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Re: New Philharmonia Orchestra
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Deryk Barker <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 21 Sep 2000 14:52:53 -0700
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Alan Moss ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>"The New Grove" has it thus: "Philharmonia Chorus - an amateur choir
>founded in 1957 by Walter Legge ...

Apparently out of frustration caused by the lack of a choir in London
good enough to record (in Legge's opinion).  This is why the
Karajan/Philharmonia Beethoven 9 was recorded in Vienna.

The first choirmaster, Wilhelm Pitz, was headhunted by Legge.

Deryk Barker
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