British Symphony Orchestra
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The British Symphony Orchestra is the name of a number of symphony orchestras, active in both concert halls and recording studios, which have existed at various times in Britain since c1905 until the
Adrian Boult, conductor of the British Symphony Orchestra 1920–1923, by Ishibashi Kazunori (1923)
Nave of the Birmingham Oratory (1907–1910), church of a community of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, founded in 1848 by Ernest Newman
Harty sketched by a member of the Hallé Orchestra, c1920
Perceval Allen as Brünnhilde in 1913. She also made the first recordings of Richard Strauss's Elektra.
London Symphony Orchestra
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The London Symphony Orchestra is a British ensemble based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's symphony orchestras. It was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's
The London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican
Clockwise from top left: Adolf Borsdorf, Thomas Busby, John Solomon and Henri van der Meerschen, founding fathers of the LSO
Elgar and the LSO, Queen's Hall, 1911
Sir Thomas Beecham, benefactor of the wartime LSO