Prom 18 (part 2): Katia and Marielle Labeque

Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's epic 7th Symphony. Katia and Marielle Labèque play Mozart's E flat Concerto for two pianos. Live at the BBC Proms

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Donald Macleod

Mozart: Concerto in E flat major for two pianos, K365

7.30 pm INTERVAL

7.50 pm
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, 'Leningrad'

Katia Labèque (piano)
Marielle Labèque (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)

Sisters Katia and Marielle Labèque perform Mozart's concerto for two pianos as a complement to our focus on the composer's late piano concertos. Written in the 1770s for Mozart and his own sister 'Nannerl' to perform, it's a work that delights in the interplay of dialogue, with a slow movement that is a tender conversation between friends. Intimacy gives way to epic gestures in Shostakovich's sprawling 'Leningrad' Symphony - one of the giants of the symphonic repertoire, and a passionate musical testament to the 25 million Soviet citizens killed in the Second World War.

[This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 4th August at 2pm].