Following the intermission of Prom 7, the second half of the concert consisted of a fine performance by the BBC Symphony of the massive Shostakovich Symphony No. 10. This was composed following the death of the USSR's leading music critic, one J. Stalin, who had made life dangerous for Shostakovich. The symphony is considered by many to be his finest and alternates between themes of terror and beauty.
The new BBC Radio 3 policy is to have the concerts now available on demand for 30 days(rather than the previous 7)on the BBC iPlayer and can be heard
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