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BBC Proms: Shostakovich’s Fifth by Heart - Matinee performance

Royal Albert Hall, SW7 2AP , [Venue Details]

Explore a symphony from the inside out. Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra reflect this year’s Shostakovich anniversary with a Prom that takes the audience under the hood of a 20th-century masterpiece and into the mind of the man who made it.

Sunday,
17 Aug 2025
@11.00am

Actors join the Aurora’s players to bring to life a symphony born in the shadow of Stalin’s regime – music on the edge of life and death by a composer treading a dangerous line between political obedience and artistic defiance.

Broadcast on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer

A musical and dramatic exploration of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 c40’

Interval

Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in in D minor (performed from memory) 59’

Audio-described by Timna Fibert
British Sign Language-interpreted

More Information

  • Admission: To be confirmed

  • Performer name: Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon - conductor

  • Doors open: 10:00 am

  • Age restriction: Not recommended for U5's, U14's to be accompanied by adult

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BBC Proms: Shostakovich’s Fifth by Heart - Matinee performance

Sunday, 17 Aug 2025 @11.00am

Royal Albert Hall, SW7 2AP
Classical Orchestral
i Venue Info

More Information

Explore a symphony from the inside out. Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra reflect this year’s Shostakovich anniversary with a Prom that takes the audience under the hood of a 20th-century masterpiece and into the mind of the man who made it.

Actors join the Aurora’s players to bring to life a symphony born in the shadow of Stalin’s regime – music on the edge of life and death by a composer treading a dangerous line between political obedience and artistic defiance.

Broadcast on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer

A musical and dramatic exploration of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 c40’

Interval

Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in in D minor (performed from memory) 59’

Audio-described by Timna Fibert
British Sign Language-interpreted

  • Admission: To be confirmed

  • Performer name: Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon - conductor

  • Doors open: 10:00 am

  • Age restriction: Not recommended for U5's, U14's to be accompanied by adult

Halibuts is the only place to find ALL London's live music.

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