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Colin Davis

Ngo-September 1967, u-Colin Davies waqokwa umqhubi oyinhloko we-BBC Orchestra, ngaleyo ndlela waba umholi omncane kunabo bonke be-orchestra yesiNgisi ehamba phambili emlandweni wayo - kusukela ngo-1930. Nokho, lokhu akuzange kumangaze muntu, ngoba umculi usekwazile ukuzuza. idumela eliqinile, futhi uthole ukuqashelwa phesheya eNgilandi.

Nokho, izinyathelo zikaDavis zokuqala ensimini yomqhubi zazingelula. Eseyinsizwa wafunda iClarmette eRoyal College of Music eLondon, futhi ngemva kokuphothula wadlala emaqenjini amaningi omculo cishe iminyaka emine.

UDavies waqala ukuthatha izintambo ngo-1949, eqhuba i-Ateur Orchestra eyayisanda kwakhiwa, futhi ngonyaka olandelayo waba inhloko yeqembu elincane, i-Chelsea Opera Group. Kodwa kwathatha izinyanga ezimbalwa kuphela, futhi uDavis, owashiya umsebenzi we-clarinetist, wayengasebenzi isikhathi eside. Ngezinye izikhathi wayeba nezikhathi zokuqhuba amakhwaya aqeqeshiwe nabayizimfundamakhwela nama-ochestra. Ekugcineni, i-BBC yammemela kumsizi womqhubi we-Scottish Orchestra yabo eGlasgow. Futhi ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, waqala ukubonakala eLondon ngekhonsathi emjikelezweni othi “Young Conductor,” futhi iphephandaba i-Evening News laphawula “ikhono elivelele lokuqhuba lalo mfundisi-ntsapho.” Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uDavis waba nethuba lokushintsha u-Klemperer ogulayo futhi enze ikhonsathi kaDon Juan eRoyal Festival Hall, wabe esecula esikhundleni sikaThomas Beecham futhi wabamba imidlalo eyisishiyagalombili yeThe Magic Flute eGlyndebourne. Ngo-1958 waba umqhubi weqembu le-Sadler's Wells, kwathi ngo-1960 waba umbhidisi omkhulu weshashalazi.

Eminyakeni eyalandela, udumo lukaDavis lwakhula ngokushesha okukhulu. Ukuqoshwa kwamarekhodi, okuvela emsakazweni nakumabonakude, amakhonsathi namakhonsathi kulandelana. UDavis uye emazweni amaningi aseYurophu; ngo-1961 wenza ngempumelelo e-USSR.

Izinhlelo zakhe bezihlanganisa iFantastic Symphony kaBerlioz, Britten’s Funeral and Triumphal Symphony, Concerto kaTippett for Double String Orchestra, Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements, kanye nenani lezinye izingoma. Umphakathi waseSoviet ngokushesha wathandana nomculi osemusha.

U-K. Davis ngokwakhe uzibheka njengomculi kuqala, bese kuba umbhidisi. Ngakho repertoire yakhe uzwela. Uthi: “Ngithanda kokubili i-opera nesiteji sekhonsathi ngokulinganayo. “Phela kumculi ibalulekile indaba yezinga lomculo hhayi uhlobo lwawo.” Kungakho igama likaColin Davis lingabonwa kaningi ngokulinganayo kuzo zombili izingqwembe zekhonsathi nethiyetha: uhlala ehola amakhonsathi e-Covent Garden, unikeza amakhonsathi kakhulu, ekhuthaza umculo wesimanje wabaqambi besiNgisi - Britten, Tippett. Imisebenzi kaStravinsky isondelene naye, futhi kuma-classics, uvame ukwenza i-Mozart.

L. Grigoriev, J. Platek, ngo-1969