21 August 2006
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Colin Davis conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in a programme featuring his twin passions, Berlioz and Elgar. Berlioz's Overture: Les Francs-Juges and Elgar's Symphony No 2 in E flat frame James MacMillan 's Confession of Isobel Gowdie , inspired by witch-hunts of the Scottish Reformation. MacMillan talks during the interval.