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London Philharmonic Orchestra
The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Orchestra. The founders' ambition was to build an orchestra the equal of any European or American rival. Between 1932 and the Second World War the LPO was widely judged to have succeeded in this regard. After the outbreak of war, the orchestra's private backers withdrew and the players reconstituted the LPO as a self-governing cooperative. In the post-war years, the orchestra faced challenges from two new rivals; the Philharmonia and the Royal Philharmonic, founded respectively in 1946 and 1947, achieved a quality of playing not matched by the older orchestras, including the LPO. By the 1960s the LPO had regained its earlier standards, an…
Filmography
movieRY X - Live at the Roundhouse with the London Philharmonic Orchestra
2024 · Self
movieLittle Ms Jungle
2020 · Music
movieDer Rosenkavalier
2015
movieNow You See Me
2013 · Musician
movieThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012 · Music
movieWagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
2012
movieThe Turn of the Screw
2011
movieBritten: Billy Budd
2011
movieThe Rake's Progress
2011
movieHumperdinck: Hansel und Gretel
2008
movieMahler Symphonies 1 & 8 (Symphony of a Thousand)
2006 · Orchestra
movieThe Miserly Knight
2005 · Orchestrator
movieRossini: La cenerentola
2005 · Orchestra
movieMozart - Idomeneo
2004
movieGiacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi
2004 · Orchestra
movieLeopold Stokowski - Classic Archive
2002 · Orchestra
movieCecilia & Bryn at Glyndebourne
1999 · Orchestra
movieThe Marriage of Figaro
1994 · Orchestra
movieLisa Stansfield - Live At The Royal Albert Hall
1994 · Self - Orchestra
Eugene Onegin
movieEugene Onegin
1994 · Orchestrator
moviePorgy and Bess
1993 · Music
movieLady Macbeth of Mtsensk
1992
moviePaganini
1990 · Orchestrator
movieThe Marriage of Figaro
1974
movieBeethoven Piano Concertos 1-5
1974
movieThe Gambler and the Lady
1952 · Musician