Corporate Open DS/UK/16141 Orchestra of St John's (OSJ); 1967-; English orchestra Orchestra of St John's (OSJ) 1967- English orchestra Orchestra of Saint John's | St John's | Saint John's | Smith Square St John's, Smith Square

Music Group; Orchestra It is named after St John's, Smith Square. The Orchestra works with some of the UK’s soloists including Dame Felicity Lott, Tasmin Little, John Lill and Stephen Kovacevich, but also provide a platform for some of the new musical talent emerging from the country, including performers such as Julian Bliss and Chloë Hanslip. The Orchestra holds its own music festival each year at Dorchester Abbey in Oxfordshire, now in its eleventh year, and regularly promotes concerts in London. These have included a one-hour series of early evening concerts at Cadogan Hall as well as performances at St John's, Smith Square, the Southbank Centre and regular appearances at the BBC Proms. The Orchestra has also featured on two albums by the rock group Radiohead: the Grammy award-winning Kid A and Grammy-nominated Amnesiac. OSJ performed the première of Escape Velocity by Benjamin Wallfisch at the 2006 BBC Proms festival. The composer Matthew King has recently collaborated with the orchestra and the savant pianist Derek Paravicini on a new piano concerto entitled "Blue". International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbaulcombe 5/8/2014 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 f6086cbe-35a1-4cb2-9a2e-a8e9d777086d