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BBC Symphony Orchestra
The BBC Symphony Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. Founded in 1930, it was the first permanent salaried orchestra in London, and is the only one of the city's five major symphony orchestras not to be self-governing. The BBC SO is the principal broadcast orchestra of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The orchestra was originally conceived in 1928 as a joint enterprise by the BBC and the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham, but the latter withdrew the next year and the task of assembling and training the orchestra fell to the BBC's director of music, Adrian Boult. Among its guest conductors in its first years was Arturo Toscanini, who judged it the finest orchestra he had ever conducted. During and after the Second World War, Boult strove to maintain standards, but the senior management of the post-war BBC did not allocate the orchestra the resources to meet competition from new and well-funded rivals. After Boult's retirement from the BBC in 1950, the orchestra went through a fallow period. Boult's successor, Sir Malcolm Sargent, was popular with the public but had poor rapport with his players, and orchestral morale dropped. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Symphony_Orchestra) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

Songs

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Overture
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Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D Major, Op. 39/1
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Superman
The BBC Orchestra
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Chariots of Fire
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Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36: Var. 9. Adagio "Nimrod"
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Albums

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Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin; Divertimento for Strings

2025
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Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Remastered 2023)

2023
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Edward Elgar

2023
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Boult's Elgar: The Forgotten Recordings (Remastered 2025)

2025
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Smyth: Der Wald

2023
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Johannes Brahms

2023
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Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2-3 & Piano Sonata No. 7

2024
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Mahler Pioneers

2023
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Brahms & Busoni Violin Concertos

2024
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Ravel & Grieg (Live)

2023

Singles & EPs

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Der Wald: I. Prologue

Single • 2023
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Birtwistle: The Triumph of Time

Single • 2011
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Julia Wolfe: Pretty

Single • 2024
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Beethoven: Symphony No.1, OP. 21

EP • 2022
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Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor

EP • 2009
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Julius Eastman: Symphony No. II - The Faithful Friend: The Lover Friend's Love for the Beloved

Single • 2024
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Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: I. Maestoso (Radio Edit)

Single • 2021
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Grieg / Schumann: Piano Concertos

EP • 1956
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Sibelius: Finlandia Finlandia, En Saga, The Swan of Tuonela, Karela Suite & Pohjola's Daughter

EP • 2014
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64

Single • 2009

Videos

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Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance | BBC Proms 2014 - BBC

BBC • 6.4M views
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Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D major, 'Land of Hope and Glory' (Prom 75)

BBC Music • 1.1M views
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Francisco Tárrega – Fantasia on a Theme from Verdi's 'La Traviata' – Tatyana Ryzhkova, guitar

MoonRiver_75 usa • 737 views
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God Save The Queen: Celebrating 60 Years

Michael Garnett • 417K views
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Pomp and Circumstance, Op.39 - No.1 in D major ( Edward Elgar )

Alejandro Avila • 31K views
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Warsaw Concerto (Richard Addinsell)

Chris Hill • 794K views
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"Rule Britannia!" – British Patriotic Song

Zorgée • 1.5K views
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"Macho King" Randy Savage Titantron 2024 HD (WWE 2K24)

Fresh Prince of Harvey • 1.2K views
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Parry - Jerusalem (Last Night of the Proms 2012)

Mandetriens • 195K views
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Spem in alium - as featured in Fifty Shades of Grey - The Tallis Scholars - EPK

The Tallis Scholars • 592K views

Live performances

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Modern Classical

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Essential Classical

Playlist • YouTube Music

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