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Remembering Sir Andrew Davis at the Proms

BBC Proms2024

Following his death earlier this year, Radio 3 looks back at Sir Andrew Davis relationship with the proms.

With a career which spanned 132 performances at the Royal Albert Hall, including an appearance on the chamber organ for Monteverdi's vespers in 1968, Sir Andrew Davis clocked-up more First and Last Nights at the Proms than any other conductor in modern times.

Following his death earlier this year, Radio 3 reflects on Sir Andrew's presence at the festival, and celebrates his artistry, his relationship with the BBC's orchestras, and among other things his famously good-humoured speeches.

1 hour, 59 minutes

Last on

Fri 9 Aug 202420:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Richard Strauss

    Also Sprach Zarathustra

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.

  • William Walton

    Belshazzar's feast - oratorio

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Choir: BBC Singers. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    8 Partsongs Op.119 - No. 3 The Blue Bird

    Choir: BBC Singers. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Andrew Davis.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV565

    Orchestrator: Henry Wood. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Warner.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Marriage of Figaro - Voi Che Sapete (aria)

    Singer: Marina Comparato. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Lélio, Op. 14b - Fantasy on Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'

    Choir: BBC Singers. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Andrew Davis.

  • Michael Tippett

    A child of our time - Deep River

    Singer: Sarah Reese. Singer: Laverne Williams. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Singer: Sir Willard White. Choir: BBC Singers. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.

  • Michael Tippett

    Symphony No. 4 - Finale

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.

Broadcast

  • Fri 9 Aug 202420:30
    BBC Radio 3