BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 52: Schnittke, Shostakovich - Part 1

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Suzy Klein. The London Symphony Orchestra and its mercurial Russian conductor Valery Gergiev perform the belated UK premiere of an early work by Alfred Schnittke, written in response to the atomic bombing of the city of Nagasaki. Elena Zhidkova (mezzo-soprano) London Symphony Chorus London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev (conductor) Schnittke: Nagasaki (UK premiere).