Founded as a joint project between the BBC and Sir Adrian Boult. It is now the principal orchestra which plays at the Proms.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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BBC Symphony Orchestra
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Maida Vale Studios
Maida Vale Studios, home of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Radiophonic Wo...
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Ezekiel 'Biggs' Yearwood
Pioneer participant in the Notting Hill Carnival. In the early seventies, Yearwood was a pan tuner in England. 1988 Yearwood and Raymond Joseph established the Pantonic Steel Orchestra, based in H...
1 memorial
Constant Lambert
Composer. Born and died in London. Brother of the sculptor Maurice Lambert.  Heavy drinker.  Co-founder of the Sadler's Wells Ballet  with Ninette de Valois and Frederick Ashton. Had an affair with...
1 memorial
Richard Tauber
Lyric tenor.  Born Austria.  An an international star he came to London a few times: 1931, 1938 and lastly when already diagnosed with lung cancer he was invited by the Vienna State Opera to perfor...
1 memorial
Charlie Watts
Drummer. Born on 2 June 1941 as Charles Robert Watts in University Hospital. He was given his first drum kit in 1955. In 1961 he met Alexis Korner and joined his band 'Blues Incorporated'. He was i...
1 memorial
Sir Geraint Evans
Opera singer. Born Geraint LLewellyn Evans in Cilfynydd, Wales. He took singing lessons in Cardiff before serving in the RAF in WW2. Later he studied in Geneva and in London at the Guildhall School...
1 memorial
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