Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Also: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	16th July 2018
To	16th July 2018
When	19:30
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
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Date of change: 31 May 18 - T59889174

Prom 4 - Shostakovich's 'Leningrad' Symphony

Work:: Prom 4 (S365)

Part of the BBC Proms.

Production:: Shostakovich's 'Leningrad' Symphony (T59889174)

In his final season as its Chief Conductor, Juanjo Mena leads the BBC Philharmonic in a concert contrasting darkness and light. Magnus Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto is a modern classic, a glorious collision of tradition and innovation that is at once emotionally direct and ferociously virtuosic; former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist and BBC Young Musician winner Mark Simpson is the soloist. Darkness streaks across the second half with Shostakovich's heart-wrenching tribute to the Soviet victims of the Second World War - the powerful 'Leningrad' Symphony.

Performer	Mark Simpson (clarinet)
Company	BBC Philharmonic
Conductor	Juanjo Mena

Listing:: L071153527

Shostakovich's 'Leningrad' Symphony

In his final season as its Chief Conductor, Juanjo Mena leads the BBC Philharmonic in a concert contrasting darkness and light. Magnus Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto is a modern classic, a glorious collision of tradition and innovation that is at once emotionally direct and ferociously virtuosic; former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist and BBC Young Musician winner Mark Simpson is the soloist. Darkness streaks across the second half with Shostakovich's heart-wrenching tribute to the Soviet victims of the Second World War - the powerful 'Leningrad' Symphony.

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