BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 52: Schnittke, Shostakovich - Part 2

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Suzy Klein. The London Symphony Orchestra and its mercurial Russian conductor Valery Gergiev perform Shostakovich's wartime symphony, written at the time of the Battle of Stalingrad. Elena Zhidkova (mezzo-soprano) London Symphony Chorus London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev (conductor) Shostakovich: Symphony No 8 in C minor.