1. RESIDENTS of the biggest concert halls
RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS IN EUROPE
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Hungarian Radio Art Groups

2. It's hard to talk about radio orchestras unless we know the circumstances that helped them to establish.
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3. By the end of the 19th century Edison's phonograph, Bell's phone, the Lumiére brothers' film greeted the 20th century.
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4. Like many others Bartók and Kodály has been using the phonograph when collecting traditional folk music.
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5. Tesla, Marconi and Popov invented the direct predecessor of the radio, a wireless telegraphy.
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6. These new devices inspired the phantasy of many people.
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7. Tosca was on programme from the Metropolitan Opera House!
The first radio broadcast!!!
The first radio broadcast of human voice was delivered by Lee de Forest on 12th January in 1910.
Tosca was on programme from the Metropolitan Opera House!
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8. Today’s radios are based on a device developed by American and British scientists. This was able to transmit human voice and music by 1920.
The radio broadcast started in Great Britain in 1922, in Hungary in
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9. The content of the radio broadcasts quickly evolved: news, weather, sports news, radio games, fiction, science dissemination, entertainment and of course music, music and music.
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10. The radio was about music
The radio was about music! Lacking reliable and quality sound recordings, only live music could be listened to at first. Significant artists went to the primitive studios to entertain the radio listeners with their play.
(Beardsley and Kubelik on the photo)
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11. Since the mid-1920’s radio companies which have gained more and more revenue have formed their own symphonic orchestras. ( Elgar on the photo.)
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12. The main concerts have become the studio concerts, which have made millions of people happy.
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13. The first golden age of the radio orchestras dates back to the '30s and' 40s, when most of their live concerts gave valuable music to palaces and huts.
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14. The second golden age was in the '60s and in the' 70s when the recording of the classical basic repertoire as a result of the development of sound recording became part of their special mission…
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15. …and became part of their special mission as a growing expert in the presentation and recording of contemporary music.
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16. Television becoming more and more widespread since the late '40s only increased the demand for radio orchestras.
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17. However, in the 1980s, the evolution of technology increasingly questioned the necessity of the existence of radio orchestras.
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18. Until/in the 1990’s several radio orchestras were merged or terminated.
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19. Nowadays, their situation seems to have stabilized.
Three of their average features: recording routines, brilliant reading skills, and proficiency in contemporary music are a peculiar value for almost every radio orchestra.
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20. Currently we have 49 radio orchestras in Europe, from Dublin to Moscow, from Madrid to Oslo.
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21. Both the audience and the domestic and international market acknowledge their premium category.
So practically every radio orchestra is an active actor not only in the studios but outside of the studios too.
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22. Most of the radio orchestras are more-and- more active in music education.
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23. Their funding can vary from country to country, but they are funded by public money everywhere in Europe.
Huge tensions on the continent have little to do with other orchestras due to financial support.
And the UK situation?
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24. If that is the case, I do not want to be the judge of it.
As I know in the UK mostly self-governing, freelance orchestras sometimes feel that more stable financed BBC orchestras wanders to their hunting ground.
If that is the case, I do not want to be the judge of it.
However: should we keep radio orchestras away from meeting with the audience personally?
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25. The future of radio-based orchestras?
Extraordinary values ​​and popularity of the radio orchestras can be the guarantee.
But what about decision makers?
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26. Let us wake up the spirit of Edison, Bell, Tesla, Marconi, Popov, Lee de Forest, the Lumiere brothers and all those who opened the door of telecommunication before humanity! We hope they look at us contentedly from their heavenly labs and enjoy the beautiful play of the radio orchestras, the residents of the biggest concert halls.
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27. Many thanks for your kind attention!
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