Founded as a joint project between the BBC and Sir Adrian Boult. It is now the principal orchestra which plays at the Proms.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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BBC Symphony Orchestra
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Maida Vale Studios
Maida Vale Studios, home of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Radiophonic Wo...
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Dame Myra Hess
Pianist. Born Julia Myra Hess in South Hampstead. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music. During WW2, when concert halls were blacked out at night, she organise...
1 memorial
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Composer. Born as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart at 9 Getreidegasse, Salzburg in modern day Austria. (Amadeus was a sort of nickname). His father, Leopold was a prominent musici...
7 memorials
Joe Strummer
Co-founder and lead singer of The Clash. Born as John Graham Mellor in Turkey and raised in Scotland. "London Calling" is his. Died suddenly of a heart defect at his home in Somerset.
2 memorials
Louise “Little Lou” Cattell
Musician and promoter. Died aged 21 after taking the drug ketamine. The picture source provides a lot of information about Louise and about the dangers of ketamine.
1 memorial
Pimlico Tavern & Pimlico Pleasure Gardens, Hoxton
It seems likely that this tavern and pleasure gardens took the name of a publican with the foreign name 'Pimlico'. There were many places of entertainment nearby and the whole area became known as...
1 memorial
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