London Symphony Orchestra
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. The LSO itself later introduced a similar rule for its members. From the outset the LSO was organised on co-operative lines, with all players sharing the profits at the end of each season. This practice continued for the orchestra's first four decades.The LSO underwent periods of eclipse in the 1930s and 1950s when it was regarded as inferior in quality to new London orchestras, to which it lost players and bookings: the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the 1930s and the Philharmonia and Royal Philharmonic after the Second World War. The profit-sharing principle was abandoned in the post-war era as a condition of receiving public subsidy for the first time. In the 1950s the orchestra debated whether to concentrate on film work at the expense of symphony concerts; many senior players left when the majority of players rejected the idea. By the 1960s the LSO had recovered its leading position, which it has retained subsequently. In 1966, to perform alongside it in choral works, the orchestra established the LSO Chorus, originally a mix of professional and amateur singers, later a wholly amateur ensemble.
As a self-governing body, the orchestra selects the conductors with whom it works. At some stages in its history it has dispensed with a principal conductor and worked only with guests. Among conductors with whom it is most associated are, in its early days, Hans Richter, Sir Edward Elgar, and Sir Thomas Beecham, and in more recent decades Pierre Monteux, André Previn, Claudio Abbado, Sir Colin Davis, and Valery Gergiev.
Since 1982, the LSO has been based in the Barbican Centre in the City of London. Among its programmes there have been large-scale festivals celebrating composers as diverse as Berlioz, Mahler and Leonard Bernstein. The LSO claims to be the world's most recorded orchestra; it has made gramophone recordings since 1912 and has played on more than 200 soundtrack recordings for the cinema, of which the best known include the ''Star Wars'' series. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953
Published 1997
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by Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893
Published 1966
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by Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945
Published 1966
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by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
Published 1966
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by Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893
Published 1958
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by Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934
Published 1971
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by Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897
Published 1952
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by Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963
Published 1975
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by Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911
Published 1968
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by Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904
Published 1977
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by Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848
Published 1970
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by Scharwenka, Xaver, 1850-1924
Published 1970
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by Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957
Published 1959
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by Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893
Published 1965
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by Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953
Published 1971
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by Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904
Published 1971
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by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
Published 1961
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by Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949
Published 1975
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by Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934
Published 1967
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