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Prom 6: Vaughan Williams and Tippett - Full Fourths

Live at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms: Andrew Davis conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic in Vaughan Williams Fourth Symphony and Tippett's Fourth Symphony.

Live at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms
Presented by Tom McKinney live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.4 in F minor (30')

Interval:
During the interval, Tom McKinney talks to composer William Mival about the significance of the two symphonies in tonight’s Prom.

Michael Tippett: Symphony No.4 (33')

British music: it isn't always what you think. Written as Europe lurched towards the war, Vaughan Williams's volcanic Fourth Symphony is a might cry of protest and rage, expressed in music that burns itself into the soul. A generation later in the Cold War, Michael Tippett began his final symphony with the most primal of sounds - a human breath. This isn't so much a symphony as a whole life, in all its rapture, its chaos and its teeming, tumultuous beauty.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Andrew Davis (conductor)

2 hours, 14 minutes

Last on

Tue 19 Jul 2022 19:00

Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No. 4 in F minor

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
  • Michael Tippett

    Symphony No. 4

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Quartet in F minor op 80

    Ensemble: Van Kuijk Quartet.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Tit for tat

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: James Newby.

Broadcast

  • Tue 19 Jul 2022 19:00

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