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Keir Starmer is listening to Shostakovich

Keir Starmer is listening to Shostakovich

In his speech to the Labour Party conference, the prime minister Starmer stressed the need to give opportunities to children, talking of his love of learning flute as a child. His first trip abroad, he mentioned was with the Croydon Youth Philharmonic Orchestra.

These days, he says, he turns to orchestral music when the ‘reviews aren’t that good’ and the pressure is high.

‘I’ve got some Shostakovich lined up for tomorrow,’ he quipped.

Which?
This –

This –

Or this?

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