Originally founded as the BBC Theatre Orchestra. It is the only one of the five BBC orchestras which is not a full-scale symphony one.
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BBC Concert Orchestra
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Golders Green Hippodrome
Hippodrome Theatre, Golders Green home of the BBC Concert Orchestra, 1969 - 2...
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Carl Davis
Conductor and composer. Born New York City but lived in the UK from1961. He wrote music for more than 100 television programmes, but is best known for creating music to accompany silent films, suc...
1 memorial
Kathleen Ferrier
Contralto singer. Â Born Lancashire. Â Her brief marriage failed due to physical incompatibility. Â She learnt the piano and in a 1937 music festival she also competed in the singing contest for a bet...
1 memorial
Chris Blackwell
Businessman and record producer. Born Christopher Percy Gordon Blackwell in Westminster.
1 memorial
Dame Myra Hess
Pianist. Born Julia Myra Hess in South Hampstead. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music. During WW2, when concert halls were blacked out at night, she organise...
1 memorial
1 memorial
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