
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)
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Music Played
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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 19:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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