List of radio orchestras
This is a list of radio orchestras with the links in their English names, and the local language in bracketed italics (where available).
European radio orchestras
Austria
- Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien)
Belgium
- Brussels Philharmonic, former Vlaams Radio Orkest
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Denmark
- DR Radio Symphony Orchestra (Danmarks-Radio (DR) Radiosymfoniorkestret)
- Danish National Chamber Orchestra (DR RadioUnderholdningsOrkestret)
- Danish Radio Big Band
Finland
France
Germany
- Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
- Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin)
- Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (German Symphony Orchestra Berlin) (Formerly RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester)
- German Film Orchestra of Babelsberg (Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg)
- hr-Sinfonieorchester (Formerly Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, translated Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra)
- MDR Symphony Orchestra (MDR Sinfonieorchester)
- Munich Radio Orchestra (Münchner Rundfunkorchester)
- NDR Radiophilharmonie (Radiophilharmonie des Norddeutschen Rundfunks Hannover, NDR Radio Philharmonic, formerly Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Hannover)
- NDR Symphony Orchestra (NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester; formerly NDR Sinfonieorchester)
- German Radio Philharmonic Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern, (Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern; created in a merger of Radio-Symphony Orchestra of Saarbrücken (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken) and Radio-Orchestra of Kaiserslautern (Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern))
- Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, formerly Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks)
- Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des Südwestrundfunk)
- WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne (WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln)
- WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln (WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne)
Republic of Ireland
Italy
- RAI National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, created in a merger of the four Symphony Orchestras of RAI from Turin, Rome, Naples and Milan)
The Netherlands
- Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest)
Norway
- Norwegian Radio Orchestra (Kringkastingsorkestret)
Poland
- Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia w Katowicach, Katowice (NOSPR)
- Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Polska Orkiestra Radiowa)
Romania
- National Radio Orchestra of Romania, Bucharest ( Orchestra Nationala Radio)
- Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra[1][2]
- Russia
Russia
- Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio (Большой симфонический оркестр имени П. И. Чайковского)
Slovakia
- Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Symfonický orchester Slovenského Rozhlasu)
Slovenia
- Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra (Simfonični orkester Radio - Televizije Slovenija)
Spain
- RTVE Symphony Orchestra (Orquesta Sinfónica de RadioTelevisiónEspañola)
Sweden
- Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester)
Switzerland
- Orchestra of RTSI (Orchestra della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana)
United Kingdom
- BBC Radio Big Band
- BBC Concert Orchestra
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales (Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC)
- BBC Philharmonic
- BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Ulster Orchestra
Ukraine
Radio orchestras on other continents
Defunct radio orchestras
- Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra (Nederlands Radio Symfonie Orkest)
- BBC Northern Dance Orchestra (Renamed the BBC Northern Radio Orchestra in 1975) [1]
- BBC Television Orchestra (Disbanded in 1939)
- BBC Radio Orchestra (Disbanded in 1991)
- BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra, originally the BBC Scottish Variety Orchestra (Disbanded in -1981)
- CBC Radio Orchestra (Disbanded 2008, reorganized as the independent National Broadcast Orchestra)
- NBC Symphony Orchestra (1937-1954) conducted by Arturo Toscanini (some members continued as the Symphony of the Air until 1963)
See also
References
- ^ Media, Societatea Romana de Radiodifuziune Dept. Radio Romania New. "Orchestrele si Corurile Radio". en.orchestreradio.ro. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
- ^ Media, Societatea Romana de Radiodifuziune Dept. Radio Romania New. "Orchestrele si Corurile Radio". en.orchestreradio.ro. Retrieved 2016-11-23.