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BBC Symphony Orchestra was founded by Adrian Boult in 1930 as London's
first permanent orchestra. Since then, its impressive roll-call of Chief
Conductors has included Antal Dorati, Pierre Boulez, Gennady
Rozhdestvensky, Sir Colin Davis and Sir John Pritchard while the
Orchestra has also worked closely with a number of great composers,
including Bartók, Henze, Lutoslawski, Pärt, Prokofiev, Strauss and
Stravinsky. A strong commitment to new music has resulted in the
Orchestra giving the premieres of over 1,100 works, many of which were
commissioned by the BBC and have since become established classics.
As the flagship orchestra of the BBC, the BBC Symphony Orchestra provides the backbone of the Proms, with more than a dozen appearances each summer, including the First and Last Nights. The Orchestra's schedule also includes an annual concert season at the Barbican, regional UK concerts, international tours and commercial recordings. Every performance, at home or abroad, is broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and can also be heard on the BBC Radio 3 Website. In Autumn 2000 the Orchestra launched its 70th anniversary season at its new home, the Barbican, and Leonard Slatkin became the Orchestra's eleventh Chief Conductor, succeeding Sir Andrew Davis who became its first Conductor Laureate. In another first, Mark-Anthony Turnage was appointed to the new role of Associate Composer. Every January the Orchestra celebrates the work of a 20th century composer with a weekend festival; Messiaen, Weill and Schnittke have featured most recently and the work of John Adams will be explored in January 2002. This weekend will be framed by two composer portraits looking at the music of two American musical pioneers, Philip Glass and Morton Feldman. The BBC Symphony Orchestra records for many of the major recording labels and appears regularly on television, having recently completed a second series of Masterworks for BBC 2 working with Leonard Slatkin, Sir Andrew Davis and Valery Gergiev. The Orchestra has a busy touring schedule, recently visiting South America, Germany and Spain, and with forthcoming engagements in Belgium, France, the Far East and Australia. It regularly appears at international festivals including Aldeburgh, Edinburgh and Salzburg. The BBC Symphony Orchestra looks forward to the future as it continues as one of the country's leading orchestras, fulfilling a key role in British cultural life. |
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