Synopsis
An all-Russian line-up, with excerpts from Tchaikovsky's The Snow Maiden, followed by Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No 1 played by the 20-year-old Armenian virtuoso Sergey Khachatryan. The concert concludes with Prokofiev's wartime Symphony No 5, written in support of the greatness of the human spirit. The BBC Philharmonic is led by their Russian-born principal guest conductor Vassily Sinaisky. Hosted by Charles Hazlewood.