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2012

BBC Proms: 2012 Season: Prom 51

BBC Proms: 2012: Prom 51: Part 2: Shostakovich

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Shostakovich

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CBSO under Andris Nelsons in Shostakovich's Symphony No 7 in C (Leningrad).

Andris Nelsons conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's Symphony No 7 in C (Leningrad).

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Andrew McGregor

Glinka's much-loved and exuberant overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila heads a programme which also includes a fasinating new work by Emily Howard and a monumental, barnstorming symphony by Shostakovich.

Emily Howard's Calculus of the Nervous Sysytem has already received high acclaim at the 2011 Wien Modern Festival. Howard took her inspiration from Ada Lovelace, who was the pioneering mathematician daughter of Lord Byron, and the work's starting point was Lovelace's desire to generate a mathematical model for how the brain gives rise to thoughts, and nerves to feelings. Shostakovich's massive Seventh Symphony in C major, the 'Leningrad', was completed during the Second World War in December 1941, as German troops advanced deep into the city. The CBSO is conducted by its Music Director, Andris Nelsons.

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7, 'Leningrad'

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons (conductor)

This Prom will be repeated on Monday 3rd September at 2pm.

BBC Proms: 2012

BBC Proms: 2012: Prom 51

Prom 51

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.

All broadcasts from the 118th season of the BBC Proms.

Andris Nelsons conducts the CBSO in music by Glinka, Emily Howard and Shostakovich

Andris Nelsons conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in music by Glinka, Emily Howard and Shostakovich

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