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the 2013 Proms season. In
September 2015, the BBC SO announced the extension of his contract to the 2019–2020 season. In May 2018, the BBCSO indicated a further extension of Oramo's contract through 2022. In October 2020, the BBC SO announced a further extension of Oramo's contract as chief conductor through September 2023, the scheduled conclusion of the 2023 Proms season. In April 2022, the BBC SO announced an additional extension of Oramo's contract as chief conductor through the close of the 2025–2026 season. In September 2024, the BBC SO announced a further extension of Oramo's contract as chief conductor to 2030. Oramo is currently the longest-serving chief conductor of the orchestra since Adrian Boult.
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Bělohlávek's strengths, but he had no reputation for conducting new works, which remained a core part of the orchestra's remit. He welcomed the fact that the orchestra's new principal guest conductor was David
Robertson, a new-music expert and a protégé of Boulez. The orchestra was seen by some as "a bolshie lot" and "grumpy", but its relations with Bělohlávek were harmonious. Under Bělohlávek the orchestra won glowing reviews:
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414:, Robert Elkin, writes, "At this period the standard of orchestral playing in London was distinctly low, and the well-drilled efficiency of the Berliners under their dynamic conductor came as something of a revelation." These, and later concerts by the same orchestra, gained plaudits from the public and music critics at the expense of the London orchestras. The chief music critic of
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offence it has committed, and goes on committing: for this corporation, with all its assured and conspicuous wealth, has given and is giving us the worst orchestral performances ever heard in London. … This year at Queen's Hall they have assembled an orchestra which sounds as if it were composed in great part of "substitutes".
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Barbican weekends that each January investigate another major but not fully understood 20th-century composer." Noting that modern music was central to the work of Davis and the orchestra, Allison added that under Davis the orchestra took part in "once-in-a-lifetime projects such
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attitude towards orchestral players". He offended the BBC SO players by demanding that they all stand up when he came on to the platform – which they firmly declined to do. He rapidly became equally unpopular with the BBC music department, ignoring its agenda and pursuing his own. He refused to join
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September 1939 the BBC put into effect its contingency plans to minimise disruption of broadcasting. The corporation withdrew from responsibility for the Proms, with which Wood went ahead, backed by the Royal Philharmonic Society, with the LSO replacing the BBC SO. The BBC
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Beecham together in April 1928; negotiations and preliminary arrangements continued for more than 18 months until it became clear that the corporation and the conductor had irreconcilable priorities for the proposed new ensemble. Beecham withdrew and, as described by
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and others, the "deputy system" remained a traditional part of the London orchestral scene. A player booked for a concert could accept a better-paid engagement and send a substitute in his stead. The treasurer of the Royal
Philharmonic Society described the system thus: "A, whom you want, signs to
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made his first guest conducting appearance with the BBC SO, his first guest-conducting engagement with any London orchestra. On the basis of this concert, in
February 2012, Oramo was named the orchestra's 13th Chief Conductor, with an initial contract of 3 years, effective with the First Night of
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January 1945: "a performance that blazed with excitement and passion and is documentary evidence of the excellence of the orchestra in 1944". With Reith long gone from the post of director-general, Boult found that the top management of the BBC was less concerned for the status of its
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Reith's BBC of the 1920s was ... imbued with an almost religious zeal for "enlightening" the public through the magical medium of the wireless. An orchestra, and particularly one that was unencumbered by commercial constraints and thus free to deliver the highest of highbrow programmes, would fit
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play at your concert. He sends B (whom you don't mind) to the first rehearsal. B, without your knowledge or consent, sends C to the second rehearsal. Not being able to play at the concert, C sends D, whom you would have paid five shillings to stay away."
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and other orchestras, a high proportion of the rank and file members were fresh from music colleges. Boult wrote, "a brilliant group of young and inexperienced players came to sit behind the well-known old stagers."
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which the BBC had previously used for concerts. In 1927 the BBC and Covent Garden collaborated in a series of public concerts with an orchestra of 150 players under conductors including
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as its next principal guest conductor, the first woman ever to be named to the post and the second female conductor ever to be given a titled post with a BBC orchestra.
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Proms season. He strove to free players from "slavery to the microphone", and Glock promoted a regular series of concerts at the Festival Hall. The music critic
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2662:"Conductor Sakari Oramo: the Finn's First Night at the Proms"
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In August 2012, the BBC SO announced the appointment of
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both posts simultaneously. Boult opted for the latter.
2639:"BBC Symphony Orchestra announces new Chief Conductor"
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In 1927, the BBC took over the responsibility for the
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Sutcliffe, Tom (22 October 1980). "The golden mien".
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2884:, BBC Symphonnewy Orchestra. Retrieved 1 August 2012
2777:(Press release). Harrison Parrott. 11 September 2024
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Glock was well known as a proponent of music of the
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was unrivalled, and his large-scale performances of
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The reviews of the new orchestra were enthusiastic.
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and Sir Edward Elgar conducted the orchestra of the
153:. Among its guest conductors in its first years was
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2733:(Press release). Harrison Parrott. 22 October 2020
1375:The other concerts were divided between Ansermet,
3189:A Report on Orchestral Resources in Great Britain
2993:The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom
2872:, BBC Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 1 August 2012
2857:, BBC Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 1 August 2012
697:and Bruno Walter, followed, in later seasons, by
3758:
3071:. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press.
2755:(Press release). Harrison Parrott. 14 April 2022
2514:"Last night of the maestro who hit a wrong note"
2418:, BBC Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 30 July 2012
2406:, BBC Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 30 July 2012
2394:, BBC Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 30 July 2012
245:allowed broadcasts of its performances from the
233:Almost from its beginning in November 1922, the
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191:, performing standards rose appreciably. Under
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2153:Kenyon, pp. 220 (Barbirolli) and 228 (KubelĂk)
1059:was principal conductor from 1982 to 1989. In
972:, and UK premieres of works by, among others,
935:principals for the wind section, including as
747:Symphony Orchestra. The new director-general,
410:, in two concerts in 1927. A historian of the
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1191:The BBC SO is the associate orchestra of the
1148:critic praised the BBC SO's "virtuoso form".
3153:. London: British Broadcasting Corporation.
919:later wrote that Doráti and his successors,
2953:Tunes of Glory: The Life of Malcolm Sargent
2659:
434:Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
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1521:"British Broadcasting Company's Concert".
467:very well into that idealistic philosophy.
208:, and in studio concerts from its base at
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3807:1930 establishments in the United Kingdom
3225:Thomas Beecham – An Independent Biography
3191:. London: Arts Council of Great Britain.
2870:"A profile of the BBC Symphony Orchestra"
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1071:(1977–1979), Michael Gielen (1978–1981),
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2923:"Andrew Davis/BBC Symphony Orchestra"
2711:. BBC Symphony Orchestra. 18 May 2018
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638:Three Movements from the Lyric Suite
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2997:. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2937:, WorldCat. Retrieved 1 August 2012
2925:, WorldCat. Retrieved 1 August 2012
2612:Andrew Clements (31 October 2011).
1744:
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237:had started broadcasting from its "
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3797:Musical groups established in 1930
3594:Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
3488:Academy of St Martin in the Fields
2416:"History of the Orchestra – 1980s"
2404:"History of the Orchestra – 1970s"
2392:"History of the Orchestra – 1960s"
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366:Methodist Central Hall Westminster
318:Methodist Central Hall Westminster
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3105:Henry J. Wood: Maker of the Proms
2822:Imogen Tilden (25 January 2019).
2796:Charlotte Smith (8 August 2012).
2574:Kennedy, Michael (2 March 2008).
2494:Allison, John (11 January 2000).
2474:"A Proms last knight to remember"
1481:The Orchestra on Record 1896-1826
847:
348:from Covent Garden, conducted by
40:The BBC Symphony Orchestra's logo
16:British orchestra based in London
3599:English National Opera Orchestra
3434:Major orchestras based in London
3208:. London: Macdonald and Jane's.
3090:. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
2555:Brown, Geoff (12 January 2009).
1465:"Symphony Concert by Wireless".
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3802:Radio and television orchestras
3675:BBC National Orchestra of Wales
3670:BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
3035:. London: Thames & Hudson.
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1994:. 11 August 1936. p. 10.
1771:(1052): 935. 1 October 1930.
1469:. 2 October 1923. p. 10.
1440:. 1 December 1923. p. 8.
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3721:BBC Northern Dance Orchestra
3716:BBC Midlands Radio Orchestra
3472:Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
2660:Tom Service (10 July 2015).
2452:"Au revoir, but not goodbye"
1964:. 27 August 1931. p. 8.
1591:(1019): 70. 1 January 1928.
1533:. 17 March 1924. p. 10.
1432:. 25 August 1923. p. 6.
1175:Function in the 21st century
705:Second World War and postwar
362:Columbia Graphophone Company
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3782:Deutsche Grammophon artists
3777:British symphony orchestras
3227:. London: Victor Gollancz.
3172:. London: Faber and Faber.
3130:. London: Hamish Hamilton.
2974:. London: Hamish Hamilton.
2239:. New Series (167): 19–21.
1549:. 28 April 1924. p. 8.
1541:. 7 April 1924. p. 10.
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3168:Morrison, Richard (2004).
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2496:"Last knight of the Proms"
1525:. 8 March 1924. p. 8.
1424:. 21 July 1923. p. 8.
1183:BBC SO rehearsing for the
1092:Pritchard's successor was
342:Royal Philharmonic Society
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3145:Kenyon, Nicholas (1981).
3122:Kennedy, Michael (1987).
2245:10.1017/S0040298200024517
1910:10.1017/S0040298200013954
1737:"The Promenade Concerts"
1105:'s completion of Elgar's
643:Symphony No. 4 in F minor
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3549:London Classical Players
3539:Academy of Ancient Music
3513:London Chamber Orchestra
3033:The Proms: A New History
2951:Aldous, Richard (2001).
2216:Shore, pp. 18–19 and 153
1513:"BBC Symphony Concert".
1505:"BBC Symphony Concert".
1479:Claude Graveley Arnold,
1344:
1063:, Paul Griffiths wrote:
814:Hiawatha's Wedding Feast
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3503:City of London Sinfonia
3240:Shore, Bernard (1938).
3103:Jacobs, Arthur (1994).
3067:Glock, William (1991).
3052:Queen's Hall, 1893–1941
2935:"The Epic of Gilgamesh"
2296:(subscription required)
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1357:Despite the efforts of
1185:Last Night of the Proms
426:Concertgebouw Orchestra
3812:Oehms Classics artists
3767:BBC Symphony Orchestra
3665:BBC Symphony Orchestra
3467:Philharmonia Orchestra
3452:BBC Symphony Orchestra
3362:Gennady Rozhdestvensky
3223:Reid, Charles (1961).
3204:Previn, André (1979).
3187:Peacock, Alan (1970).
3050:Elkin, Robert (1944).
2970:Boult, Adrian (1973).
2955:. London: Hutchinson.
2614:"BBCSO/Oramo – review"
1839:: 14. 26 October 1930.
1794:: 12. 23 October 1930.
1569:Levien, John Mewburn,
1286:The Marriage of Figaro
1188:
1119:
1088:1990s and 21st century
954:Second Viennese School
950:
929:Gennady Rozhdestvensky
808:The Dream of Gerontius
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720:BBC Maida Vale studios
659:Grande Messe des morts
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267:Symphony and works by
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182:Gennady Rozhdestvensky
128:BBC Symphony Orchestra
65:London, United Kingdom
24:BBC Symphony Orchestra
3817:Erato Records artists
3736:BBC Variety Orchestra
3655:BBC Concert Orchestra
3518:London Mozart Players
3447:BBC Concert Orchestra
2390:Cox, pp. 283–293 and
1741:, 20 July 1930, p. 12
1302:The Epic of Gilgamesh
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1069:Sir Charles Mackerras
1006:Karlheinz Stockhausen
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3244:. London: Longmans.
3242:The Orchestra Speaks
3086:Hill, Ralph (1951).
3014:The Henry Wood Proms
2989:Briggs, Asa (1995).
2580:The Sunday Telegraph
2520:. 12 September 2004.
2194:Johnstone, Maurice,
2135:Kennedy, pp. 215–219
2076:Kennedy, pp. 200–201
2049:Kennedy, pp. 200–202
1340:Notes and references
1243:Mark-Anthony Turnage
1141:The Sunday Telegraph
1012:'s Second Symphony,
966:Peter Maxwell Davies
3741:BBC Dance Orchestra
3726:BBC Revue Orchestra
3706:BBC Radio Orchestra
3690:BBC Symphony Chorus
3544:The English Concert
3107:. London: Methuen.
3012:Cox, David (1980).
2599:The Daily Telegraph
2576:"CDs Out This Week"
2557:"BBCSO/ Belohlávek"
2350:Kenyon. pp. 308–310
2103:10.1093/ml/66.3.256
2091:Music & Letters
2067:Doctor, pp. 127–129
1805:"London Concerts".
1763:"London Concerts".
1545:"Music This Week".
1537:"Concerts &c".
1529:"Concerts &c".
1029:The Protecting Veil
1014:Harrison Birtwistle
842:Royal Festival Hall
777:Sir Malcolm Sargent
769:Sir John Barbirolli
408:Wilhelm Furtwängler
404:Berlin Philharmonic
162:Sir Malcolm Sargent
136:broadcast orchestra
88:Principal conductor
57:1930 (94 years ago)
3559:London Sinfonietta
3523:Southbank Sinfonia
3498:Camerata of London
2913:Kenyon pp. 499–507
2289:"Rudolf Schwarz".
1495:'s "Winner" label.
1363:Sir Thomas Beecham
1189:
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990:Witold Lutosławski
820:Belshazzar's Feast
761:Royal Philharmonic
699:Serge Koussevitzky
590:, Saint-Saëns and
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532:Frederick Thurston
456:Sir Thomas Beecham
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393:Promenade Concerts
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3042:978-0-500-51352-1
2431:in Previn, p. 180
1890:Boult, pp. 186–87
1861:(1755): 272–275.
1855:The Musical Times
1807:The Musical Times
1792:The Musical Times
1765:The Musical Times
1690:(1652): 625–628.
1684:The Musical Times
1585:The Musical Times
1377:Hermann Scherchen
1292:Benvenuto Cellini
1275:Stanford Robinson
1221:Roberto Carnevale
1209:Sofia Gubaidulina
1187:in September 2011
1153:Alexander Lazarev
941:Terence MacDonagh
749:Sir William Haley
695:Felix Weingartner
603:The Musical Times
430:Willem Mengelberg
379:The Musical Times
326:Royal Albert Hall
299:Sir Landon Ronald
247:Royal Opera House
195:in the 1990s and
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