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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: 2015 Season: Prom 51

BBC Proms: 2015: Prom 51: Part 1: Prom 51 (part 1): Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons

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Prom 51 (part 1): Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons

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The Boston Symphony Orchestra performs Haydn's Symphony No 90 in C and Barber's Essay No 2

Live from the Royal Albert Hall in London, Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Haydn's Symphony No 90 in C and Barber's Essay No 2.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons, live at the BBC Proms, in music by Haydn, Barber and Shostakovich.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Fiona Talkington

Haydn: Symphony No.90 in C major 
Barber: Essay No.2 

3.40 pm INTERVAL

4.00 pm
Shostakovich: Symphony No.10 in E minor

Boston Symphony Orchestra 
Andris Nelsons (conductor)

Returning for a second appearance this summer, Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra bring a piece of America with them in Barber's Essay No. 2 - a symphony in miniature, moving from lyrical loveliness through contrapuntal conflict to end with a radiant chorale. They pair it with Haydn's Symphony No.90, where ebullient mischief and dignity vie for supremacy in sunny C major. Joy gives way to high drama, however, in Shostakovich's Symphony No.10 - a vivid portrait of Stalinist Russia.

This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 8th September at 2pm.

BBC Proms: 2015

BBC Proms: 2015: 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 121st season of the BBC Proms.

Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Haydn, Barber and Shostakovich

Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in music by Haydn, Barber and Shostakovich

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