91Èȱ¬

Live at the 91Èȱ¬ Proms: the 91Èȱ¬ SSO, Alpesh Chauhan and percussionist Colin Currie perform a new concerto by Nicole Lizée, and after the interval, Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony.

Presented by Martin Handley, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Nicole Lizée: Blurr is the Colour of My True Love’s Eyes (91Èȱ¬ co-commission: European premiere)
Bruckner: String Quintet in F major – Adagio, arr. Skrowaczewski

20:15
Interval: the meaning of Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony in Stalin's Soviet times - and its echoes in today's world.

20:35
Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 in D minor

Colin Currie, percussion
91Èȱ¬ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhan, conductor

Music and politics don’t mix, or so we’re told. But Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony was written in direct response to an attack on the composer from Stalin himself, and the stakes – in 1930s Russia – could hardly have been higher. That’s the history; its legacy is a shattering musical testament of humanity against oppression. The 91Èȱ¬ Scottish Symphony Orchestra is led by its young Associate Conductor Alpesh Chauhan. First, a vision of pure beauty from Anton Bruckner, before Colin Currie (‘the world’s finest and most daring percussionist’ – The Spectator) takes the spotlight in a new concerto by Nicole Lizée: the Canadian sonic magician who lists MTV, Alexander McQueen, early video games and thrash metal among her influences.