Fri 29 Jul 2022

• 19:30

  Prom 18: Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony

  Royal Albert Hall

  Music and politics collide in Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony. Alpesh Chauhan conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and percussionist Colin Currie premieres a new concerto by Canadian sonic magician Nicole Lizée.

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  Music and politics collide in Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony. Alpesh Chauhan conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and percussionist Colin Currie premieres a new concerto by Canadian sonic magician Nicole Lizée.

  Programme

  • • • Nicole Lizée
      • Blurr is the Colour of My True Love’s Eyes(35 mins)BBC co-commission: European premiere
    • • Anton Bruckner
      • String Quintet in F major – Adagio(16 mins)arr. Skrowaczewski
    • • interval
    • • Dmitry Shostakovich
      • Symphony No. 5 in D minor(44 mins)

  Performers

  • Colin Currie

    percussion
    percussion
  • BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  • Alpesh Chauhan

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Nicole Lizée
  • Anton Bruckner
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

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