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Beethoven's Fifth at the Proms

BBC Proms2025

The most iconic four notes in music history open Beethoven’s famous symphony, performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra alongside Saint-Saëns’s popular Fifth Piano Concerto.

The most iconic four notes in music history open Beethoven’s famous symphony, performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev.

Saint-Saëns’s much-loved Fifth Piano Concerto, known as ‘The Egyptian’, follows, with French pianist and star of the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony Alexandre Kantorow as the soloist.

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1 hour, 18 minutes

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Sat 2 Aug 202518:50
BBC Two

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Credits

PresenterGeorgia Mann
MusicianAlexandre Kantorow
OrchestraScottish Chamber Orchestra
ConductorMaxim Emelyanychev
DirectorMatthew Woodward
ProducerHattie McCall Davies
Production CompanyLivewire Pictures

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