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London Festival Orchestra
[edit]We have
It took the form to new heights using the London Festival Orchestra, a loose affiliation of Decca's classical musicians given a fictitious name, adding the term "London" to sound impressive, to provide an orchestral linking framework to the group's already written and performed songs
with no source for that. And then shortly after
...then the track being presented to Peter Knight who quickly composed a suitable "linking" orchestral portion, which the Decca musicians ("London Festival Orchestra") then recorded...
with scare quotes. So my questions are:
- What is a "loose affiliation" of classical musicians? Did they not perform together as an orchestra?
- Was their name actually fictitious, or just ad hoc? It would be fictitious if they existed only in a novel or something I would think.
- Our article London Festival Orchestra says it was
established in the 1950s as the 'house orchestra' for Decca Records. In 1980 it was incorporated as an independent performing orchestra under Ross Pople. At least in the world of pop music, the orchestra is best known for providing accompaniment to the Moody Blues for their landmark 1967 album Days of Future Passed. With the staging of the orchestra's summer festival of music in cathedrals, under the title Cathedral Classics, sponsored by American Express and British Gas, London Festival Orchestra quickly became a household name in the UK and abroad.
- and much else, including that the entity was active at least into the 21st century. Which is quite a bit different than what we have. However, the London Festival Orchestra article has no refs. That doesn't necessarily mean its a made up pack of lies, but it could be.
At any rate, this article and London Festival Orchestra give wildly different descriptions of that orchestra, and they can't both be right. Herostratus (talk) 12:45, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
- London Festival Orchestra was formed in 1980. Moody Blues used a few freelance musicians, coupled with a Synthesizer called a Mellotron. 76.135.140.188 (talk) 06:38, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
Band appears to be currently active
[edit]Page says their activity ended in 2018. 2601:603:1881:FAF0:BCD3:57DB:B796:E603 (talk) 20:42, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
- The Official website suggests the band is still an active entity, but only gives details of separate tours by Hayward and Lodge? Martinevans123 (talk) 21:16, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
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