Albert Hall, London
Kensington Gore London SW7 2AP
United Kingdom
http://www.royalalberthall.comElizabeth Atherton (soprano) *
Roderick Williams (baritone) *
BBC Symphony Chorus*
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox conductor
We continue our Tippett centenary celebrations with the composer's rarely-performed cantata exploring the 4th-century saint's transcendent vision of eternity. Written in the wake of Stalin's death, Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony revels in Russia's new-found freedom of expression.Michael Tippett : The Vision of St. Augustine
Dmitri Shostakovich : Symphony No.10
