The BBC Concert Orchestra is based in London and is one of the British Broadcasting Corporation's five orchestras. With around fifty players it is the only one of the five which is not a full scale symphony orchestra. It is also the most populist, playing a mixture of light classical music and popular numbers. Its main role is to produce music for radio broadcast, and it is the resident orchestra of the world's longest running live music programme, Friday Night is Music Night. It also appears regularly at the Royal Festival Hall in London and at venues around the United Kingdom. St Stevens Tower - The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben London (see also different names) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... This article is an overview article about the Crown chartered British Broadcasting Corporation formed in 1927. ... Orchestra at City Hall (Edmonton). ... The Royal Festival Hall is a conference, concert, dance and art performance venue in Lambeth, London. ...
The BBC Symphony Orchestra is the principal orchestra of the British Broadcasting Corporation and one of the leading orchestras in Britain.
The orchestra frequently commissions works by contemporary composers, and is a particular champion of new British works.
The other BBCorchestras are the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the BBCConcertOrchestra.
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