BBC Symphony Orchestra
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Biography
[Edit]Funded and administered under the government sponsored British Broadcasting Company, the BBC Symphony Orchestra has, since its establishment in 1930, enjoyed a freedom from significant financial concerns which often plague independently funded orchestras. Because of this, the BBC Symphony Orchestra has been able to present a large body of new or lesser-known works that might be considered too avant-garde for many of the world's other major orchestras. In addition to its full schedule of broadcast performances for BBC Radio 3, the BBC Symphony Orchestra performs more than seventy public concerts a year in its main concert venues at Barbican Concert Hall and the Royal Festival Hall as well as in other London concert halls. With its affinity for contemporary compositions, this ensemble of approximately one hundred musicians has earned its reputation as one of the foremost broadcasting orchestras in Europe.
Although not officially established until 1930, plans for a BBC Orchestra were begun in 1927 but long and contentious negotiations delayed the fruition of these plans until Adrian Boult was appointed director of music in January 1930. The orchestra offered its first performance in October 1930 at Queen's Hall playing Wagner, Brahms and Ravel to enthusiastic reviews. Boult was appointed chief conductor in early 1931 and continued in that position until his retirement in 1950 although he relinquished his post as director of music in 1942. During these early years, the orchestra established its commitment to new and unusual repertoire by programming works by such contemporary composers as Schoenberg, Bartok, and Alban Berg; many of which were conducted by the composers themselves. Boult insisted that music by British composers be prominently represented in the orchestra' s repertoire. To that end, the BBC Symphony Orchestra presented many premier performances and broadcasts of works by Constant Lambert, Edward Elgar and Ralph Vaughan Williams and offered several all-British programs. Boult also believed that the presence of world-renown guest conductors on the podium would improve the orchestra's international reputation and invited such gifted conductors as Bruno Walter and Arturo Toscanini to lead the ensemble.
The orchestra moved into its new headquarters at Maida Vale Studios in North London in 1934. A critical review of BBC was made in 1935 when its charter was due for renewal and concern over the adventurous nature of the orchestra's repertoire was expressed. The ensuing tensions between the governmental administration and the artistic directors of the orchestra boiled over in 1936 and Edward Clark, who was a primary figure in forming the BBC's musical policy, angrily resigned. For the next twenty-five years, the orchestra's repertoire became considerably more traditional with an emphasis on the works of Romantic and post-Romantic composers, temporarily leaving behind the ensemble's penchant for more contemporary music.
During World War II, the orchestra performed in Bristol and Bedford broadcasting concerts on Wednesdays and Sundays and offering monthly concerts to invited audiences. The orchestra began performing in London again in the 1943-44 season but did not return permanently to London until 1947. These were difficult years for the ensemble because postwar hardships were made more difficult by competition from the new Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra that drew not only audiences but musicians away from the BBC Symphony. Not one to be discouraged, Boult set about revitalizing the BBC Symphony Orchestra with a broadcast consisting entirely of British music on the newly created BBC Radio 3 channel in September 1946 and by taking the orchestra on a European tour in 1947.
After Boult's retirement in 1950, Sir Malcolm Sargent was appointed chief conductor. Known for his choral conducting, Sargent's choice of repertoire was largely traditional and the programs offered by the orchestra became a bit stale and unfocused. His tenure with the orchestra was not without its highlights, however. These included a tour of Scandinavia in 1956, the growth in popularity of Sargent's favored Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at Queen's Hall and later at the Royal Albert Hall and the opening of the Royal Festival Hall which was to become one of the orchestra's permanent concert venues.
Sargent was succeeded as chief conductor by Rudolf Schwarz in 1957 who, along with the BBC controller of music William Glock, began to broaden the orchestra's repertoire to again include works by contemporary composers. The BBC also commissioned and premiered several pieces by composers such as Roberto Gerhard during the 1960s in an effort to elevate the international status of the orchestra. Unfortunately, financial constraints did not allow the BBC Symphony to blossom as beautifully as was hoped, but the changes made by Schwarz and Glock helped the orchestra recover some of its former glory.
Antál Doráti replaced Schwarz as chief conductor of the orchestra in 1963 and organized the ensemble's first American tour in 1965. Sharing the podium with Pierre Boulez , Doráti's adventurous choice of repertoire contained only works by distinguished contemporary composers and the brilliance of this highly successful tour brought the orchestra its long-sought international recognition. Boulez's affiliation with the BBC Symphony was instrumental in bringing the orchestra's concert repertoire back to its original focus on new and contemporary works. Under his energetic leadership from 1971 to 1975, the ensemble played an ever-broadening array of innovative twentieth-century works to appreciative audiences at home and abroad. His tenure was the spark the orchestra needed to regain its reputation as one of Europe's most musically progressive ensembles.
Following Boulez in the role of chief conductor were Rudolf Kempe, whose brief time with orchestra ended with his untimely death in 1976 and then Gennady Rozhdestvensky, whose affinity for British composers was well received by the orchestra and its audiences. John Pritchard was appointed to the chief conductor's position in 1982 and continued the orchestra's work in the area of contemporary music. In 1989, Andrew Davies replaced Pritchard, continuing the BBC Orchestra's long line of notable conductors and ably leading the organization into the twenty-first century.
While the principal orchestra is based in London, regional BBC orchestras are resident in Manchester (BBC Philharmonic), Glasgow (BBC Scottish Orchestra) and Cardiff (BBC National Orchestra of Wales).
Title: Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos 5 & 6
Artist: Sir Adrian Boult, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Genre: Classical
Title: Beecham, Flagstad & Wagner
Artist: Kirsten Flagstad, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Beecham, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Genre: Jazz
Title: Howells: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, Penguinski
Artist: Howard Shelley, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
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Title: Skalkottas: 36 Greek Dances - the Return of Ulysses
Artist: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Nikos Christodoulou
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Title: Chausson: Le roi Arthus
Artist: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Schroeder, Susan Bullock, Leon Botstein, Simon O'Neill
Genre: Opera
Title: Adams: The Dharma At Big Sur - My Father Knew Charles Ives
Artist: John Adams, Tracy Silverman, BBC Symphony Orchestra
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Title: Strauss: Concertante Works
Artist: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Michael Collins
Genre: Orchestral, Classical, Orchestral
Title: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Artist: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles, John Treleaven, Christine Brewer
Genre: Classical
Title: Sibelius Symphony No 2 In D Major Op 43
Artist: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Beecham
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Title: Variations And Fugue On A Theme Of Purcell
Artist: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
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Title: Nash: Apollinaire Choruses
Artist: BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, Simon Joly
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Title: Howells: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 And 2 & Penguinski
Artist: Howard Shelley, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
Genre: Classical
Title: A Violin for All Seasons
Artist: Tasmin Little, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Genre: Orchestral, Classical, Orchestral
Title: Arturo Toscanini Conducts Mozart, Rossini, Debussy & Elgar
Artist: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
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Title: Arturo Toscanini: Elgar & Mendelssohn
Artist: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
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Title: Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms: Orchestra Works
Artist: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
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Title: Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7
Artist: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
Genre: Orchestral, Orchestral
Title: Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4
Artist: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
Genre: Orchestral, Orchestral
Title: Brahms: Symphony No. 2 & Symphony No. 4
Artist: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
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Title: Elias: Laments
Artist: BBC Singers, Catherine Wyn - Rogers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka, Martyn Brabbins, Mary King
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Title: Toscanini, Brahms-Beethoven
Artist: Vladimir Horowitz, Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
Genre: Classical
Title: Brahms: Symphony No. 1 - Elgar: Enigma Variations
Artist: George Thalben - Ball, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult
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Title: Brahms: Symphony No. 3 - Elgar: Symphony No. 1
Artist: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult
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Title: Gordon Crosse: Cello Concerto
Artist: Susan Bickley, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Cello, Martyn Brabbins, Alexander Baillie
Genre: Classical
Title: Love from a Stranger: Four British Film Scores
Artist: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jac Van Steen
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: John Adams: Doctor Atomic
Artist: John Adams, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Genre: Classical, Opera, Classical Crossover
Title: Martin Butler: O Rio & Fixed Doubles - EP
Artist: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Tamayo, Martyn Brabbins
Genre: Orchestral, Classical, Orchestral
Title: Gerhard: Concerto for Orchestra, Symphony No. 2
Artist: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Matthias Bamert
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Title: Gerhard: Symphony No. 4, 'New York' & Pandora Suite
Artist: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Matthias Bamert
Genre: Classical
Title: Holloway: Concerto No. 2 for Orchestra
Artist: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen, Stefan Asbury
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Title: Toscanini, Verdi-Elgar-Franck
Artist: Westminster Choir, Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
Genre: Classical
Title: The Soundtrack to Your Life (The Dave Cash Collection)
Artist: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Collections
Title: Discover Beethoven
Genre:
Title: Music For A Royal Baby
Genre: Electronica
Title: 100 Film Classics (CD2)
Genre: Electronica, Soul, Jazz, World Music, Latin, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Funk, Classical
Title: Holst: The Collector's Edition
Genre: Classical
Title: 40 Most Scary Halloween Classics
Genre: Classical
Title: Listen Easy - Hits From The 70's
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Listen Easy: Hits From The 60s
Genre: Instrumental, Instrumental
Title: Gok's Divas 2017
Title: Carter: Late Works
Genre: Classical
Title: Sad Violin 2018
Genre: Classical, Easy Listening
Title: Elliott Carter: Late Works
Genre: Classical
Title: Classical Romances 2019
Genre: Classical
Title: Classical Collection: The Essential Moderns
Genre: Classical
Title: 50 Greatest Adagios
Genre: Classical
Title: The 25 Greatest Piano Concertos (CD2)
Genre: Classical
Title: Albion's Journey 2019
Genre: Classical
Title: Joanna Marsh: Flare
Genre: Classical
Title: Beethoven – Works For The Stage 2 (CD3)
Genre: Classical
Title: Afternoon Tea With Classical Music
Genre: Classical
Title: Keep Calm It’s Only A Jubilee
Genre: Classical
Title: TikTok Klassische Musik 2023 (CD1)
Genre: Classical
Title: Emily Howard: Torus
Genre: Classical
Title: Coronation Street Party 2023 (CD1)
Genre: Classical
Title: Essential Elgar
Genre: Classical
Featuring albums
Title: The Essential Jessye Norman
Artist: Jessye Norman
Genre: Traditional Pop Music, Classical, Opera
Title: Jean Yves Thibaudet - The Movie Album
Artist: Jean - Yves Thibaudet
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: 40 Most Beautiful Love Themes
Artist: The Brodsky Quartet, Maria-Joao Pires, Lawrence Foster, Borodin String Quartet
Genre:
Title: 40 Most Beautiful Violin Classics
Artist: Thomas Zehetmair, Shostakovich Maxim, Pierre Amoyal, Orchestre De Chambre De Lausanne, Armin Jordan, Maxim Vengerov, Daniel Hope, Gerard Jarry, Rachel Kolly D'Alba, Chloë Hanslip / Chloe Hanslip, Alexander Markov, Alexander Markovich, BBC Symphony Orchestra Orchestra
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Title: Musgrave: Turbulent Landscapes
Artist: Evelyn Glennie, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Lisa Milne
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Title: Messiaen: Inédits / Messiaen: Inedits
Artist: Andrew Davis, Naji Hakim, The BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus
Genre: Classical
Title: 40 Most Beautiful Classical Anthems
Artist: Plácido Domingo / Placido Domingo, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Daniel Barenboim, I Solisti Veneti, Zubin Mehta, Claudio Scimone, Orchestra Dell Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Coro Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Rizzi
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Title: Pablo Casals, Volume 1 - Recordings 1945 - 1953
Artist: Sir Adrian Boult, Pablo Casals
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Title: Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time; Chronochromie
Artist: Michel Béroff / Michel Beroff
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Title: Prokofiev: Violin Concertos 1 & 2 - Sonata for two violins
Artist: Pinchas Zukerman, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
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Title: Sir Adrian Boult Conducts Elgar
Artist: London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult
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Title: The British Music Collection - Turnage: Some Days
Artist: Bernard Haitink, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Genre: Jazz
Title: Great Conductors of the 20th Century: Arturo Toscanini
Artist: Arturo Toscanini
Genre: Orchestral, Orchestral
Title: Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites, Holberg Suites, Piano Concerto
Artist: Emil Gilels, Colin Davis
Genre: Classical
Title: Gerhard: Symphony No. 1 & Violin Concerto
Artist: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert, Olivier Charlier
Genre:
Title: Pierre Boulez: Oeuvres complètes / Pierre Boulez: Oeuvres completes
Artist: Pierre Boulez
Genre:
Title: NMC Selection 1
Artist: City Of London Sinfonia, Roy Carter, London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus, Richard Hickox, Michael Tilson Thomas
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Title: The Elgar Edition: The Complete Electrical Recordings of Sir Edward Elgar.
Artist: Sir Edward Elgar
Genre:
Title: Puccini: Essentials
Artist: Jennifer Larmore, Luca Canonici, Plácido Domingo / Placido Domingo, Kent Nagano: Lyon Opera Orchestra, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Barbara Hendricks, Angela Maria Blasi, Ruggero Raimondi, Catherine Malfitano, Richard Cowan, Kiri Te Kanawa, Orchestre National De France, José Cura / Jose Cura, Hei Kyung Hong, Karita MAttila, Cristina Gallardo - Domas, Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Jose Carreras, Zubin Mehta, James Conlon, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon / Orchestre De L'Opera De Lyon, Francesco Ellero D'Artegna, Philharmonia Orchestra, Yutaka Sado, Orchestra Sinfonica E Coro Di Roma Della RAI, Gino Quillico, Maurizio Barbacini
Genre: Opera