BBC Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich, Aho, Sibelius with no conductor?

Bryn

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BBC Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich, Aho, Sibelius with no conductor?

21-05-12, 07:49

BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Concert, BBC Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich, Aho, Sibelius

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hq20g

The BBC Symphony Orchestra under Alexander Vedernikov in Shostakovich, Aho and Sibelius.

Is this the result of Stalinist editing, perhaps?

reuters.com

http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/07/13/us-russia-bolshoi-idUSTRE56C4UB20090713
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gradus

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21-05-12, 19:59

I heard and greatly enjoyed the Sibelius - the return of the great theme at the end is a knockout. The conductor was indeed the ex -Bolshoi maestro.
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