Meet the New York(shire) Philharmonic

Meet the New York(shire) Philharmonic

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norman lebrecht

June 15, 2015

England’s largest county used to have a symphony orchestra but it went kaputt sixty years ago. The conductor Norman Del Mar, of blessed memory, called it ‘a very bad moment for Leeds and Yorkshire.’

The Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra disbanded in 1955.

Fast forward to this week. The New Yorkshire Philharmonic has risen. A bunch of post-grad students have got togther with a former employee of the Royal Liverpool Phil, Rebekah Martin, to start a new band.

Full story here.

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