Fifty years after his passing, Dmitri Shostakovich’s string quartets remain a supreme achievement of 20th-century chamber music. The Borodin String Quartet deliver a definitive performance of the pole-axing String Quartet No. 8 at the 2002 Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival. Now streaming at stage.plus/Shostakovich. | STAGE

35K views · 2.1K reactions | A peek over the balcony into rehearsals for our performance of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8 tomorrow at the Southbank Centre with Karina Canellakis  It’s powerful, moving and something you just have to hear live. Snap up last-minute tickets on our website. | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Facebook

13K views · 238 reactions | It’s BBC Proms Day 1! Tonight’s performance of Shostakovich’s Fifth by Heart is now completely sold out but there are still some seated and Day Promming tickets available for tomorrow’s 11am performance. https://www.auroraorchestra.com/event/shostakovich-5-bbc-proms/ You can listen live on BBC Radio 3 @bbcradio3 tonight from 7pm, or our whole performance will be broadcast on BBC4 tomorrow evening (Sunday 17 August) from 8pm. | Aurora Orchestra | Facebook