Wed 6 Sep 2017

• 19:00

  Prom 71: Stravinsky, Britten, Prokofiev and Shostakovich

  Royal Albert Hall

  The LPO marks the centenary of the Russian Revolution with Prokofiev鈥檚 鈥楳endelssohnian鈥� First Violin Concerto and Shostakovich鈥檚 Symphony No. 11. Stravinsky鈥檚 Funeral Song, lost for over a century and rediscovered in 2015, opens the concert.

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  The LPO marks the centenary of the Russian Revolution with Prokofiev鈥檚 鈥楳endelssohnian鈥� First Violin Concerto and Shostakovich鈥檚 Symphony No. 11. Stravinsky鈥檚 Funeral Song, lost for over a century and rediscovered in 2015, opens the concert.

  Programme

  • • • Igor Stravinsky
      • Funeral Song(12 mins)
      • Song of the Volga Boatmen(2 mins)
    • • Sergey Prokofiev
      • Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major(22 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Benjamin Britten
      • Russian Funeral(7 mins)
    • • Dmitry Shostakovich
      • Symphony No 11 in G minor 'The Year 1905'(65 mins)

  Performers

  • Alina Ibragimova

    violin
    violin
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Vladimir Jurowski

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Igor Stravinsky
  • Sergey Prokofiev
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

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  Also part of

  Proms 2017