Their first domestic radio broadcast was made on 14th September 1952.
The range of music played is very wide, from classical, ballet and jazz to modern pop sounds.
The Orchestra also commissions and premieres new music - Composer in Association Anne Dudley has devised Club Classical, arrangements of chill out club themes for orchestra.
Barry Wordsworth, the current Principal Conductor was appointed in 1989.
The orchestra performs on various Â鶹Éç Radio 3 programmes as well as appearing on many Â鶹Éç TV shows including the Proms.
The Orchestra can also be heard providing the soundtracks to various Â鶹Éç TV programmes including The Blue Planet, Walking with Dinosaurs, The Key, Wild Down Under and Peter Ackroyd's London.
They play many public concerts, most of which take place at the Royal Festival Hall in London. But they've also toured around the country and abroad.
Over the years the orchestra has performed with artists including Jools Holland, The Corrs, Dudley Moore, Shirley Bassey, Dionne Warwick, and Placido Domingo among others.
Charles Hazlewood is the Â鶹Éç Concert Orchestra's principal guest conductor. He has a weekly radio show, Charles Hazlewood Discovering Music, on Â鶹Éç Radio 3, where he deconstructs great orchestral music of the last 300 years in sessions with the Â鶹Éç orchestra and his own two bands. More...
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