At 09:51 AM 8/25/00 -0700, Deryk Barker wrote:

>The Hanover Band is one of several period instrument (aka HIP) orchestras
>based in London (Acadamey of Ancient Muis,c London Classical Players,
>English Baroque Soloists and Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique being
>the others I can think of off the top of my head).

Is the Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique also based in London?  And
(this seems to be as good an opportunity as any for asking what I've always
wondered) where and why in the world did they come upon that name?

wm