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Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Helmut Müller-Brühl): baroque orchestra Concerto Köln : baroque orchestra; concert master: Evgeny Sviridov , guest conductors inc. Evelino Pidò , Daniel Harding Ensemble amarcord , Leipzig, vocal ensemble, medieval, Renaissance, contemporary
Loyola was often seen in elegant suits and with a walking stick, on the main streets of Cienfuegos, with his hair straightened in the 1950s style. He was also a Danzón fan and admirer of Miguelito Cuní and was considered an authority on Cuban musical history. Loyola was leading his band regularly up until his death.
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) is a British period instrument orchestra. The OAE is a resident orchestra of the Southbank Centre , London, associate orchestra at Glyndebourne Festival Opera Artistic Associate at Kings Place , and has its headquarters at Acland Burghley School .
During the 1940s Les was a member of bands led by Raymond Scott, Charlie Spivak, and Harry James, occasionally finding himself alongside brother Larry.They formed their own orchestra in 1945, hiring Nelson Riddle, Ralph Flanagan, and Bill Finegan to write arrangements. [4]
The orchestra thus has a good claim to being the oldest continuing orchestra in Germany founded by the bourgeoisie, while older orchestras were part of royal suites. [ 1 ] In 1835, Felix Mendelssohn became the orchestra's music director , with the traditional title of Gewandhauskapellmeister , and held the post until his death in 1847.
Gagaku (雅楽, lit. "elegant music") [1] is a type of Japanese classical music that was historically used for imperial court music and dances. Gagaku was developed as court music of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, and its near-current form was established in the Heian period (794–1185) around the 10th century.
The Old York Road Symphony is an American orchestra based in Abington, Pennsylvania.It is one of the oldest all-volunteer orchestras in the country. The orchestra was founded in 1932 by Stanley Chute of the theater orchestra of the Old York Road Players, Suzanne C. Meder of the Jenkintown School of Cultural Arts, and Louis Angeloty, who had been concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Fauré in 1887. The Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50, is a short work by the French composer Gabriel Fauré written in 1887.It was originally a piano piece, but is better known in Fauré's version for orchestra and optional chorus.