Tue 18 Jul 2017

• 19:00

  Prom 6: Nicola Benedetti plays Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1

  Royal Albert Hall

  Violinist Nicola Benedetti joins Thomas Søndergård and the BBC NOW for a concert charged with nationalistic fervour. Sibelius’s stirring Second Symphony is paired with Shostakovich’s subversive symphonic poem October and his First Violin Concerto.

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  Violinist Nicola Benedetti joins Thomas Søndergård and the BBC NOW for a concert charged with nationalistic fervour. Sibelius’s stirring Second Symphony is paired with Shostakovich’s subversive symphonic poem October and his First Violin Concerto.

  Programme

  • • • Dmitry Shostakovich
      • October(12 mins)
      • Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor(39 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Jean Sibelius
      • Symphony No. 2 in D major(44 mins)

  Performers

  • Nicola Benedetti

    violin
    violin
  • BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • Thomas Søndergård

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Dmitry Shostakovich
  • Jean Sibelius

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  Also part of

  Proms 2017 Classical for Starters 2018-19