North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Alias : Radio-Philharmonie des NDR Han Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) in Hamburg. NDR Sinfonieorchester NDR Sinfonieorchester Hamburg Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks NDR Symphony Orchestra

The North German Radio Symphony Orchestra (NDR Symphony Orchestra, German: Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, or NDR Sinfonieorchester) is a German orchestra, the symphony orchestra of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) in Hamburg.The radio orchestra was founded by British occupation authorities after World War II, as Radio Hamburg was the only radio station in what would later be West Germany not to be destroyed during the war. Its first musicians came mostly from the ranks of the old Nazi-controlled Großes Rundfunkorchester des Reichssenders Hamburg. Hans Schmidt-Isserstedtwas living near the Hamburg area, and was given the task of assembling the orchestra, which occurred over a period of six months. The orchestra gave its first concert in November 1945, conducted by Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, with Yehudi Menuhin as soloist. The orchestra first visited the UK in 1951, as part of the concerts celebrating the re-opening inManchester of the Free Trade Hall. [source from Wikipedia]
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Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai