Grand Orchester Symphonique de l'INR / Groot Symfonie-Orkest van het NIR

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The Grand Orchester Symphonique de l'INR / Groot Symfonie-Orkest van het NIR was a symphony orchestra based in Brussels , which existed from 1935 to 1977 and was run by the public service broadcaster Institut National de Radiodiffusion / Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-Omroep " was carried.

prehistory

The radio station INR / NIR, which was founded in 1930 and started broadcasting on February 1, 1931, initially formed a pool of 55 musicians, which in 1932 was divided into the three formations "Symphonic Orchestra", "Radio Orchestra" and "Small Orchestra" "was divided. The former was assigned to the serious music program area, the latter two to the light music program area. The "Symphonic Orchestra" was directed by Arthur Meulemans and Jean Kumps and had 42 members. Guest conductors included Sergej Prokofjew , Pierre Monteux , Hermann Scherchen , Hanns Eisler and Zoltán Kodály . The "Symphonic Orchestra" was domiciled in the Salle Delgay in Rue Royale / Koningstraat.

history

On February 1, 1935, the "Symphonic Orchestra" was increased to 60 people and renamed the Grand Orchester Symphonique de l'INR / Groot Symfonie-Orkest van het NIR. Franz André became the new chief conductor, and the orchestra quickly made a name for itself with numerous appearances at the Brussels World's Fair . In the following year the number of members increased to 84. After the completion of the Funkhaus on Place Flagey / Flageyplein in Ixelles / Elsene in 1938, the orchestra in Studio 4 of the Funkhaus, which quickly became famous for its excellent acoustics, got a permanent fix Rehearsal and performance location. On January 1, 1939, the INR / NIR organized its orchestras in a new way: the French-speaking and Dutch-speaking sections were each assigned a smaller orchestra and a vocal ensemble, while the Grand Orchester Symphonique de l'INR / Groot Symfonie-Orkest van het NIR was assigned to both departments equally available.

On April 19, 1939, the orchestra gave the belated premiere of Stravinsky's cantata Le Roi des étoiles ; Sergei Prokofjew and Béla Bartók had already been guests with the orchestra in 1936 . During the German occupation (1940-1944), in which the INR / NIR was renamed "Sender Brussels", the orchestra remained active to a limited extent. In 1945 the orchestra was reactivated with its full cast of 84 members. In 1948 André Sternfeld was employed as the second conductor, he inherited Franz André after his retirement in 1958.

In the 1950s in particular, the orchestra was able to hire renowned guest conductors, including Leonard Bernstein , Pierre Boulez , Benjamin Britten , Darius Milhaud and Paul Sacher . In the course of the reorganization of Belgian broadcasting in 1960, the INR / NIR was dissolved and the orchestra was subordinated to the newly founded "Institut des services communs / Instituut voor Gemeenschappelijke Diensten" (ISC / IGD). In 1970 André Sternfeld retired, the orchestra initially remained without a permanent conductor for some time until Irwin Hoffman took over the direction of the orchestra in 1973. In 1977 the structure of the joint orchestra, which was sponsored by the ISC / IGD, broke up and the two successor companies of the INR / NIR, the Dutch-speaking BRT and the French-speaking RTB, were forced to set up their own orchestras.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kristin van de Buys & Katia Segers (eds.): Het Orkest. Van Radio-Orkest tot Brussels Philharmonic in Flagey, Lanoo Campus, Leuven 2013, ISBN 978-94-014-0793-9 , p.50
  2. ↑ Kristin van de Buys & Katia Segers (eds.): Het Orkest. Van Radio-Orkest tot Brussels Philharmonic in Flagey, Lanoo Campus, Leuven 2013, ISBN 978-94-014-0793-9 , p. 51ff.
  3. ↑ Kristin van de Buys & Katia Segers (eds.): Het Orkest. Van Radio-Orkest tot Brussels Philharmonic in Flagey, Lanoo Campus, Leuven 2013, ISBN 978-94-014-0793-9 , page 56ff.
  4. ↑ Kristin van de Buys & Katia Segers (eds.): Het Orkest. Van Radio-Orkest tot Brussels Philharmonic in Flagey, Lanoo Campus, Leuven 2013, ISBN 978-94-014-0793-9 , p. 59
  5. ↑ Kristin van de Buys & Katia Segers (eds.): Het Orkest. Van Radio-Orkest tot Brussels Philharmonic in Flagey , Lanoo Campus, Leuven 2013, ISBN 978-94-014-0793-9 , pp. 71 and 73f.
  6. ↑ Alain Paris (ed.): Orchester Symphonique de l'RTBF. In: Le nouveau dictionnaire des interprètes. Paris 2015, p. 1079.