Plot: Sibelius's powerful and expansive Second Symphony is performed at the Royal Albert Hall by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under American conductor David Robertson. Israeli-American virtuoso Gil Shaham joins them in Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto, and the evening also includes the world premiere of a new work by leading British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage, entitled Hammered Out

BBC Proms - Season 64 - Sibelius's Second Symphony (Episode 17)
Episode Aired On:
Thursday, August 26 2010
15 years ago
Thursday, August 26 2010
15 years ago