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From Russia With Love

Thursday 10 November 2011

Dmitry Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Dmitry Shostakovich: Romance from The Gadfly
Vittorio Monti: Czardas
Sergey Prokofiev: Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet
Dmitry Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No.2
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Excerpt from Swan Lake
Dmitry Shostakovich: Excerpt from Paradise Moscow (Cheryomushki)
Sergey Rachmaninov: Vocalise arr. for cello & orchestra
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
No interval

Joanna MacGregor leads a programme featuring the best of Romantic Russia along with some 20th-century favourites. In aid of The Passage - helping London's homeless.

Performers

Orion Orchestra
Toby Purser conductor
Joanna MacGregor piano
Charlie Siem violin
Richard Harwood cello
Sean Rafferty presenter
Simon Amstell presenter
Streetwise Opera

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