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Shostakovich’s Fifth by Heart

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Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: BBC Proms
Programme
Programme to include:
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)Symphony no. 5 in D minor, Op.47 (performed from memory)

Explore a symphony from the inside out. Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra reflect this year’s Shostakovich anniversary with a Prom that takes the audience under the hood of a 20th-century masterpiece and into the mind of the man who made it. Actors join the Aurora’s players to bring to life a symphony born in the shadow of Stalin’s regime – music on the edge of life and death by a composer treading a dangerous line between political obedience and artistic defiance.

Seats from £15 to £66 (plus booking fee). On sale 17 May 2025.

Audio-described by Timna Fibert
British Sign Language-interpreted 

Broadcast on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer this season

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