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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2025 - One Hundred and Thirtieth Season - Prom 57: Pekka Kuusisto and Katarina Barruk
Performance Date31 August 2025
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersKatarina Barruk - vocals,
Arnljot Nordvik - guitar,
Christer Jørgensen - drums,
Pekka Kuusisto - violin
Orchestra or BandNorwegian Chamber Orchestra
ConductorsPekka Kuusisto
Set List'Fratres', Arvo Pärt,
'Chamber Symphony in C minor (String Quartet No. 8)', Shostakovich, arr. Barshai
Performance NotesPekka Kuusisto brings the strings of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra to the Proms for a programme that reflects on human injustice. Shostakovich wrote his String Quartet No. 8 in Dresden, contemplating the Allied bombing of the city during the Second World War. For some, the work also speaks of the oppression of the Russian people under Stalin’s rule.

In a different time and place, singer and composer Katarina Barruk – one of only a handful of remaining speakers of the Ume Sa´mi language – is a living beacon for her native tongue and culture, performing songs that combine the traditional and the modern.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2025/30),
Programme (RAHE/1/2025/
Ticket Prices£9 - £115 (Promming tickets £8)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2025/84BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2024 - One Hundred and Thirtieth Season - Prom 57: Pekka Kuusisto and Katarina Barruk31 August 2025
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work13506BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2025 - One Hundred and Thirtieth Season72
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/21291Kuusisto; Pekka (1976-); Finnish musician
DS/UK/17065Norwegian Chamber Orchestra; 1977-; Norwegian orchestra
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