MusicMat: Sir Colin Davis Tribute




Music Matters show

Summary: Suzy Klein pays tribute to Sir Colin Davis. With interviews from the BBC Archive as well as music from across his vast recorded output. Head of Music at the Royal Opera House David Syrus, LSO principal clarinettist Andrew Marriner and tenor Ian Bostridge remember their friend and colleague. Ahead of his Wigmore Hall concert, harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani explains to Suzy how the two different instruments he will use tell of the changing attitudes to the harpsichord and the music written for it.