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BBC Proms - Season 64 Episode 14 Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony

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From the Royal Albert Hall and introduced by Suzy Klein, the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Edward Gardner perform Shostakovich's iconic Fifth Symphony (A Soviet Artist's Reply to Just Criticism) which found huge favour with the Stalinist authorities in the 1930s and has since become internationally established as one of the great popular masterpieces of the 20th century. The programme also includes the Four Sea Interludes from Britten's opera Peter Grimes, and the world premiere of a new violin concerto by young British composer Huw Watkins, performed by Alina Ibragimova.

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First Air Date: Sep 13, 1947

Last Air date: Sep 14, 2025

Season: 79 Season

Episode: 1159 Episode

Runtime: 180 minutes

IMDb: 7.70/10 by 3.00 users

Popularity: 15.28

Language: English