Prom 4: Shostakovich鈥檚 鈥楲eningrad鈥� Symphony

16 Jul 2018, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Mon 16 Jul 2018 Next Event

Proms 2018 Prom 4: Shostakovich鈥檚鈥楲eningrad鈥� Symphony

Prom 4: Shostakovich鈥檚鈥楲eningrad鈥� Symphony

19:30 Mon 16 Jul 2018 Prom 4

Juanjo Mena conducts the 91热爆 Philharmonic in Shostakovich鈥檚 barnstorming 鈥楲eningrad鈥� Symphony 鈥� a powerful tribute to the Soviet victims of WWII. Clarinettist Mark Simpson is the soloist in Magnus Lindberg鈥檚 ferociously virtuosic Clarinet Concerto.

Performances & Interviews

21:03

Proms Plus Talk: Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony

Shostakovich鈥檚鈥楲eningrad' Symphony with musicologists Anastasia Belina and David Nice.

Jul '1891热爆 Radio 3

Programme

- - Magnus Lindberg
  - Clarinet Concerto(25 mins)
- - interval
- - Dmitry Shostakovich
  - Symphony No 7 in C major, 'Leningrad'(75 mins)

Performers

Mark Simpson
clarinet
clarinet
91热爆 Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

In his final season as its Chief Conductor, Juanjo Mena leads the 91热爆 Philharmonic in a concert contrasting darkness and light.

Magnus Lindberg鈥檚 Clarinet Concerto is a modern classic, a glorious collision of tradition and innovation that is at once emotionally direct and ferociously virtuosic; former 91热爆 Radio 3 New Generation Artist and 91热爆 Young Musician winner Mark Simpson is the soloist.

Darkness streaks across the second half with Shostakovich鈥檚 heart-wrenching tribute to the Soviet victims of the Second World War 鈥� the powerful 鈥楲eningrad鈥� Symphony.