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He changed his name to Runne in 1936, and in the early part of his career was known as a trumpeter and an orchestra leader. [3] Upon his return to Finland from the post of conductor for the China Variety Orchestra in Stockholm in 1957, he joined the Musiikki-Fazer company as a studio manager. [ 3 ]
Orchestras which choose not to have principal conductors, such as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, are omitted from this list. Likewise, principal conductors for opera companies are omitted, unless the orchestra of that opera company performs orchestral concerts under ...
The concertmaster (from the German Konzertmeister), first chair [1] (U.S.) or leader [2] (U.K.) is the principal first violin player in an orchestra (clarinet or oboe in a concert band). After the conductor , the concertmaster is the most significant leader in an orchestra , symphonic band or other musical ensemble .
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Rakhmaninov – Symphony No 2, Vocalise / 1992 Nimbus Records / BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Rakhmaninov – Orchestral Works / 1998 Nimbus Records / BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade / 2005 Classics for Pleasure / London Philharmonic ‘Joie de Vivre’ / 2005 Decca / BBC Symphony Orchestra
Mitchell Ayres (December 24, 1909 – September 5, 1969) was an orchestra leader, music arranger, composer and performer. He is best known for his many years of work with Perry Como on radio, records, and television and as the musical conductor for The Hollywood Palace.
The first is a Baroque orchestra (i.e., J.S. Bach, Handel, Vivaldi), which generally had a smaller number of performers, and in which one or more chord-playing instruments, the basso continuo group (e.g., harpsichord or pipe organ and assorted bass instruments to perform the bassline), played an important role; the second is a typical classical ...
Ray Martin (Raymond Stuart Martin; born Kurt Kohn and later anglicised his name) (11 October 1918 – 7 February 1988) [1] was an Austrian-British orchestra leader. He was noted for his light music compositions.