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Colin Davis conducts Beethoven's 'Pastoral' Symphony

±«Óătv Proms 2020

±«Óătv Proms: The late, great English conductor Colin Davis leads the London Symphony Orchestra in a 2001 performance of Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Sixth Symphony.

In 2020, ±«Óătv Radio 3 is bringing together musical greats, from the past and the present, in one extraordinary Proms season. Radio 3 is broadcasting the best of four decades of unmissable Proms concerts.

±«Óătv Proms: Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony is surely the apogee of the pastoral. Here it is prefaced by Sibelius’s late tone-poem, which he premiered in the USA, and Michael Tippett’s shimmering evocation of a Senegalese lakeside view. The last orchestral piece Tippett wrote, The Rose Lake was commissioned jointly by the London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra to celebrate the composer’s 90th birthday.

As with Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony, Tippett's piece is concerned with expressions of feeling rather than description. The late Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra give free reign to that feeling in this thrilling concert from the 2001 Proms.

Presented by Martin Handley

Sibelius: The Oceanides, Op. 73
Tippett: The Rose Lake
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, ‘Pastoral’

London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)

(From the ±«Óătv Proms 2001, 13 September)

2 hours, 28 minutes

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Thu 20 Aug 2020 19:30
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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Oceanides Op.73

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.

  • Michael Tippett

    The Rose lake

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 95 in C minor

    Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • Haydn: The London Symphonies: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Davis.
    • Philips.
    • 1.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Royal Hunt and Storm (Les Troyens)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • LSO Live.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony No 4, Op 29, 'Inextinguishable' (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5; Sir Colin Davis, LSO.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Thu 20 Aug 2020 19:30
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