson

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BBC Proms: 2010: Sibelius's Second Symphony

Sibelius's Second Symphony

26/08/2010

2010

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2010, Sibelius's Second Symphony

Sibelius's Second Symphony and Barber's Violin Concerto by the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Sibelius's Second Symphony and Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto are performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, plus the world premiere of a new work by Mark-Anthony Turnage.

Sibelius's powerful and expansive Second Symphony is performed at the Royal Albert Hall by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under American conductor David Robertson. Israeli-American virtuoso Gil Shaham joins them in Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto, and the evening also includes the world premiere of a new work by leading British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage, entitled Hammered Out.

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