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{{Short description|Canadian radio orchestra}}
The '''CBC Symphony Orchestra''' (CBCSO) was a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[orchestra]] based in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] that was opperated by the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] during the 1950s nad 1960s. Founded in 1952, [[conducting|conductor]] [[Geoffrey Waddington]] served as the orchestra'a only music director. The orchestra consisted of 80 instrumenalists of which approximately half were also members of the [[Toronto Symphony Orchestra]].<ref name="CE">[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000637 CBC Symphony Orchestra at thecanadianencyclopedia.com]</ref>
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| short_name = CBCSO/OSSRC
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| location = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]
| founded = {{start date and age|1952}}
| disbanded = {{end date and age|1964}}
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The '''CBC Symphony Orchestra''' ({{lang-fr|Orchestre symphonique de la SRC}}; CBCSO/OSSRC) was a [[radio orchestra]] based in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada. It was operated by the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] during the 1950s and 1960s.


==History==
The CBCSO played weekly broadcasts on [[CBC Radio]] and also made frequent appearances on [[CBC Television]]. It gave its first broadcast on 29 September 1952 peforming [[Jean Sibelius]]'s ''[[Symphony No. 3 (Sibelius)|Symphony No. 3]]'' and the overture to [[Gioachino Rossini]]'s [[opera]] ''[[La Cenerentola]]''. The orchestra disbanded in 1964.<ref name="CE"/>
The CBCSO was founded in 1952, and gave its first broadcast on 29 September 1952 performing [[Jean Sibelius]]'s [[Symphony No. 3 (Sibelius)|Symphony No. 3]] and the overture to [[Gioachino Rossini]]'s [[opera]] ''[[La Cenerentola]]''. [[conducting|Conductor]] [[Geoffrey Waddington]] served as the orchestra's only music director,<ref name="Britten2011">{{cite book|author=Benjamin Britten|title=Letters from a Life Volume 3 (1946-1951): The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=22OPd1_ISNsC&pg=PT518|date=7 July 2011|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=978-0-571-27993-7|page=518}}</ref> although other conductors, such as [[Jean-Marie Beaudet]], had strong ties with the orchestra. The CBCSO consisted of 80 instrumentalists of which approximately half were also members of the [[Toronto Symphony Orchestra]].<ref>[https://newspaperarchive.com/medicine-hat-news-sep-29-2005-p-1/ "CBC SymphontOrchestra played"]. ''Medicine Hat News'', Medicine Hat, Alberta, September 29, 2005</ref> Violinist [[Albert Pratz]] was [[concertmaster]] of the orchestra from 1953–1961.<ref name="CE">{{cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cbc-symphony-orchestra-emc/|title=CBC Symp.hony Orchestra|first=Patricia|last=Wardrop|date=|website=thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}</ref>

The CBCSO played weekly broadcasts on [[CBC Radio]] and also made frequent appearances on [[CBC Television]]. The orchestra performed internationally, including a tour in London, England,<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2009/11/06/murray_ginsbergs_story.html "Murray Ginsberg's story"]. ''Toronto Star'', Nov. 6, 2009</ref> and a performance at the Inter-American Music Festival in 1961.<ref>[https://newspaperarchive.com/medicine-hat-news-oct-27-2005-p-2/ "Today is October 27"], ''Medicine Hat News'', Medicine Hat, Alberta, October 27, 2005</ref> Many of its performances were recorded by Radio Canada International and distributed outside Canada.<ref name="ElliottSmith2001">{{cite book|author1=Robin Elliott|author2=Gordon Ernest Smith|title=Istvan Anhalt: Pathways and Memory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tfI2W86k5d0C&pg=PA45|year=2001|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=978-0-7735-2102-5|page=45}}</ref> The orchestra recorded with the Mendelssohn Choir,<ref name="Schabas1994">{{cite book|author=Ezra Schabas|title=Sir Ernest MacMillan: The Importance of Being Canadian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fnLDHFT158UC&pg=PA243|year=1994|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-2849-5|pages=243, 288}}</ref> with CBC's Festival Singers, and with pianist [[Glenn Gould]].<ref name="Feisst2011">{{cite book|author=Sabine Feisst|title=Schoenberg's New World: The American Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FxKIoAO6DNgC&pg=PT417|date=2 March 2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-979263-4|page=417}}</ref>

The CBCSO performed and recorded many of the works of composer/conductor [[Igor Stravinsky]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Gramophone Classical Good CD Guide 1998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K44pclqbHx8C|year=1997|publisher=Gramophone Publications Limited|isbn=978-0-902470-94-1|pages=918–919}}</ref> including his ''[[Symphony of Psalms]]'',<ref name="Joseph2008">{{cite book|author=Charles M. Joseph|title=Stravinsky Inside Out|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gtYqep1IL58C&pg=PA171|date=1 October 2008|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-12936-6|page=171}}</ref><ref name="White1984">{{cite book|author=Eric Walter White|title=Stravinsky: The Composer and His Works|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BfbGqVIru9oC&pg=PA300|year=1984|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-03985-8|page=300}}</ref> which featured Stravinsky as conductor and violinist Steven Staryk as concertmaster.<ref name="Keillor2008">{{cite book|author=Elaine Keillor|title=Music in Canada: Capturing Landscape and Diversity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P4rf9W02vv0C&pg=PT227|date=18 March 2008|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=978-0-7735-3391-2|page=227}}</ref>

The orchestra disbanded in 1964.<ref name="CE" /><ref name="Schabas1994" />


==References==
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Latest revision as of 03:49, 24 July 2023

CBC Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra
Native nameOrchestre symphonique de la SRC
Short nameCBCSO/OSSRC
Founded1952; 72 years ago (1952)
Disbanded1964; 60 years ago (1964)
LocationToronto, Ontario

The CBC Symphony Orchestra (French: Orchestre symphonique de la SRC; CBCSO/OSSRC) was a radio orchestra based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation during the 1950s and 1960s.

History[edit]

The CBCSO was founded in 1952, and gave its first broadcast on 29 September 1952 performing Jean Sibelius's Symphony No. 3 and the overture to Gioachino Rossini's opera La Cenerentola. Conductor Geoffrey Waddington served as the orchestra's only music director,[1] although other conductors, such as Jean-Marie Beaudet, had strong ties with the orchestra. The CBCSO consisted of 80 instrumentalists of which approximately half were also members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.[2] Violinist Albert Pratz was concertmaster of the orchestra from 1953–1961.[3]

The CBCSO played weekly broadcasts on CBC Radio and also made frequent appearances on CBC Television. The orchestra performed internationally, including a tour in London, England,[4] and a performance at the Inter-American Music Festival in 1961.[5] Many of its performances were recorded by Radio Canada International and distributed outside Canada.[6] The orchestra recorded with the Mendelssohn Choir,[7] with CBC's Festival Singers, and with pianist Glenn Gould.[8]

The CBCSO performed and recorded many of the works of composer/conductor Igor Stravinsky,[9] including his Symphony of Psalms,[10][11] which featured Stravinsky as conductor and violinist Steven Staryk as concertmaster.[12]

The orchestra disbanded in 1964.[3][7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Benjamin Britten (7 July 2011). Letters from a Life Volume 3 (1946-1951): The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten. Faber & Faber. p. 518. ISBN 978-0-571-27993-7.
  2. ^ "CBC SymphontOrchestra played". Medicine Hat News, Medicine Hat, Alberta, September 29, 2005
  3. ^ a b Wardrop, Patricia. "CBC Symp.hony Orchestra". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.
  4. ^ "Murray Ginsberg's story". Toronto Star, Nov. 6, 2009
  5. ^ "Today is October 27", Medicine Hat News, Medicine Hat, Alberta, October 27, 2005
  6. ^ Robin Elliott; Gordon Ernest Smith (2001). Istvan Anhalt: Pathways and Memory. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-7735-2102-5.
  7. ^ a b Ezra Schabas (1994). Sir Ernest MacMillan: The Importance of Being Canadian. University of Toronto Press. pp. 243, 288. ISBN 978-0-8020-2849-5.
  8. ^ Sabine Feisst (2 March 2011). Schoenberg's New World: The American Years. Oxford University Press. p. 417. ISBN 978-0-19-979263-4.
  9. ^ Gramophone Classical Good CD Guide 1998. Gramophone Publications Limited. 1997. pp. 918–919. ISBN 978-0-902470-94-1.
  10. ^ Charles M. Joseph (1 October 2008). Stravinsky Inside Out. Yale University Press. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-300-12936-6.
  11. ^ Eric Walter White (1984). Stravinsky: The Composer and His Works. University of California Press. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-520-03985-8.
  12. ^ Elaine Keillor (18 March 2008). Music in Canada: Capturing Landscape and Diversity. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 227. ISBN 978-0-7735-3391-2.
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