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91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra
23 Jul 2014, Royal Albert Hall
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91Èȱ¬ Orchestras and Singers at the Proms Prom 7: Shostakovich, Bartók & Tavener

91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra
Prom 7: Shostakovich, Bartók & Tavener
18:30 Wed 23 Jul 2014 Royal Albert Hall
Jiří BÄ›lohlávek conducts the 91Èȱ¬ SO, soprano Sarah Connolly and violinist Isabelle Faust
Jiří BÄ›lohlávek conducts the 91Èȱ¬ SO, soprano Sarah Connolly and violinist Isabelle Faust

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Prom 7: Shostakovich, Bartók & Tavener

Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony – a violent portrait of the horrors of Stalin’s Russia – is the centrepiece of this concert from the 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra and Jiří BÄ›lohlávek. They are joined by German violinist Isabelle Faust for Bartók’s folk-inflected Second Violin Concerto, and the concert opens with the first of this summer’s two posthumous premieres by John Tavener.