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Sir Andrew Davis’s Half Century

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Andrew Davis in highlights from his 50 years. Berg's sublime Violin Concerto with soloist Leonidas Kavakos, Turnage, Elgar and Vaughan Williams.

In a change to the advertised programme - the BBC Symphony Orchestra's Barbican concert has been cancelled due to Storm Eunice - BBC Radio 3 celebrates fifty years of Conductor Laureate Sir Andrew Davis's collaborations with the BBC SO.

Tom Service presents a selection of highlights, some of Sir Andrew's favourite works. From his advocacy of the young Mark-Anthony Turnage via Alban Berg's intimate Violin Concerto and Rachmaninov's ever-hummable, heartrendingly poignant Vocalise, to Vaughan Williams' pastoral 5th Symphony.

Mark-Anthony Turnage: Momentum

Alban Berg: Violin Concerto
Leonidas Kavakos (violin)

Elgar: Froissart - concert overture Op.19

Sergey Rachmaninov: Vocalise

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Fri 18 Feb 2022 19:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Mark-Anthony Turnage

    Momentum for Orchestra

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.

  • Alban Berg

    1st Violin Concerto

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.

  • Edward Elgar

    Froissart - concert overture, OP.19

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No 5 in D major

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Vaughan Williams: Symphonies nos. 4 & 5: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Davis.
    • Teldec.
    • 5.

  • Muzio Clementi

    Sonata in B minor, Op 40 No 2

    Performer: Beatrice Rana.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225; 2nd mvt, 'Wie sich ein Vat'r erbarmet'

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SDG.

  • Aaron Copland

    Buckaroo Holiday (Dance Episodes from Rodeo)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Copland: Rodeo, Dance Panels, El Salón México & Danzón Cubano.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.

Broadcast

  • Fri 18 Feb 2022 19:30
    BBC Radio 3

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