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Live at 成人论坛 Proms: Yannick N茅zet-S茅guin and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra perform symphonies by Beethoven and Shostakovich.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall.
Presented by Ian Skelly.

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No 2 in D major

c.8.05pm
Interval: Musicologists Marina Frolova-Walker and Pauline Fairclough discuss Shostakovich and his Fifth Symphony with presenter Flora Willson.

Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony No 5

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Yannick N茅zet-S茅guin, conductor

One of Europe鈥檚 greatest orchestras, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, returns to the Proms under Yannick N茅zet-S茅guin.

In the first of two concerts (see also Prom 17) they pair two contrasting symphonies in a programme that moves from sunshine to bitterness. 鈥楾his symphony is smiling throughout,鈥� wrote Berlioz of Beethoven鈥檚 Second Symphony 鈥� a work in which seemingly sunny moods conceal personal tragedy and loss.

Shostakovich鈥檚 Fifth Symphony was written under the cloud of intense scrutiny and artistic repression following the public criticism of the composer at the hands of Stalin.