Performance on 3 - Sir Colin Davis's 80th Birthday - Episode 1

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. 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).