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BBC Proms - 2010 - World Orchestra for Peace

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Katie Derham introduces a concert of Mahler played by the World Orchestra for Peace with charismatic conductor Valery Gergiev. Conceived by George Solti as an assembly of first rate musicians from around the world to promote peace, the orchestra play Mahler's epic Fifth Symphony, which includes the composer's most famous single movement - the heart-rending Adagietto.