Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic
- From
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- Since
- 1922–present
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 390
- classical
About
The BBC Philharmonic is a national British broadcasting symphony orchestra and is one of five radio orchestras maintained by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The Philharmonic is a department of the BBC North Group division based at MediaCityUK, Salford. The orchestra's primary concert venue is the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.
Members
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Peter Willmott double bass
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Peter Dixon cello, principal
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Christopher Evans trumpet
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Richard Davis flute
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Molly Edwards French horn
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Roberto Giaccaglia bassoon
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Barbara Giepner viola
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David Gordon double bass
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Alex Jakeman flute
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David Nissen bassoon
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Lisa Obert violin
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Paul Patrick percussion
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Yuri Torchinsky violin
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Dan Whibley double bass
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Michael Escreet double bass
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Maurice Murphy principal, trumpet
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Stewart McIlwham piccolo
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Clare Dixon violin
Discography
Albums
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Horn Concertos 1 and 2
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Symphony no. 2 / Symphony no. 9
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Symphony no. 3 "Ilya Muromets"
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Cello Concerto / Enigma Variations
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Symphony in E-flat / Suite "Nobilissima visione" / Overture "Neues vom Tage"
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Cello Concerto & The Four Temperaments
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Symphony no. 1 / Symphony no. 2 "Le Double"
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Symphony no. 2 / The Zaporozhy Cossacks
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Concerto gregoriano / Poema autunnale / Ballata delle Gnomidi
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Symphony no. 1 / Suite "The Red Poppy"
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Overtures: Vanda / Carnival / Othello / In Nature’s Realm / My Home
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Stokowski’s Symphonic Bach
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Sinfonia drammatica
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Symphonia Serena & Die Harmonie der Welt
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Symphony in F-sharp major / Abschiedslieder
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Symphony in C major / Polyeucte Overture
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Symphony no. 1 / Imperial March
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Symphony No. 2, Op. 63
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BBC Music, Volume 2, Number 9: Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel, Capriccio Espagnol / Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
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Symphony no. 2
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Piano Concerto in A minor / Concerto in modo misolidio
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BBC Music, Volume 3, Number 3: Symphony no. 2 in E minor, op. 27
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Poulenc: Organ Concerto / Widor: Symphony no. 5 for Organ / Guilmant: Symphony no. 1 for Organ and Orchestra
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Belfagor Overture / Toccata for Piano & Orchestra / Tre Corali / Fantasia Slava
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An American in Paris / Suite: Catfish Row / Variations on "I Got Rhythm" / Girl Crazy / Strike Up the Band
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Sursum Corda/Sinfonietta
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Symphony no. 5 / Chat Moss / Cross Lane Fair / Five Klee Pictures
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Weber: Overture "Euryanthe" / Schubert: Symphony no. 9 "Great"
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Bronze Horseman Suite / Horn Concerto
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Bridge: Two Poems for Orchestra / Britten: 'Gloriana' - Symphonic Suite / Passacaglia From 'Peter Grimes' / Sinfonia da Requiem / Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Britten
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Orchestral Works
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Respighi: "The Birds" Suite / Trittico Boticelliano / Cherubini: Symphony in D / Busoni: Comedy Overture
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Debussy: Images / Faure: Ballade for Piano & Orchestra / Roussel: Symphony no. 3
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À la gloire de Dieu
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Gloria / Stabat Mater
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Walton: Orb & Sceptre / Coronation March / Arnold: Four Cornish Dances / Farnon: Westminster Waltz / Coates: Dam Busters March / Farnon: Colditz March
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Symphony no. 5
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Symphony no. 1
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BBC Music, Volume 3, Number 12: Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" / Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"
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Bacchus et Ariane / Le Festin de l'araignée
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Symphony no. 2 / Symphonic Minutes
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Concerto for Violin, Horn & Orchestra / Serenade
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Stokowski’s Mussorgsky
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L'Arbre des Songes (Concerto for Violin & Orchestra) / Timbres, Espace, Mouvement / Two Sonnets by Jean Cassou / Prière pour Nous Autres Charnels
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Symphony no. 9
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The World of the Spirit / King Arthur Suite / An American Overture
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Symphony no. 2 "Deirdre" A Celtic Symphony / Symphony no. 3
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Britten: Les Illuminations / Our Hunting Fathers / Quatre Chansons Françaises / Bridge: Berceuse
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Job – A Masque For Dancing / The Pilgrim’s Progress
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The Grainger Edition, Volume One: Orchestral Works
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BBC Music, Volume 4, Number 10: BBC Young Musicians Past Finalists
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Symphony No. 2 / Symphony No. 4 (Symphonie Concertante)
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Lyric Symphony / Six Maeterlinck Songs
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BBC Music, Volume 5, Number 1: The Planets
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The Beltane Fire / Caroline Mathilde (Concert Suite from Act II of the Ballet)
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Symphony no. 1 / Suite no. 3 'Villageoise'
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Violin Concertos nos. 1 & 2 / Concert Overture
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Symphony no. 2 / Guitar Concerto / Threnody to Toki
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Preludes, Overtures & Ballet Music, Vol. 1
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Stabat Mater, Bible Songs & Te Deum laudamus
Singles
Live
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BBC Music, Volume 34, Number 10: Songs From the Proms
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The Lost Concert (Live at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, 1995)
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BBC Music, Volume 33, Number 1: A Tribute to Andrew Davis
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Pierre Monteux Live
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Symphony No. 4 / Symphony No. 11
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Stravinsky: Orchestral Works
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Live in Concert
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BBC Music, Volume 18, Number 12: Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini / Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 3
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BBC Music, Volume 19, Number 4: Mass in C minor / Symphony no. 40
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BBC Music, Volume 18, Number 13: Symphony no. 7 in E minor
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BBC Music, Volume 18, Number 5: Symphony no. 4 / Konzertstück for Four Horns
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BBC Music, Volume 17, Number 8: Il tabarro
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BBC Music, Volume 17, Number 11: Symphonies nos. 22, 26, 67 & 80
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BBC Music, Volume 17, Number 6: Sinfonietta / Glagolitic Mass
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Mozart: Don Giovanni Overture / Mahler: Symphony no. 4
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The Beethoven Experience
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis / Schubert: Symphony no. 8 / Wagner: A Faust Overture
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BBC Music, Volume 10, Number 12: Symphony no. 4
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Brahms: Symphony no. 3 / Schumann: Symphony no. 4
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Khachaturian: Symphony no. 3 "Simfoniya-Poema" / Triumphal Poem / Ippolitov-Ivanov: Caucasian Sketches
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BBC Music, Volume 7, Number 7: Symphony No.5 / The Voyevoda
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Das Lied von der Erde
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BBC Music, Volume 1, Number 11: Elgar: Cello Concerto / Lloyd: Symphony no. 9
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Symphonies nos. 5 and 9
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Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony no. 1 / Sibelius: Symphony no. 5
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BBC Music, Volume 1, Number 2: Symphony no. 9 in D minor
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Caroline Mathilde Concert Suite / St. Thomas Wake / Threnody / Ojai Festival Ouverture
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2008-07-27: BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Compilations
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Orchestral Works
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The Three Symphonies
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Leopold Stokowski: The Art of Orchestral Transcription
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The Best of Tasmin Little
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Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2
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Strauss: Ein Heldenleben / Schubert: Symphony no. 8 in B minor “Unfinished”
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BBC Music, Volume 17, Number 7: Piano Concertos nos. 21 & 23
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Nielsen: Symphony no. 3 "Sinfonia espansiva" / Sibelius: Symphony no. 5
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The Dam Busters
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The Essential Paul Dukas
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Symphonies nos. 1 & 2 / Piano Concerto, op. 1 / Overture to "King Lear" / In Bohemia / Tamara
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The Film Music of Richard Addinsell
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Cherubini: Anacréon Overture / Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 / Strauss: Don Juan / Berlioz: Hungarian March
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The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams (collectors edition)
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The Film Music of Sir Arthur Bliss
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BBC Music, Volume 10, Number 2: Baltic Voyage / Music from Estonia
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Milestones
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BBC Music, Volume 8 Number 10: Peter and the Wolf
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Complete Orchestral Works
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Sancta Susanna
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Bax: Tintagel / Northern Ballad no. 2 & 3 / Bantock: Pagan Symphony
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Brian Kay's Sunday Morning
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Favourite Overtures
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Also known as
2ZY Orchestra · BBC Northern Orchestra · BBC Northern Symphonic Orchestra · BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra · BBC Philharmonic Orchestra · Northern Studio Orchestra · Northern Wireless Orchestra · The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Tags
- symphony orchestra
- british orchestra
- orchestra
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 92fc1517-7e49-44a0-9ca2-644e35b424c5
- ISNI
- 0000000121621947
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