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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 (

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

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Pierre Monteux: A 150th Anniversary Tribute (Live)

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

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

2023
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Dancing music vol.1 (feat. Eduard van Beinum)

2025
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Frankly Speaking with Leopold Stokowski (Live)

2025
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Smyth: Der Wald

2023
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Holst: Beni Mora, Op. 29 No. 1 & Choral Symphony, Op. 41 (Live)

2025
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Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2-3 & Piano Sonata No. 7

2024
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Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin; Divertimento for Strings

2025
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Brahms & Busoni Violin Concertos

2024

Singles & EPs

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Der Wald: I. Prologue

Single • 2023
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Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "Batter my heart"

Single • 2018
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Grieg / Schumann: Piano Concertos

EP • 1956
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Beethoven: Symphony No.1, OP. 21

EP • 2022
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Sibelius: Finlandia Finlandia, En Saga, The Swan of Tuonela, Karela Suite & Pohjola's Daughter

EP • 2014
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Britten: Diversions, Op. 21: Variation II. Romance

Single • 2025
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Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: I. Maestoso (Radio Edit)

Single • 2021
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Birtwistle: The Triumph of Time

Single • 2011
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Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: Chorus - "At the sight of this"

Single • 2018
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Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor

EP • 2009

Videos

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God Save The Queen: Celebrating 60 Years

Michael Garnett • 904K views
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Francisco Tárrega – Fantasia on a Theme from Verdi's 'La Traviata' – Tatyana Ryzhkova, guitar

MoonRiver_75 usa • 748 views
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Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance | BBC Proms 2014 - BBC

BBC • 7.3M views
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Leonard Bernstein conducts Elgar's Pomp And Circumstance, Op 39 No 1

Stephen Baggaley • 4.8K views
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08. Pomp and Circumstance March No. IV. - (Sir Edward Elgar) - [A Clockwork Orange]

HHMixtapes1 • 29K views
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Perfect Day

Dr. John, Joan Armatrading, Brett Anderson, Laurie Anderson, Courtney Pine, BBC Symphony Orchestra, The Robert Cray Band, David Bowie, Gabrielle, Brodsky Quartet, Lou Reed, Elton John, Sheona White, Bono, Ian Broudie, Thomas Allen, Sir Andrew Davis, Heather Small, Emmylou Harris, Boyzone, Tom Jones, Lesley Garrett, Evan Dando, Skye, Suzanne Vega, Tammy Wynette, Burning Spear, and Shane MacGowan • 1M views
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Spem in alium - as featured in Fifty Shades of Grey - The Tallis Scholars - EPK

The Tallis Scholars • 596K views
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Parry - Jerusalem (Last Night of the Proms 2012)

Mandetriens • 212K views
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Henry Purcell - Abdelazar Suite - Rondo

deviantrake • 858K views

Live performances

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Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / Rattle · Berliner Philharmoniker

Berliner Philharmoniker • 67K views

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