Philharmonia Orchestra

London-based orchestra founded in 1945 by . conducted the orchestra's opening concert on 27 October 1945. In March 1964, Legge announced the orchestra’s disbanding. The players rallied, took matters into their own hands, elected a governing body, added 'New' to the title (see [a=New Philharmonia Orchestra]) and carried on, first up with [a=Otto Klemperer] conducting ’s "Choral Symphony". The 'New' was dropped in 1977, the orchestra’s third era celebrated with a Beethoven concert under [a=Riccardo Muti] and pianist [a=Sviatoslav Richter]. Since 1995 it has been based in the .
For chorus/choir credits use .
Please consider also:
- [a=Members Of The Philharmonia Orchestra]
- [a=The Philharmonia Chamber Orchestra]
- [a=Philharmonia Chamber Artists]
- [a=Philharmonia Chamber Players]
- [a=The Philharmonia String Orchestra]
- [a=Strings Of The Philharmonia Orchestra]
- [a=The Philharmonia Soloists]
- [a=Philharmonia String Quartet]
- [a=Philharmonia Wind Quartet]

[b]For recordings between 1964-1977 please use [a=New Philharmonia Orchestra] if stated that way on the release[/b].
[b]For fictitious orchestras, conducted by [a=Alfred Scholz] (or one of his aliases), please check: [a=Philharmonia Orchestra (2)], [a=Philharmonic Orchestra], or [a=The Philharmonic Orchestra (2)][/b].
[b]Not to be confused with the [/b].