BBC Proms 2004
BBC Proms · Season 58 · Episode 15
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, chief conductor Mariss Jansons leads the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in an all-Russian programme. Charismatic international violin soloist Gidon Kremer joins the orchestra to perform Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor. The orchestra then plays Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony (Pathetique), which he first conducted just ten days before his death. During the interval, presenter Stephanie Hughes talks to Mariss Jansons.
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Season
58
Episode
15
Air Date
31/Jul/2004
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Live from the Royal Albert Hall, chief conductor Mariss Jansons leads the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in an all-Russian programme. Charismatic international violin soloist Gidon Kremer joins the orchestra to perform Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor. The orchestra then plays Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony (Pathetique), which he first conducted just ten days before his death. During the interval, presenter Stephanie Hughes talks to Mariss Jansons.
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