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Hear and there...

Question: Where can you hear the BBC Concert Orchestra?
Answer: Er...in a concert hall?

Well, yes, that's true...but then, as Oscar Wilde observed in The Importance of Being Earnest, 'the truth is rarely pure and never simple'. And the truth about this unique orchestra is that, although in just over a year it has played an impressive 111 performances in halls across 14 UK towns and another 13 cities abroad - add travel time and rehearsals and the figures look even more impressive - the concerts don't tell the full story.

Full biography of the BBC Concert Orchestra

  • First Violins

    • Leader: Cynthia Fleming
    • Associate Leader: Charles Mutter
    • Rebecca Turner
    • Peter Bussereau
    • Chereene Allen
    • Michael Howson
    • Helena Casey
    • Lucy Hartley

  • Second Violins

    • Michael Gray
    • Matthew Elston
    • Marcus Broome
    • David Beaman
    • Sarah Freestone
    • Daniel Mullin
    • Rustom Pomeroy
    • Anna Ritchie

  • Violas

    • Timothy Welch
    • Robin Del Mar
    • Nigel Goodwin
    • Helen Knief
    • Jacqueline Lloyd
    • Judith Webberley

  • Cellos

    • Benjamin Hughes
    • Katharine O'Kane
    • Matthew Lee
    • Josephine Abbott
    • Nigel Pinkett
    • Ben Rogerson

  • Double Basses

    • Dominic Worsley
    • Stacey-Ann Miller
    • Andrew Wood

  • Flutes

    • Ileana Ruhemann
    • Sophie Johnson

  • Oboes

    • vacancy
    • Victoria Walpole

  • Clarinets

    • Michael Pearce
    • Derek Hannigan

  • Bassoons

    • Margaret Pollock
    • Jane Sibley

  • Horns

    • Stephen Bell
    • Tom Rumsby
    • Mark Johnson
    • David Wythe

  • Trumpets

    • Catherine Moore
    • David McCallum
    • John Blackshaw

  • Trombones

    • James Casey
    • Mike Lloyd

  • Timpani

    • Stephen Webberley

  • Percussion

    • Alasdair Malloy
    • Stephen Whibley

  • Harp

    • Andrew Knight

  • Management Team

    • General Manager: Andrew Connolly
    • Business Assistant: Darren Kimpton
    • Senior Producer: Neil Varley
    • Artistic Projects Manager: Louise Allen
    • Concerts and Planning Administrator: Carolyn Hendry
    • Concerts and Planning Assistant: Deborah Fether
    • Marketing Manager: Lisa Owen-Jones
    • Marketing Officer: Victoria Peet
    • Learning and Planning Assistant: Roz Surtees
    • Orchestra Manager : Alex Walden
    • Assistant Orchestra Manager: Claire Barnes
    • Orchestra Assistant: Cath Welsby
    • Music & Orchestra Associate: Jenny Ricotti
    • Transport Manager: Michael Cousins
    • Transport Assistant: Scott Jones

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