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CodeDS/UK/4264
NameQueen's Hall; Queen's Hall Orchestra; 1895-1995; British orchestra
Variations of NameNew Queens Hall Orchestra | NQHO
Dates1895-1995
Place of Birth/OriginLondon, England, United Kingdom (founded)
BiographyThe Queen’s Hall Orchestra was founded in 1895 as the resident orchestra of the concert hall, the Queen’s Hall (opened in 1893), to inaugurate the Promenade Concerts (today the BBC Proms). In 1915 the orchestra changed its name to the New Queen’s Hall Orchestra.

For thirty-two years it gave nearly every Promenade Concert at Queen’s Hall, London under the direction of conductor Henry Wood. In 1995 the New Queen’s Hall Orchestra gave the Centenary Henry Wood Promenade Concert at the Royal Albert Hall.

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