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The original Sinfonia of London was founded in 1955 by Gordon Walker specifically for the recording of film music. The orchestra came into being when there was a split in the future direction of the London Symphony Orchestra, many LSO players leaving to join the Sinfonia of London in order to undertake the more lucrative film soundtrack work.
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In 2004 Wilson was appointed the music director for the Hollywood feature film Beyond the Sea, a biopic of the life of Bobby Darin starring Kevin Spacey.In 2007 he conducted the BBC Concert Orchestra in a BBC Proms concert of British film music, followed in 2009 by conducting his own John Wilson Orchestra in their Proms debut, a celebration of MGM Musicals, and made a further appearance in the ...
Hirsch led the original New London Orchestra from 1949 to 1955 and the Sinfonia of London from 1956. [17] [18] Hirsch also led his own chamber group, the Hirsch Chamber Players from 1961 until 1969. [19] He coached the string section of the National Youth Orchestra from 1948 to 1966, [20] working with Ruth Railton, who had founded it in 1947. [21]
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The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London.Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's symphony orchestras.The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's Hall Orchestra because of a new rule requiring players to give the orchestra their exclusive services.
John Ernest Hollingsworth was born in Enfield, Middlesex in 1916. He was educated at Bradfield College, Berkshire, [2] and the Guildhall School of Music.When he conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in 1937, at the age of 21, he was the youngest man up to that time ever to conduct that orchestra.
Leaders of the London Symphony Orchestra (9 P) Pages in category "London Symphony Orchestra players" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total.