London Philharmonic Orchestra
The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It 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 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)
Queen's Hall, destroyed, with many LPO instruments, by bombing in 1941
An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments:String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, and double bassWoodwinds, such as the flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and occasional saxophoneBrass instruments, such as the horn, trumpet, trombone, cornet, euphonium, and tubaPercussion instruments, such as the timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, tambourine, tam-tam and mallet percussion instruments
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Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra at the 2 March 1916 American premiere of Mahler's 8th Symphony
Conducting an orchestra