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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Index Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO), based in London, was formed by Sir Thomas Beecham in 1946. [1]

170 relations: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Adrian Boult, Alan Civil, Alan Loveday, Alan T. Peacock, Alexander Shelley, AllMusic, André Previn, Antal Doráti, Anthony Pini, Antony Pay, Archie Camden, Arts council, Arts Council of Great Britain, Aylesbury, Barbican Centre, Basil Cameron, Bassoon Concerto (Mozart), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Betty Humby Beecham, Burt Bacharach, Cadogan Hall, Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Dutoit, Charles Groves, Charles Mackerras, Charles Munch (conductor), Chelsea, London, Clarinet Concerto (Mozart), Clifford Curzon, Colin Davis, Columbia Records, Concertmaster, Crawley, Croydon, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Daniele Gatti, Dartford, David McCallum Sr., Decca Records, Dennis Brain, Deutsche Grammophon, Earl Wild, Edvard Grieg, Elgar Howarth, Elizabeth II, Emeric Pressburger, Emmanuel Chabrier, Erich Gruenberg, ..., Fairfield Halls, Frank Howes, Franz Schubert, Frederick Delius, Frederick Riddle, Fritz Reiner, Gabriel Fauré, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Geoffrey Gilbert, George Baker (baritone), George Frideric Handel, George VI, Georges Bizet, Georges Prêtre, Gerald Jackson, Gilbert and Sullivan, Gioachino Rossini, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Grzegorz Nowak (conductor), Gustav Holst, Gwydion Brooke, Hartford, Connecticut, Hector Berlioz, High Wycombe, His Master's Voice, Home Secretary, Igor Stravinsky, Ipswich, Jack Brymer, James Galway, Jean Sibelius, John Barbirolli, Jonathan Carney, Laurence Olivier, Leopold Stokowski, Live at the Acropolis, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London String Quartet, London Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Lowestoft, Luciano Pavarotti, Ludwig van Beethoven, Lyrita, Malcolm Sargent, Martin Owen, Michael Chapman (bassoonist), Michael Powell, Montreux, Musicians' Union (United Kingdom), Musikverein, Northampton, Nottingham, Oedipus rex (opera), Olin Downes, Orchestra, Paramount Pictures, Peter Maxwell Davies, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philip Jones (musician), Philips Records, Piano Concerto No. 5 (Beethoven), Portsmouth Guildhall, Pye Records, Raymond Cohen, RCA Records, Reading, Berkshire, Reginald Kell, Richard III (1955 film), Richard Rodgers, Roy Jenkins, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Philharmonic Society, Rudolf Kempe, Salle Pleyel, Samson and Delilah (opera), San Francisco Symphony, Shahrdad Rouhani, Shura Cherkassky, Silver jubilee, Steven Staryk, Swiss Cottage, Symphony No. 100 (Haydn), Symphony No. 3 (Schubert), Symphony No. 4 (Tchaikovsky), Symphony No. 41 (Mozart), Symphony No. 5 (Schubert), Symphony No. 6 (Schubert), Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven), Terence MacDonagh, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Independent, The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New York Times, The Nice, The Nutcracker, The Observer, The Planets, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Proms, The Rake's Progress, The Red Shoes (1948 film), The Tales of Hoffmann (film), The Times, Thomas Beecham, UEFA, UEFA Champions League Anthem, Unicorn-Kanchana, Vernon Handley, Victor Olof, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Walter Legge, Walter Weller, William Glock, William Rees-Mogg, Yehudi Menuhin, Yuri Temirkanov. Expand index (120 more) »

Academy of St Martin in the Fields

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields (ASMF) is an English chamber orchestra, based in London.

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Adrian Boult

Sir Adrian Cedric Boult, CH (8 April 1889 – 22 February 1983) was an English conductor.

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Alan Civil

Alan Civil OBE (13 June 1929 – 19 March 1989) was a British horn player.

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Alan Loveday

Alan Raymond Loveday (29 February 1928 – 12 April 2016) was a New Zealand violinist.

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Alan T. Peacock

Sir Alan Turner Peacock DSC, FBA, FRSE (26 June 1922 – 2 August 2014) was a British economist.

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Alexander Shelley

Alexander Gordon Shelley (born 8 October 1979, London, England) is an Echo Music Prize-winning English conductor.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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André Previn

André George Previn, KBE (born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929) is a German-American pianist, conductor, and composer.

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Antal Doráti

Antal Doráti, KBE (9 April 1906 – 13 November 1988) was a Hungarian-born conductor and composer who became a naturalized American citizen in 1943.

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Anthony Pini

Carlos Antonio Pini OBE (15 April 1902 – 1 January 1989) was a cellist, known as a soloist, orchestral section leader and chamber musician.

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Antony Pay

Antony Pay (born 21 February 1945 in London) is a classical clarinetist.

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Archie Camden

Archie Camden (1888–1979) was a British bassoonist; he was a pedagogue and soloist of international acclaim.

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Arts council

An arts council is a government or private non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts; mainly by funding local artists, awarding prizes, and organizing arts events.

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Arts Council of Great Britain

The Arts Council of Great Britain was a non-departmental public body dedicated to the promotion of the fine arts in Great Britain.

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Aylesbury

Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire, England.

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Barbican Centre

The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London and the largest of its kind in Europe.

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Basil Cameron

Basil Cameron, CBE (18 August 1884 – 26 June 1975) was an English conductor.

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Bassoon Concerto (Mozart)

The Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191/186e, is a bassoon concerto written in 1774 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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BBC Symphony Orchestra

The BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO) is a British orchestra based in London.

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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton counties in the Lehigh Valley region of the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Betty Humby Beecham

Betty Humby Beecham, Lady Beecham (8 April 1908 – 2 September 1958) was a British pianist, who married the English conductor and impresario Sir Thomas Beecham in February 1943.

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Burt Bacharach

Burt Freeman Bacharach (born May 12, 1928) is an American composer, songwriter, record producer, pianist, and singer who has composed hundreds of popular hit songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with popular lyricist Hal David.

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Cadogan Hall

Cadogan Hall is a 950-seat capacity concert hall in Sloane Terrace in Chelsea / Belgravia in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England.

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Camille Saint-Saëns

Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era.

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Charles Dutoit

Charles Édouard Dutoit (born 7 October 1936) is a Swiss conductor.

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Charles Groves

Sir Charles Barnard Groves CBE (10 March 191520 June 1992) was an English conductor.

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Charles Mackerras

Sir Alan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras (1925 2010) was an Australian conductor.

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Charles Munch (conductor)

Charles Munch (born Charles Münch; 26 September 1891 – 6 November 1968) was an Alsacian, German-born symphonic conductor and violinist.

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Chelsea, London

Chelsea is an affluent area of South West London, bounded to the south by the River Thames.

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Clarinet Concerto (Mozart)

Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622, was written in October 1791 for the clarinetist Anton Stadler.

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Clifford Curzon

Sir Clifford Michael Curzon CBE (né Siegenberg; 18 May 19071 September 1982) was an English classical pianist.

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Colin Davis

Sir Colin Rex Davis (25 September 1927 – 14 April 2013) was an English conductor, known for his association with the London Symphony Orchestra, having first conducted it in 1959.

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Concertmaster

The Concertmaster (from the German Konzertmeister) in the U.S. and Canada is the leader of the first violin section in an orchestra (or clarinet in a concert band) and the instrument-playing leader of the orchestra.

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Crawley

Crawley is a town and borough in West Sussex, England.

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Croydon

Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross.

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D'Oyly Carte Opera Company

The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company is a professional light opera company that staged Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy operas nearly year-round in the UK and sometimes toured in Europe, North America and elsewhere, from the 1870s until 1982.

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Daniele Gatti

Daniele Gatti (born 6 November 1961) is an Italian conductor.

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Dartford

Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England.

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David McCallum Sr.

David Keith McCallum Sr. (26 March 1897 – 21 March 1972) was the Scottish leader (principal first violinist) of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Scottish National Orchestra.

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Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.

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Dennis Brain

Dennis Brain (17 May 19211 September 1957) was a British virtuoso horn player who was largely credited for popularizing the horn as a solo classical instrument with the post-war British public.

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Deutsche Grammophon

Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of corporation called PolyGram.

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Earl Wild

Earl Wild (November 26, 1915January 23, 2010) was an American pianist known for his transcriptions of jazz and classical music.

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Edvard Grieg

Edvard Hagerup Grieg (15 June 18434 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist.

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Elgar Howarth

Elgar Howarth (born 4 November 1935), is an English conductor, composer and trumpeter.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.

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Emeric Pressburger

Emeric Pressburger (5 December 19025 February 1988) was a Hungarian British screenwriter, film director, and producer.

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Emmanuel Chabrier

Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier (January 18, 1841September 13, 1894) was a French Romantic composer and pianist.

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Erich Gruenberg

Erich Gruenberg (born 12 October 1924) is an Austrian-born British violinist and teacher.

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Fairfield Halls

Fairfield Halls is an arts, entertainment and conference centre located in Croydon, London.

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Frank Howes

Frank Stewart Howes (2 April 1891 – 28 September 1974) was an English music critic.

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Franz Schubert

Franz Peter Schubert (31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras.

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Frederick Delius

Frederick Theodore Albert Delius, CH (29 January 186210 June 1934) was an English composer.

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Frederick Riddle

Frederick Craig Riddle OBE (20 April 19125 February 1995) was a British violist.

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Fritz Reiner

Frederick Martin "Fritz" Reiner (December 19, 1888 – November 15, 1963) was a prominent conductor of opera and symphonic music in the twentieth century.

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Gabriel Fauré

Gabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher.

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Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky, CBE (Генна́дий Никола́евич Рожде́ственский; 4 May 1931 – 16 June 2018) was a Soviet and Russian conductor, People's Artist of the USSR (1976), and Hero of Socialist Labour (1990).

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Geoffrey Gilbert

Geoffrey Winzer Gilbert (28 May 1914 – 1989) was an English flautist, who was a leading influence on British flute-playing, introducing a more flexible style, based on French techniques, with metal instruments replacing the traditional wood.

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George Baker (baritone)

George Baker (10 February 1885 – 8 January 1976) was an English singer.

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George Frideric Handel

George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (born italic; 23 February 1685 (O.S.) – 14 April 1759) was a German, later British, Baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos.

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George VI

George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952.

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Georges Bizet

Georges Bizet (25 October 18383 June 1875), registered at birth as Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer of the romantic era.

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Georges Prêtre

Georges Prêtre (14 August 1924 – 4 January 2017) was a French orchestral and opera conductor.

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Gerald Jackson

Gerald Jackson (January 1900 – unknown) was an English flautist particularly known as one of the four members of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's so-called "Royal Family" of woodwind players.

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Gilbert and Sullivan

Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900) and to the works they jointly created.

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Gioachino Rossini

Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as some sacred music, songs, chamber music, and piano pieces.

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Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Glyndebourne Festival Opera is an annual opera festival held at Glyndebourne, an English country house near Lewes, in East Sussex, England.

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Grzegorz Nowak (conductor)

Grzegorz Nowak (born 15 August 1951, Poznań) is a Polish conductor.

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Gustav Holst

Gustav Theodore Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst; 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer, arranger and teacher.

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Gwydion Brooke

Gwydion Brooke (16 February 191227 March 2005) was the principal bassoonist of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and a member of its "Royal Family" of wind instrumentalists, along with Jack Brymer (clarinet), Terence MacDonagh (oboe), and Gerald Jackson (flute).

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Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut.

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Hector Berlioz

Louis-Hector Berlioz; 11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique, Harold en Italie, Roméo et Juliette, Grande messe des morts (Requiem), L'Enfance du Christ, Benvenuto Cellini, La Damnation de Faust, and Les Troyens. Berlioz made significant contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation. He specified huge orchestral forces for some of his works, and conducted several concerts with more than 1,000 musicians. He also composed around 50 compositions for voice, accompanied by piano or orchestra. His influence was critical for the further development of Romanticism, especially in composers like Richard Wagner, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Franz Liszt, Richard Strauss, and Gustav Mahler.

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High Wycombe

High Wycombe, often referred to as Wycombe, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, England.

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His Master's Voice

His Master's Voice (HMV) is a famous trademark in the recording industry and was the unofficial name of a major British record label.

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Home Secretary

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, normally referred to as the Home Secretary, is a senior official as one of the Great Offices of State within Her Majesty's Government and head of the Home Office.

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Igor Stravinsky

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (ˈiɡərʲ ˈfʲɵdərəvʲɪtɕ strɐˈvʲinskʲɪj; 6 April 1971) was a Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor.

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Ipswich

Ipswich is the county town of Suffolk, England, located on the estuary of the River Orwell, about north east of London.

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Jack Brymer

John (Jack) Alexander Brymer OBE (27 January 191515 September 2003) was an English clarinettist.

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James Galway

Sir James Galway, (born 8 December 1939) is an Irish virtuoso flute player from Belfast, nicknamed "The Man with the Golden Flute".

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Jean Sibelius

Jean Sibelius, born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius (8 December 186520 September 1957), was a Finnish composer and violinist of the late Romantic and early-modern periods.

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John Barbirolli

Sir John Barbirolli, CH (2 December 189929 July 1970), né Giovanni Battista Barbirolli, was a British conductor and cellist.

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Jonathan Carney

Jonathan Carney is a violinist, violist, and conductor noted for his interpretations of Luciano Berio, Michael Nyman, Max Bruch, Johannes Brahms, Jean Sibelius, Felix Mendelssohn, John Cage, Bruno Maderna, Pablo Sarasate, Fritz Kreisler, Krzysztof Penderecki, Paul Hindemith, Philip Glass, Toru Takemitsu, and Antonio Vivaldi.

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Laurence Olivier

Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.

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Leopold Stokowski

Leopold Anthony Stokowski (18 April 188213 September 1977) was an English conductor of Polish and Irish descent.

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Live at the Acropolis

Live at the Acropolis is the first live album and concert film by the Greek keyboardist, composer, and producer Yanni, released on March 1, 1994 on Private Music.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra

The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London.

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London String Quartet

The London String Quartet was a string quartet founded in London in 1908 which remained one of the leading English chamber groups into the 1930s, and made several well-known recordings.

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London Symphony Orchestra

The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), founded in 1904, is the oldest of London's symphony orchestras.

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Los Angeles Philharmonic

The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil or LAP) is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California.

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Lowestoft

Lowestoft is a town and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk.

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Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (12 October 19356 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most commercially successful tenors of all time.

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770Beethoven was baptised on 17 December. His date of birth was often given as 16 December and his family and associates celebrated his birthday on that date, and most scholars accept that he was born on 16 December; however there is no documentary record of his birth.26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist.

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Lyrita

Lyrita is a classical music record label, specializing in the works of British composers.

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Malcolm Sargent

Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent (29 April 1895 – 3 October 1967) was an English conductor, organist and composer widely regarded as Britain's leading conductor of choral works.

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Martin Owen

Martin Owen (born 22 September 1973) is a British classical horn player.

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Michael Chapman (bassoonist)

Michael Chapman (3 August 1934 - 21 July 2005) was a British classical bassoonist and reed-maker.

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Michael Powell

Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was an English film director, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger.

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Montreux

Montreux is a municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

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Musicians' Union (United Kingdom)

The Musicians' Union (MU) is an organisation which represents over 30,000 musicians working in all sectors of the British music business.

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Musikverein

The (Viennese Music Association), commonly shortened to, is a concert hall in the Innere Stadt borough of Vienna, Austria.

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Northampton

Northampton is the county town of Northamptonshire in the East Midlands of England.

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Nottingham

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, England, north of London, in the East Midlands.

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Oedipus rex (opera)

Oedipus rex is an "Opera-oratorio after Sophocles" by Igor Stravinsky, scored for orchestra, speaker, soloists, and male chorus.

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Olin Downes

Edwin Olin Downes, better known as Olin Downes (January 27, 1886 – August 22, 1955), was an American music critic, known as "Sibelius's Apostle" for his championship of the music of Jean Sibelius.

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Orchestra

An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which mixes instruments from different families, including bowed string instruments such as violin, viola, cello and double bass, as well as brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments, each grouped in sections.

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Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation (also known simply as Paramount) is an American film studio based in Hollywood, California, that has been a subsidiary of the American media conglomerate Viacom since 1994.

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Peter Maxwell Davies

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (8 September 1934 – 14 March 2016) was an English composer and conductor.

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Philharmonia Orchestra

The Philharmonia Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London.

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Philip Jones (musician)

Philip Jones CBE (12 March 1928 – 17 January 2000) was a British trumpeter and leader of an internationally famous brass chamber music ensemble.

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Philips Records

Philips Records is a record label that was founded by the Dutch electronics company Philips.

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Piano Concerto No. 5 (Beethoven)

The Piano Concerto No.

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Portsmouth Guildhall

Portsmouth Guildhall is a multi-use venue in the centre of Portsmouth, UK, located on a pedestrian square close to the Portsmouth and Southsea railway station.

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Pye Records

Pye Records was a British record label.

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Raymond Cohen

Raymond Hyam Cohen (27 July 1919 – London, 28 January 2011) was an English classical violinist.

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RCA Records

RCA Records (formerly legally traded as the RCA Records Label) is an American record label owned by Sony Music, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

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Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a large, historically important minster town in Berkshire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Reginald Kell

Reginald Clifford Kell (8 June 19065 August 1981) was an English clarinettist.

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Richard III (1955 film)

Richard III is a 1955 British Technicolor film adaptation of William Shakespeare's historical play of the same name, also incorporating elements from his Henry VI, Part 3.

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Richard Rodgers

Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American composer of music, with over 900 songs and 43 Broadway musicals, leaving a legacy as one of the most significant composers of 20th century American music.

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Roy Jenkins

Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead, (11 November 1920 – 5 January 2003) was a British Labour Party, SDP and Liberal Democrat politician, and biographer of British political leaders.

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Royal Albert Hall

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Royal Festival Hall

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Royal Philharmonic Society

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Rudolf Kempe

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Salle Pleyel

The Salle Pleyel (French: Pleyel Hall) is a concert hall in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France.

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Samson and Delilah (opera)

Samson and Delilah (Samson et Dalila), Op.

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San Francisco Symphony

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Shahrdad Rouhani

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Shura Cherkassky

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Silver jubilee

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Steven Staryk

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Swiss Cottage

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Symphony No. 100 (Haydn)

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Symphony No. 3 (Schubert)

Franz Schubert's Symphony No.

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Symphony No. 4 (Tchaikovsky)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.

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Symphony No. 41 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, on 10 August 1788.

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Symphony No. 5 (Schubert)

Franz Schubert's Symphony No.

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Symphony No. 6 (Schubert)

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Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven)

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Terence MacDonagh

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The Bridge on the River Kwai

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The Independent

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The Magic Flute

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The Marriage of Figaro

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The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

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The New York Times

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The Nice

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The Nutcracker

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The Observer

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The Planets

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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

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The Proms

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The Rake's Progress

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The Red Shoes (1948 film)

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The Tales of Hoffmann (film)

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The Times

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.

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Thomas Beecham

Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet, CH (29 April 18798 March 1961) was an English conductor and impresario best known for his association with the London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic orchestras.

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UEFA

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UEFA Champions League Anthem

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Unicorn-Kanchana

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Vernon Handley

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Victor Olof

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Vladimir Ashkenazy

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Walter Legge

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Walter Weller

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William Glock

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William Rees-Mogg

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Yehudi Menuhin

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Yuri Temirkanov

Yuri Khatuevich Temirkanov (Ю́рий Хату́евич Темирка́нов; Темыркъан Юрий; born December 10, 1938) is a Russian conductor of Circassian (Kabardian) origin.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra

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