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Alan Davey, the controller of Radio 3, BBC Proms, and BBC Orchestras and Choirs, has announced that he will leave the BBC in March 2023.<\/p>\n
Davey has been in the post since January 2015, during which time he has consolidated Radio 3\u2019s audience at more than 2 million weekly listeners. \u00a0His tenure has also seen a number of themed seasons across Radio 3 \u2013 including 2015\u2019s Northern Lights, which used Sibelius\u2019 250th birthday as an inspiration for a season of Nordic music. Then there was 2021\u2019s Capturing Twilight<\/a>, which explored the connections between dusk and music.<\/p>\n The outgoing controller has also been an enthusiastic champion of new music and emerging voices. He has helped to grow Radio 3\u2019s successful New Generation Artists Scheme<\/a>, which nurtures young talent and offers broadcast opportunities to artists just starting out in music. The scheme saw its highest ever number of participants in 2021.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> Davey\u2019s tenure has also generated a range of programmes aimed at increasing access to both contemporary music and to the work of smaller venues. These have included Open Ear, Exposure and The New Music Show.<\/p>\n There has been a focus, too, on works and composers that may not have had their due in the past: for example, the BBC\u2019s Orchestras and Choirs have focused on unfairly forgotten works. The Proms, meanwhile, committed to programming 50 per cent female composers by 2022.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, Radio 3 and the Proms have commissioned a wide range of new works under Davey\u2019s leadership. These have included works from composers ranging from Harrison Birtwistle<\/a> to Anna Thorvaldsdottir.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> Alan Davey says: \u2018There is nothing like the combination of Radio 3, the Proms and the BBC Orchestras and Choirs anywhere else. Choosing when to move on is always tricky, but now is the time for me to hand over the role to someone else.<\/p>\n \u2018Since Radio 3\u2019s first day of broadcasting, it has known that the\u00a0key to securing the future of music is in finding new talent and offering ways in to new audiences.<\/p>\n On Radio 3 we play over whole 17,000 pieces of music a year and explore thousands more. We believe the greatest public service is found in showing, not just telling, of the riches of the arts. It has been an honour and a delight to lead this mission.\u2019<\/p>\n Alan Davey will continue as controller of Radio 3 and the Proms until next spring. He then plans to continue his work supporting arts and music organisations and to pursue his academic interests.<\/p>\n The BBC will announce Mr Davey\u2019s successor in due course.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section><\/body><\/html>\n By Steve Wright Published: Monday, 12 September 2022 at 12:00 am Alan Davey, the controller of Radio 3, BBC Proms, and BBC Orchestras and Choirs, has announced that he will leave the BBC in March 2023. 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