Sir Andrew Davis

{ Sir Andrew Frank Davis (2 February 1944 – 20 April 2024) was an English conductor. He was the long-time chief conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He was music director at the Glyndebourne Festival from 1988 to 2000, and especially known for conducting the traditional Last Night of The Proms, including Last Night speeches. He was music director and principal conductor of the Lyric Opera of Chicago from 2000 to the 2020/21 season. Music critic Alan Blyth described Davis as "a conductor whose technical skill was enhanced by an inborn enthusiasm for and dedication to the task in hand that he was able to transfer to the forces before him." {

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 - Schumann, Liszt, Saint-Saëns, Bach, Britten - 2025-08-06 00:00:00

"The Piano Collection" - 2025-05-15 00:00:00

"Allabreve" - English Chamber Orchestra plays Bach, Handel & Vivaldi - 2025-02-20 00:00:00

"Jeunehomme" - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 21 and other Piano Pieces - 2025-02-19 00:00:00

A Christmas Day with The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge - 2024-12-25 00:00:00

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