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World’s oldest radio orchestra?

World’s oldest radio orchestra?

Denmark started broadcasting in 1925 and DR immediately adopted the Danish National Symphony Orchestra as its radio ensemble. The BBC Symphony was not founded until 1930.

The Danes will take a centennial tour around European cities with chief conductor Fabio Luisi next month. (Not London, of course.)

Berlin Philharmonic Hall, 13 January
Stuttgart, Liederhalle, 15 January
Antwerp, De Singel, 17 January
Essen, Alfred Krupp Hall, 18 January
Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie, 19 January
Munich, Gasteig, 21 January
Linz, Brucknerhaus January 22
Budapest, Müpa, 23 January

 

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