Orchester symphonique de la RTBF

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The Orchester symphonique de la RTBF was a symphony orchestra based in Brussels , which existed from 1978 to 1991 and was supported by the French-speaking public broadcaster RTBF .

history

In 1935 Belgium received a radio orchestra for the first time, supported by the Institut national de radiodiffusion / Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-Omroep , the name was in French Grand Orchester de l'INR , in Dutch Groot symfonie-orkest van het NIR . After the completion of the Funkhaus on Place Flagey / Flageyplein in Ixelles / Elsene , the orchestra was given a permanent rehearsal and performance location in Studio 4 of the Funkhaus, which quickly became famous for its excellent acoustics. The orchestra consisted of 83 musicians and was part of an ensemble of ensembles that also included a chamber orchestra, an entertainment orchestra, a salon orchestra and a jazz orchestra.

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 . In 1978, however, this construct broke up and the two successor societies of the INR / NIR were forced to set up their own orchestras. The Radio-Télévision belge de la Communauté française , founded in December 1977, founded the Nouvel Orchester Symphonique de la RTBF in 1978 , which was renamed Orchester Symphonique de la RTBF in 1985 . As early as 1991, the RTBF decided to disband the orchestra as part of austerity measures. In contrast to the orchestra of the Dutch-language broadcaster BRT , the RTBF orchestra was not transferred to an independent sponsorship.

Conductors

Edgard Doneux (1978–1984), Alfred Walter (1984–1987) and André Vandernoot (1987–1991) were chief conductors . The orchestra's guest conductors included Serge Baudo , Rudolf Barschai , Frans Brüggen , Othmar Mága , Leopold Hager and José Serebrier .

Concert and recording activities

The main aim of the orchestra was to offer a platform for the compositional work of contemporary Belgian composers. This was mainly realized in numerous studio productions. Some of them were also published on phonograms. The following are mentioned:

  • Marcel Poot : Ouverture Joyeuse / Paul Uy: Galaxiale (as well as works by Schönberg and Stravinskij) - Conductor: Edgar Doneux (La Voix De Son Maître, 1979)
  • César Franck : Piano Concerto No. 2 and Variations Brillantes op.8 - Soloist: Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, Conductor: Edgard Doneux (Koch Schwann 1984)
  • Antoine Frédéric Gresnick: Le baiser donné et rendu - soloists: Greta de Reyghere, Stephan Van Dyck and Victor Demaiffe, conductor: Alfred Walter (Schwann Musica Mundi 1987)
  • César Franck : Ce Qu'on Entend Sur la Montagne and Huit Pieces Breves - Conductors: Brian Priestman and Alfred Walter (Koch Schwann Musica Mundi 1987)
  • Joseph Jongen : Suite for viola and orchestra op.46, Allegro appassionato for viola and orchestra op.79 and Symphonie concertante for organ and orchestra - soloists: Marie-Thérèse Gillissen and Hubert Schoonbrodt, conductors: René Defossez (op.81) and Brian Priestman (Koch Schwann 1991)
  • André-Modeste Grétry , Le Jugement de Midas (cross section) - Conductor: Ronald Zollman (Koch Schwann 1993)

In addition to its production activities in the studio, the orchestra also gave concerts on a regular basis, with the weekly concert in Studio 4 of the Funkhaus on Place Flagey / Flageyplein in Ixelles / Elsene, which was broadcast directly on the radio, was particularly important.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hommage à l'Orchestre Symphonique de la RTBF (nouvelle diffusion). RTBF website. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  2. ↑ Hommage à l'Orchestre Symphonique de la RTBF (nouvelle diffusion). RTBF website. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  3. ↑ Alain Paris (ed.): Orchester Symphonique de l'RTBF. In: Le nouveau dictionnaire des interprètes. Paris 2015, p. 1079.
  4. ↑ Alain Paris (ed.): Orchester Symphonique de l'RTBF. In: Le nouveau dictionnaire des interprètes. Paris 2015, p. 1079.