Tagged with: Orchestras
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No. 10, Big Tree Wharf and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jon Jacob
Editor, About the BBC Blog
As the BBC Symphony Orchestra started life 85 years ago we document their first concert and first home in south London.
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's and guests to tour India
Gavin Reid
Director BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Head of English Regions Craig Henderson gives an update on major programming initiative, 'World War One at Home'.
'Sondheim: Inside Out' on BBC Radio 3
Jon Jacob
Editor, About the BBC Blog
Editor, fan and audience member Jon Jacob previews 'Sondheim: Inside Out' on BBC Radio 3 this Christmas.
Finishing what we started - The BBC Philharmonic in Japan
Julian Gregory
Violinist, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Violinist Julian Gregory recounts the BBC Philharmonic's return to Japan to finish the tour that was cut short by the 2011 earthquake & tsunami.
BBC Philharmonic Presents ... Pet Shop Boys
Richard Wigley
General Manager, BBC Philharmonic
Richard Wigley gives a glimpse into the process of making BBC Philharmonic Presents… with the Pet Shop Boys
The BBC Symphony Orchestra rehearsing for the Last Night of the Proms
Steve Bowbrick
Head of Interactive, Radio 3
Tomorrow night sees the climax of this year's BBC Proms. It's been a record-breaking season - with 94% attendance for evenings at the Royal Albert Hall. Over 300,000 will have attended a Prom by the time the season finishes. In July, on the day of the First Night, we spoke to Proms Director Roger...
This Time Eighty Years Ago
Paul Hughes
BBC Symphony Orchestra
As I sit here in Maida Vale's Studio 1 watching the load-in of what looks like the national supply of percussion instruments, I wonder what my predecessor might have been thinking 80 years ago today in the lead up to the very first concert by the newly-created BBC Symphony Orchestra. The Orchestr...
