BBC Symphony Orchestra turns 90 today since its first concert and broadcast, Adrian Boult conducting.
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Congratulations to this national treasure. May it continue to gleam now and beyond the present strange times.
I am hearing an imaginative amalgam treasure indeed so far. No blockbusters although The Rite of Spring ends the programme.
Now a gentle, lyrical Greensleeves.
Our national treasure indeed.
Ah now Sibelius in playful mood.