. >> and the celebrated british conductor colin davis has died at the age of 85. >> davis was internationally renowned for his interpretations of mozart, site alias -- stability is -- mozart and sibelius. >> sir colin davis as guest conductor, playing sibelius, one of his favorite composers, with some of the most talented musicians in europe. >> they like to learn the pieces which they have not played before. it is exciting to play really great music. >> he once said, "music is our most beautiful invention." it was also one of the driving forces of his own life. he played with almost all the world's greatest orchestras. in 1980 three, he became chief conductor of the bavarian radio symphony orchestra -- in 1983, he became chief conductor of the bavarian radio symphony orchestra and helped it achieve international acclaim. in 1995, he was appointed principal conductor of the london symphony orchestra. in 2009, queen elizabeth honored him with the medal of music, one of many awards he collected in the course of his career. he died on sunday at the age of 85 after a short illness. >> a brief rem