Poster of Cast and Crew in BBC Proms - Prom 7: Shostakovich, Bartók & Tavener (Season 68 - Episode 7) - Prom 7: Shostakovich, Bartók & Tavener

BBC Proms - Season 68 - Prom 7: Shostakovich, Bartók & Tavener (Episode 7)

Plot: Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony – a violent portrait of the horrors of Stalin’s Russia – is the centrepiece of this concert from Jiří Bělohlávek and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. They are joined by German violinist Isabelle Faust for the passionate nationalism of Bartók’s Second Violin Concerto, and the concert opens with the first of two posthumous premieres this season by John Tavener
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