Prom 52: LSO/Gergiev

Royal Albert Hall, LondonAmong this year's bonanza of musical anniversaries, what would have been Alfred Schnittke's 75th birthday has so far passed almost unnoticed. The London Philharmonic is planning a modest celebration later in the autumn, but the Proms got in first with the UK premiere of Nagasaki, introduced by the London Symphony Orchestra and its chorus, under Valery Gergiev.Nagasaki was Schnittke's graduation piece, composed at the Moscow Conservatory in 1958. It's a cantata of sorts,...

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