Prom 4: Shostakovich鈥檚 鈥楲eningrad鈥� Symphony

16 Jul 2018, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Mon 16 Jul 2018 Next Event

Proms 2018 Prom 4: Shostakovich鈥檚鈥楲eningrad鈥� Symphony

Prom 4: Shostakovich鈥檚鈥楲eningrad鈥� Symphony

19:30 Mon 16 Jul 2018 Prom 4

Juanjo Mena conducts the 成人快手 Philharmonic in Shostakovich鈥檚 barnstorming 鈥楲eningrad鈥� Symphony 鈥� a powerful tribute to the Soviet victims of WWII. Clarinettist Mark Simpson is the soloist in Magnus Lindberg鈥檚 ferociously virtuosic Clarinet Concerto.

Performances & Interviews

21:03

Proms Plus Talk: Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony

Shostakovich鈥檚鈥楲eningrad' Symphony with musicologists Anastasia Belina and David Nice.

Jul '18成人快手 Radio 3

Programme

- - Magnus Lindberg
  - Clarinet Concerto(25 mins)
- - interval
- - Dmitry Shostakovich
  - Symphony No 7 in C major, 'Leningrad'(75 mins)

Performers

Mark Simpson
clarinet
clarinet
成人快手 Philharmonic Orchestra
Juanjo Mena
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

In his final season as its Chief Conductor, Juanjo Mena leads the 成人快手 Philharmonic in a concert contrasting darkness and light.

Magnus Lindberg鈥檚 Clarinet Concerto is a modern classic, a glorious collision of tradition and innovation that is at once emotionally direct and ferociously virtuosic; former 成人快手 Radio 3 New Generation Artist and 成人快手 Young Musician winner Mark Simpson is the soloist.

Darkness streaks across the second half with Shostakovich鈥檚 heart-wrenching tribute to the Soviet victims of the Second World War 鈥� the powerful 鈥楲eningrad鈥� Symphony.