The London Philharmonic Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. One of five permanent symphony orchestras in London, the LPO was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sarg
The Royal Festival Hall, London, the main base of the orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham, founding father and first conductor of the LPO
Programme of the first LPO concert (modern reconstruction of unavailable original)
BASF Feierabendhaus
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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
London Philharmonic Orchestra
…permanent symphony orchestras in London, the LPO was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony Orchestras. The founders' ambition was to build an orchestra the equal of any European or American rival. Between 1932 and the Second…
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