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| Composer | Tippett, Michael (1905-1998) |
| Period | Modern |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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Sir Andrew Davis celebrates a pair of British Fourths at the Proms
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The BBC Philharmonic plays Fourth Symphonies by the most important British symphonists, Vaughan Williams and Tippett, to make up a short, but intense programme.
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sir Andrew Davis play Jonathan Lloyd, Brahms and Tippett
Friday night’s BBC SO concert certainly drew in a large crowd, despite the presence of two unfamiliar works: a new one by Jonathan Lloyd and Tippett’s Fourth Symphony from 1977. The addition of the ever-popular pianist Stephen Hough to the lineup, playing the one of the most challenging concertos in the repertoire, Brahms’ First, must have helped the numbers.