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BBC Proms: 2018

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BBC Proms: 2018: Shostakovich and Rachmaninov

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Shostakovich and Rachmaninov

29/07/2018

2018

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2018, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov

Featuring Symphonic Dances by Rachmaninov and Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto.

First transmitted in 2018. The BBC Symphony Orchestra led by Karina Canellakis perform works from Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich and Norman's Spiral.

Conductor Karina Canellakis returns with the BBC Symphony Orchestra after her triumphant 2017 Proms debut. Two 20th-century Russian masterpieces lead the bill - the exhilarating Symphonic Dances by Rachmaninov and Shostakovich's much-loved First Cello Concerto, where Canellakis is joined by another young American star, soloist Alisa Weilerstein. The evening kicks off with Beethoven's forceful Overture Coriolan, which Canellakis describes as a 'punch in the face', and a third young American, composer Andrew Norman, completes the programme with the UK premiere of his new work Spiral.

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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 2018 season of the BBC Proms.

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