Colin Davis conducts Beethoven's 'Pastoral' Symphony
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Proms: The late, great English conductor Colin Davis leads the London Symphony Orchestra in a 2001 performance of Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Sixth Symphony.
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Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú 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 Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Proms 2001, 13 September)
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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.
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Hector Berlioz
Royal Hunt and Storm (Les Troyens)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Colin Davis.- LSO Live.
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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.
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