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Sir Andrew Davis's 2022 Prom with the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic

Following the death earlier this week of Sir Andrew Davis, Radio 3 revisits his last appearance at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms, conducting the 4th symphonies of both Vaughan WIlliams and Tippet.

Following the death earlier this week of conductor Sir Andrew Davis, Radio 3 revisits his last appearance at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms.

Davis was one of the great exponents of the music of Michael Tippett, and in July 2022 he conducted the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic in a Prom that paired Tippett's extraordinary Fourth Symphony with Vaughan Williams's own Fourth Symphony.

Introduced by Andrew McGregor.

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 4 in F minor

Interval - reflecting on Sir Andrew Davis's musical legacy, we're joined by mezzo-soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers, former director of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra Paul Hughes, and former violinist with the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra Daniel Meyer.

Michael Tippett: Symphony No 4

British music: it isn't always what you think. Written as Europe lurched towards the war, Vaughan Williams's volcanic Fourth Symphony is a mighty cry of protest and rage, expressed in music that burns itself into the soul. A generation later, in the Cold War, Michael Tippett began his final symphony with the most primal of sounds - a human breath. This isn't so much a symphony as a whole life, in all its rapture, its chaos and its teeming, tumultuous beauty.

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic
Andrew Davis (conductor)

2 hours, 14 minutes

Last on

Thu 25 Apr 2024 19:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No 4

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.

  • Michael Tippett

    Symphony No. 4

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 - I - Allegro con brio

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • Brahms: The Piano Trios.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: Scherzo - II - Allegro molto

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • Brahms: The Piano Trios.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: Scherz - III - Allegro molto

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • Brahms: The Piano Trios.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: Finale - IV - Allegro

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • Brahms: The Piano Trios.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Piano Sonata No 2 in A-flat major, Op 39 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Weber & Schubert: Sonatas.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Thu 25 Apr 2024 19:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3