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Prom 53: Stravinsky, Reich, Tippett and Elgar

BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Sir Andrew Davis (1944–2024), the celebrated British conductor famed for delighting audiences at the BBC Proms with his sparkling wit and exquisite musicianship, is remembered in this Prom from the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins. The centrepiece of the concert is Reich’s Jacob’s Ladder, the composer’s ‘dream of ascending and descending a ladder between heaven and earth’ that was deemed ‘energetic, meditative, light, graceful and refre...

Program

Igor Stravinsky - Symphony in Three Movements

Composer

Edward Elgar - Enigma Variations

Michael Tippett - Ritual Dances from Midsummer Marriage

Steve Reich - Jacob’s Ladder

Participants

Martyn Brabbins

Conductor

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Producer

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