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Article: London symphony orchestras to merge
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 13, 1995
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Plans were announced last night for the merger of two of
London's symphony orchestras, the London Philharmonic and the Royal
Philharmonic.
The merger will be in the first instance only at the
administrative level, entailing a number of redundancies, but
sources in both orchestras confirmed it was a precursor to an
eventual merger on the playing side, perhaps within six months. No
musicians would be made redundant: a super orchestra would be based
in London, and a separate one might tour.
Most significantly, Sir Georg Solti, former music director of
the LPO, is known to favour a super orchestra for London and has
had informal talks on the subject with the managing director of the
RPO, Paul ...