Originally founded as the BBC Theatre Orchestra. It is the only one of the five BBC orchestras which is not a full-scale symphony one.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
BBC Concert Orchestra
Commemorated ati
Golders Green Hippodrome
Hippodrome Theatre, Golders Green home of the BBC Concert Orchestra, 1969 - 2...
Other Subjects
W. M. Witherick
Student of Trinity College of Music, killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Devon Barrant Russell
Known professionally as Devon Russell, he was a Jamaican rocksteady and reggae singer and record producer who recorded between the 1960s and the 1990s, both as a solo artist and as a member of The ...
1 memorial
Philip Jones
Trumpeter. Born in Bath into a family of musicians. Came to London with his family in 1933. Founded the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and pioneered brass chamber music. Died at home, 14 Hamilton ...
1 memorial
Jodie White
The 'ie' spelling of Jodie/Jody does seem to be consistently used by women. But really we are not certain that this photo shows the Jodie White referenced on the plaque.
1 memorial
Paul Robeson
Singer, actor (also athlete and civil rights activist). Born Princeton, New Jersey to a former slave, who educated himself to become a theologian and who had great expectations of his son, expectat...
Person, Cinema, Music / songs, Race Issues, Seriously Famous, Theatre, USA
1 memorial