CBC Symphony Orchestra

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The CBC Symphony Orchestra (CBCSO) was a Canadian orchestra based in Toronto, Ontario that was opperated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation during the 1950s nad 1960s. Founded in 1952, 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.[1]

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 and the overture to Gioachino Rossini's opera La Cenerentola. The orchestra disbanded in 1964.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b CBC Symphony Orchestra at thecanadianencyclopedia.com
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