Sir Colin Davis at 80
Berlioz's Les Francs-juges
Monday 24 September 2007 19:00-20:45 (Radio 3)
With Tom Service.
Radio 3 celebrates Sir Colin Davis's 80th birthday with recordings from the archive. These concerts span the majority of his career, covering signature composers from his repertoire, performed by the orchestras and opera companies with whom he has built up a close relationship.
Duration:
1 hour 45 minutes
Playlist:
1/5. Tonight's concert includes a 1965 New Philharmonia Orchestra recording of excerpts from Berlioz's Les Francs-juges.
Stravinsky: Petrushka
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)
Berlioz: Les Francs-juges
April Cantelo (soprano)
Helen Watts (mezzo-soprano)
Emile Belcourt (tenor)
Raimund Herincx (baritone)
The Ambrosian Singers
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)
Gerhard: Symphony No 4 (New York)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)