Royal Philharmonic Society

The Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS ) is a British concert society for classical orchestral music. It was 1813 in London under the name of Philharmonic Society of London (also Philharmonic Society or London Philharmonic Society named ) and has next to based in Leipzig Gewandhaus Concert Association is the second oldest music company of its kind in the Victorian era, it was crucial for the history of music.

Objectives were to promote the best possible performance of instrumental music, primarily through regular public concerts in London within the concert seasons. You forgave commissions and led to the compositions dedicated to her, many of which are after their first performance today belong to the world repertoire.

2013, it celebrated its bicentennial anniversary. Chairman since July 2010 John Gilhooly.

  • 6.1 Gold Medal
  • 6.2 Honorary Membership
  • 6.3 Music Awards

History

The Company was incorporated on 24 January 1813 by 30 professional musicians under the leadership of Charles Neate, Johann Baptist Cramer, Philip Antony Corri and Henry Dance.

The founding members were: the composer Thomas Attwood, Henry Rowley Bishop, William Horsley, Vincent Novello, William Shield and Samuel Webbe; the pianist Ludwig Berger, Johann Baptist Cramer, George Eugene Griffin, Charles Neate and the pianist and composer Muzio Clementi; the violinist Benjamin Blake, Francis Cramer, William Dance, Johann Peter Salomon, Giovanni Battista Viotti, Felix Janiewicz; the strings RH Potter (viola), William Sherrington (viola ), Charles Jane Ashley (cello) and the bassist Henry Hill and Joseph Moralt; the flautist Andrew Ashe; the singer James Bartleman (bass ), Thomas Simpson Cooke ( bass), William and Philip Antony Corri Knyvett, Graeff and conductor William Ayrton and George Smart. There were also 25 associate members.

The musicians decided together on who should receive the membership status, which music is performed and which of them this was the musical director, which also led to the fact that several members called directors at the same time. This concept was exemplary for example, founded in 1842 Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York, which had been requested by the statutes for their own society.

The first concert was held on March 8, 1813 under the direction of Johann Peter Salomon with Muzio Clementi as a pianist and Nicolas Mori as first violin; were offered symphonies by Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven, to smaller pieces and chamber music by Luigi Cherubini, Antonio Sacchini, Luigi Boccherini and Mozart. Since then, many prominent composers and artists who participated in the concerts.

1813-1912

Venues of the orchestra of the Company were from the 1813 Argyll Rooms ( partially destroyed by fire in 1830 ) until 1830, then to 1869 the Hanover Square Rooms ( Hanover Square Concert Room ) with 800 seats. 1869 it moved into the larger St. James 's Hall, and dwelt there until 28 February 1894. Followed from 1894 to 1941, the Queen's Hall. It was built in 1893 and was regarded as a performance venue with " perfect acoustics ", the hall had several balconies and covered 2,400 seats. It was bombed in 1941.

Since 1912

Since the 100th concert season of 1912, she is under the direct patronage of the royal house and changes his name to Royal Philharmonic Society.

The Company has today no longer own orchestra, also because had changed by the new large orchestra founded in the Thomas Beecham, 1932, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 1947, the concert scene in London. It is a non-profit association (UK charity no. 213693 ) and is open to members, sustaining members and institutions. My focus today is in the music promotion.

Conductors and music directors

A concert season included under the statutes initially eight concerts whose programs are retained. The special feature is that for each concert season a series was named by music directors; for the first season in 1813 were: William Ayrton ( 1777-1858 ), Henry Bishop ( 1786-1855 ), Muzio Clementi, Philip Antony Corri ( 1784-1832 ), Johann Baptist Cramer ( 1771-1858 ), Franz Cramer ( 1772 - 1848) and William Dance ( 1755-1840 ).

Since the beginning there have been many music directors, conductors and guest conductors, for the period of 1813-1845: Luigi Cherubini, Charles Gounod, Ferdinand Hiller, Felix Mendelssohn, Hector Berlioz, Louis Spohr, Carl Maria von Weber.

It was not until 1845 ordinary conductors were appointed: first from 1846 to 1854 Michele Costa, 1855 Richard Wagner, 1867-1883 George Williams Cusins ​​, 1884 Frederic Hymen Cowen, 1885-1887 Arthur Sullivan, from 1888 to 1892 and again from 1900 to 1908 Cowen, 1893 to 1900 Alexander Mackenzie. From 1908, followed by et al Nikisch.

Repertoire

At the time of founding mixing concerts of orchestral music, chamber music, opera fragments and instrumental and vocal solos were common with a consequent virtuoso cult; older repertoire, for example, the music of Handel, preferred which also famous in London Ancient Concerts. In contrast, the Philharmonic Society contemporary compositions of the Classical and Romantic devoted preferably under the direction of a conductor. From its beginnings in the name of Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Luigi Cherubini dominated the programs, the importance of the concerts stock was in the high level of performance. The sound quality led to the merit of the great orchestral works of the classics were well known. From 1830 new concert - types were formed out which ultimately leads to the Popular Concerts ( Pops ) and the Promenade Series, the Proms led, in the same concert hall as the Philharmonic Society, the Queen's Hall, took place.

Contract work and dedication works

The company awarded commissions, you were dedicated by the composer of numerous works, which then came to the premiere in the UK. The most famous include:

Library and Archives

In the course of the existence of the library of the company recorded a large number of meeting reports (minutes), correspondence, performance posters, concert programs, autographs, notes and all the scores. This archive could not continue to hold and was offered for sale to the British Library in London for financial reasons. Previously Haydn manuscripts were already been sold to the British Library for £ 600,000. In 2003, the club archive was sold to the British Library calls for donations for the required £ 1 million, including 270 scores, including those of Beethoven 's 9th Symphony, and outstanding autographs. You are now in the Music Collections at the British Library.

Honors and Awards

Gold

The Gold Medal ( Gold Medal ) of the Royal Philharmonic Society in 1870 to mark the 100th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven created for outstanding musical performances and first awarded in 1871. The medal shows the side profile of the head of the designed by the Austrian sculptor Johann Nepomuk Schaller for the RPS bust of Beethoven, one of the most famous of its kind

It is awarded annually and is not considered one of the most coveted awards. Recipient of the gold medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society are:

  • Louisa Bodda - Pyne
  • Anton Rubinstein

After the Second World War

  • Simon Rattle
  • Plácido Domingo
  • György Kurtág
  • András Schiff

Honorary Membership

An honorary membership is awarded since 1826 to those who have rendered outstanding services to music. It is just like the gold medal awarded rarely, so far a total of 125 times (as of 2011).

The honorary members are:

  • Giovanni Bottesini
  • Hans von Bülow
  • František Ondříček
  • Eugène Ysaÿe
  • Raoul Pugno
  • Hans Richter

After the Second World War

  • George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood
  • George Christie

Music Awards

Since 1989, the company the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award for live concerts in Britain awards, since 1948 the prize for composition and prices in other sectors.

Today you not only awards recognition awards, but promotes, partly from the proceeds, it has achieved with the sale of its archive to the British Library, various programs, including, for example, since 2009 the Drummond Fund collaboration between composer and choreographers. Thus, the objective of the company has shifted from the performance of contemporary music at that time to the promotion of contemporary music today.

Since 1980, named after Julius Isserlis " RPS Julius Isserlis Scholarship " will be awarded to young musicians.

Thomas Attwood (composer) Henry Bishop (composer) Ludwig Berger (composer) New York Philharmonic Alexander Mackenzie (composer) List of works commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) George Thomas Smart Symphony No. 4 (Mendelssohn) A major Christina Nilsson Charles Santley Thérèse Tietjens Johannes Brahms Clara Butt Fritz Kreisler Emil von Sauer Vladimir de Pachmann Henry Wood Frederick Delius Edward Elgar Arnold Bax Jean Sibelius Richard Strauss Myra Hess William Walton Kathleen Ferrier Bruno Walter Malcolm Sargent Arthur Rubinstein Arthur Bliss Pierre Monteux Vladimir Horowitz Clifford Curzon Georg Solti Isaac Stern Alfred Brendel Colin Davis Joan Sutherland Charles Mackerras Daniel Barenboim Henri Dutilleux Thomas Quasthoff Giacomo Meyerbeer Johann Nepomuk Hummel Sigismond Thalberg Joachim Raff Johan Svendsen Charles-Marie Widor Hans Richter (conductor) Vasily Safonov Leopold Stokowski Benno Moiseiwitsch William Glock Solomon (pianist) Lorin Maazel Peter Maxwell Davies Thomas Armstrong (politician) Howard Ferguson (composer) Philip Jones (musician) Graham Johnson (musician) Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart
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