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Royal Philharmonic Society

May 04, 2023

The Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) is a British music society, formed in 1813. Its original purpose was to promote performances of instrumental music in London. Many composers and performers have taken part in its concerts. It is now a membership society, and while it no longer has its own orchestra, it continues a wide-ranging programme of activities which focus on composers and young musicians and aim to engage audiences so that future generations will enjoy a rich and vibrant musical life. Since 1989, the RPS has promoted the annual Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards for live music-making in the United Kingdom.

Society headquarters on Great Marlborough Street

The RPS is a registered UK charity No. 213693, located at 48 Great Marlborough Street in London. The current chief executive of the RPS is James Murphy, and its current chairman is John Gilhooly.

History

In London, at a time when there were no permanent London orchestras, nor organised series of chamber music concerts, a group of thirty music professionals formed the Philharmonic Society of London on 6 February 1813. The idea was that by cooperating, they could build a stronger orchestra than by competing against one another.[1] However, given the organization's choice to hold its concerts at the Argyll Rooms, it is likely that the society was initiated because of John Nash's bold urban redesign of Regent Street. In this way, the society would gain an impressive performing space once the old Argyll Rooms had to be rebuilt due to the Regent Street plan, and Prince regent George IV could promote classical music as a British institution and thereby improve his reputation.[2] Concerts were held in the Argyll Rooms until it burned down in 1830.

The Society's aim was "to promote the performance, in the most perfect manner possible of the best and most approved instrumental music". The first concert, on 8 March 1813, was presided over by Johann Peter Salomon, with Muzio Clementi at the piano and the violin prodigy Nicolas Mori as lead violinist, performing symphonies by Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven. Among the founders were the pianist and violinist William Dance (who became the society's first director and treasurer until his death in 1840), composer Henry Bishop, and Charles Neate, a pianist and friend of Beethoven, who publicised Beethoven's music at the Society.

The Society asked Beethoven to come to London, but the composer's health prevented his accepting the invitation. However the society's request for a new symphony from him resulted in the Choral Symphony. In 1827 Beethoven wrote to the society outlining his straitened circumstances; at a special general meeting the society resolved to send the composer £100 immediately (equivalent to £9,200 in 2021;[3] George Bernard Shaw once referred to this as "the only entirely creditable incident in English history"). Other works written for the Society include the Italian Symphony by Felix Mendelssohn. Distinguished conductors included Ludwig Spohr, one of the first conductors to use a baton, Hector Berlioz, who conducted a concert of his works in 1853, Richard Wagner, who conducted the whole 1855 season of orchestral concerts, William Sterndale Bennett for the following ten years, Arthur Sullivan, and Tchaikovsky, who conducted his own works in 1888 and 1893.

From 1830 to 1869, the Society gave its concerts in the concert-hall of Hanover Square Rooms, which had seating for only about 800. The Society decided to move permanently to St James's Hall, and a complimentary additional concert, held at the hall, was given to its subscribers at the end of the 1868–69 season. Charles Santley, Charles Hallé, Thérèse Tietjens and Christina Nilsson were the soloists.[4] When the move was made, the Society remodelled its charges to obtain a wider audience and compete with the Crystal Palace and other large venues, and introduced annotated programmes. The Society remained at the hall until 28 February 1894, when it moved to the Queen's Hall.[5]

The society became the Royal Philharmonic Society during its 100th concert season in 1912, and continued organising concerts through the two world wars. It is now a membership society which "seeks to create a future for music through the encouragement of creativity, the recognition of excellence and the promotion of understanding."[6]

The Gold Medal

The Gold Medal was first awarded in 1871. The medal depicts the profile of a bust of Beethoven by Johann Nepomuk Schaller (1777–1842) which was presented to the society in 1870, Beethoven's centenary. It is awarded for "outstanding musicianship", and is given rarely – in 2015 the medal was awarded for the hundredth time.[7]

Recipients

Honorary membership

Through awarding honorary membership the society recognises "services to music". Like the Gold Medal, honorary membership is awarded rarely; first awarded in 1826, by 2006 only 117 honorary members had been created.

Honorary members

See also

References

  1. ^ Leanne Langley (2013). "A Place for Music: John Nash, Regent Street and the Philharmonic Society of London" (PDF). Electronic British Library Journal. p. 1. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  2. ^ Langley, 3.
  3. ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  4. ^ R. Elkin, Royal Philharmonic: The Annals of the Royal Philharmonic Society (Rider & Co, London, 1946), p. 65.
  5. ^ R. Elkin, Queen's Hall 1893–1941 (Ryder, London 1944), p. 52.
  6. ^ R. Elkin, Royal Philharmonic: The Annals of the Royal Philharmonic Society (Rider & Co, London 1946).
  7. ^ 100th Gold Medal for Antonio Pappano. The Royal Philharmonic Society. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Opera star Sir John Tomlinson awarded medal". BBC. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  9. ^ Cullingford, Martin (11 May 2018). "The Music Makers: dreamers of dreams, and agents of change". Gramophone. London. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Vladimir Jurowski receives RPS Gold Medal" (Press release). Royal Philharmonic Society. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  11. ^ "John Denison". The Telegraph. 9 January 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2011.

External links

  • The Royal Philharmonic Society
  • Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
  • British Library: Royal Philharmonic Society Archive

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May 04, 2023
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The Royal Philharmonic Society RPS is a British music society formed in 1813 Its original purpose was to promote performances of instrumental music in London Many composers and performers have taken part in its concerts It is now a membership society and while it no longer has its own orchestra it continues a wide ranging programme of activities which focus on composers and young musicians and aim to engage audiences so that future generations will enjoy a rich and vibrant musical life Since 1989 the RPS has promoted the annual Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards for live music making in the United Kingdom Society headquarters on Great Marlborough Street The RPS is a registered UK charity No 213693 located at 48 Great Marlborough Street in London The current chief executive of the RPS is James Murphy and its current chairman is John Gilhooly Contents 1 History 2 The Gold Medal 2 1 Recipients 3 Honorary membership 3 1 Honorary members 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditIn London at a time when there were no permanent London orchestras nor organised series of chamber music concerts a group of thirty music professionals formed the Philharmonic Society of London on 6 February 1813 The idea was that by cooperating they could build a stronger orchestra than by competing against one another 1 However given the organization s choice to hold its concerts at the Argyll Rooms it is likely that the society was initiated because of John Nash s bold urban redesign of Regent Street In this way the society would gain an impressive performing space once the old Argyll Rooms had to be rebuilt due to the Regent Street plan and Prince regent George IV could promote classical music as a British institution and thereby improve his reputation 2 Concerts were held in the Argyll Rooms until it burned down in 1830 The Society s aim was to promote the performance in the most perfect manner possible of the best and most approved instrumental music The first concert on 8 March 1813 was presided over by Johann Peter Salomon with Muzio Clementi at the piano and the violin prodigy Nicolas Mori as lead violinist performing symphonies by Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven Among the founders were the pianist and violinist William Dance who became the society s first director and treasurer until his death in 1840 composer Henry Bishop and Charles Neate a pianist and friend of Beethoven who publicised Beethoven s music at the Society The Society asked Beethoven to come to London but the composer s health prevented his accepting the invitation However the society s request for a new symphony from him resulted in the Choral Symphony In 1827 Beethoven wrote to the society outlining his straitened circumstances at a special general meeting the society resolved to send the composer 100 immediately equivalent to 9 200 in 2021 3 George Bernard Shaw once referred to this as the only entirely creditable incident in English history Other works written for the Society include the Italian Symphony by Felix Mendelssohn Distinguished conductors included Ludwig Spohr one of the first conductors to use a baton Hector Berlioz who conducted a concert of his works in 1853 Richard Wagner who conducted the whole 1855 season of orchestral concerts William Sterndale Bennett for the following ten years Arthur Sullivan and Tchaikovsky who conducted his own works in 1888 and 1893 From 1830 to 1869 the Society gave its concerts in the concert hall of Hanover Square Rooms which had seating for only about 800 The Society decided to move permanently to St James s Hall and a complimentary additional concert held at the hall was given to its subscribers at the end of the 1868 69 season Charles Santley Charles Halle Therese Tietjens and Christina Nilsson were the soloists 4 When the move was made the Society remodelled its charges to obtain a wider audience and compete with the Crystal Palace and other large venues and introduced annotated programmes The Society remained at the hall until 28 February 1894 when it moved to the Queen s Hall 5 The society became the Royal Philharmonic Society during its 100th concert season in 1912 and continued organising concerts through the two world wars It is now a membership society which seeks to create a future for music through the encouragement of creativity the recognition of excellence and the promotion of understanding 6 See Works commissioned by the RPS for a list of works commissioned by or dedicated to the Royal Philharmonic Society The Gold Medal EditThe Gold Medal was first awarded in 1871 The medal depicts the profile of a bust of Beethoven by Johann Nepomuk Schaller 1777 1842 which was presented to the society in 1870 Beethoven s centenary It is awarded for outstanding musicianship and is given rarely in 2015 the medal was awarded for the hundredth time 7 Recipients Edit 1871 Sir William Sterndale Bennett Christina Nilsson Charles Gounod Joseph Joachim Helen Lemmens Sherrington Arabella Goddard Sir Charles Santley William Cusins Therese Tietjens Felix Janiewicz Fanny Linzbauer the donor of the bust of Beethoven 1872 Euphrosyne Parepa Rosa 1873 Hans von Bulow 1876 Louisa Bodda Pyne Anton Rubinstein 1877 Johannes Brahms 1880 Stanley Lucas 1895 Adelina Patti 1897 Dame Emma Albani Ignacy Jan Paderewski 1900 Edward Lloyd 1901 Eugene Ysaye 1902 Jan Kubelik 1903 Dame Clara Butt 1904 Fritz Kreisler 1909 Louise Kirkby Lunn 1910 Emil von Sauer 1912 Pablo Casals Harold Bauer Luisa Tetrazzini 1914 Muriel Foster 1916 Vladimir de Pachmann 1921 Sir Henry Wood 1922 Sir Alexander Mackenzie 1932 Alfred Cortot 1925 Frederick Delius Sir Edward Elgar 1928 Sir Thomas Beecham 1930 Ralph Vaughan Williams Gustav Holst 1931 Arnold Bax 1932 Sergei Rachmaninoff 1934 Sir Edward German Sir Hamilton Harty 1935 Jean Sibelius 1936 Richard Strauss 1937 Felix Weingartner Arturo Toscanini 1942 Dame Myra Hess 1944 Sergei Prokofiev Sir Adrian Boult 1947 Sir William Walton 1950 Sir John Barbirolli 1953 Kathleen Ferrier 1954 Igor Stravinsky 1957 Bruno Walter 1959 Sir Malcolm Sargent 1961 Arthur Rubinstein 1962 Yehudi Menuhin 1963 Sir Arthur Bliss Pierre Monteux 1964 Lionel Tertis Benjamin Britten 1966 Dmitri Shostakovich 1967 Zoltan Kodaly 1970 Mstislav Rostropovich 1974 Vladimir Horowitz 1975 Olivier Messiaen 1976 Sir Michael Tippett 1980 Sir Clifford Curzon 1984 Herbert von Karajan 1986 Andres Segovia Witold Lutoslawski 1987 Leonard Bernstein 1988 Dietrich Fischer Dieskau 1989 Sir Georg Solti 1990 Claudio Arrau Janet Baker Bernard Haitink Sviatoslav Richter 1991 Isaac Stern 1992 Alfred Brendel 1994 Sir Colin Davis 1995 Elliott Carter Rafael Kubelik 1997 Pierre Boulez 1999 Sir Simon Rattle Placido Domingo 2002 Dame Joan Sutherland 2003 Claudio Abbado 2004 Gyorgy Ligeti 2005 Sir Charles Mackerras 2007 Daniel Barenboim 2008 Henri Dutilleux 2009 Thomas Quasthoff 2012 Nikolaus Harnoncourt Dame Mitsuko Uchida 2013 Sir Andras Schiff Gyorgy Kurtag 2014 Sir John Tomlinson 8 2015 Sir Antonio Pappano Martha Argerich 2016 Sir Peter Maxwell Davies 2017 Charles Dutoit Mariss Jansons 2018 Jessye Norman 9 2019 Sofia Gubaidulina 2020 John Williams 2021 Vladimir Jurowski 10 Honorary membership EditThrough awarding honorary membership the society recognises services to music Like the Gold Medal honorary membership is awarded rarely first awarded in 1826 by 2006 only 117 honorary members had been created Honorary members Edit 1826 Carl Maria von Weber 1829 Daniel Auber Jean Francois Le Sueur Felix Mendelssohn Giacomo Meyerbeer George Onslow 1830 Johann Nepomuk Hummel 1836 Sigismond Thalberg 1839 Gioachino Rossini 1859 Hector Berlioz Niels Gade Fromental Halevy Moritz Hauptmann Ferdinand Hiller Franz Liszt Heinrich Marschner Ignaz Moscheles Julius Rietz Johannes Verhulst 1860 Richard Wagner 1861 Euphrosyne Parepa Rosa 1869 Lucy Anderson 1869 Otto Goldschmidt Charles Gounod Stephen Heller Therese Tietjens 1870 Joseph Joachim 1882 Johannes Brahms Joachim Raff Alberto Randegger Giuseppe Verdi 1884 Antonin Dvorak Sophie Menter Wassily Sapellnikoff Pablo de Sarasate 1885 Giovanni Bottesini Hans von Bulow 1886 Franz Rummel 1887 Moritz Moszkowski Camille Saint Saens Clara Schumann 1888 Johan Svendsen 1889 Edvard Grieg Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Charles Marie Widor 1891 Frantisek Ondricek Eugene Ysaye 1893 Ignacy Jan Paderewski 1894 Max Bruch 1897 Emil von Sauer Alexander Glazunov 1899 Moriz Rosenthal 1902 Sergei Rachmaninoff Jules Massenet 1906 Raoul Pugno Hans Richter Richard Strauss 1908 Jan Kubelik 1912 Vasily Safonov 1913 Willem Mengelberg Arthur Nikisch 1921 Alfred Cortot Maurice Ravel Igor Stravinsky Arturo Toscanini 1922 Harold Bauer 1927 Leopold Stokowski 1929 Jean Sibelius 1930 Pablo Casals 1948 Keith Douglas Hon Sec of the Society John Mewburn Levien 1951 Frederic Austin Ernest Irving 1953 Marion Scott Albert Schweitzer 1959 Arthur Rubinstein 1956 Paul Hindemith Gregor Piatigorsky 1959 Benno Moiseiwitsch 1960 George Baker 1970 Aaron Copland 1971 William Glock 1984 Eric Fenby 1985 Lennox Berkeley Dietrich Fischer Dieskau Yehudi Menuhin Gerald Moore Solomon 1986 Lorin Maazel 1987 Dame Janet Baker Peter Maxwell Davies Leon Goossens 1988 Claudio Arrau Julian Bream Bernard Haitink 1989 John Denison 11 Vernon Handley 1990 Sir Charles Groves Rafael Kubelik 1991 Thomas Armstrong Harrison Birtwistle Pierre Boulez Elliott Carter Joan Cross Gyorgy Ligeti Paul Sacher Katharine Duchess of Kent 1994 Felix Aprahamian Sir Charles Mackerras 1996 Howard Ferguson 1997 John Gardner 1998 George Lascelles 7th Earl of Harewood Sir George Christie 1999 Sir David Willcocks Richard Steinitz Philip Jones Anthony Payne 2001 Evelyn Barbirolli 2002 Oliver Knussen 2004 Richard McNicol 2006 Michael Kennedy 2007 David Lloyd Jones 2008 Jose Antonio Abreu 2009 Brian McMaster 2010 Graham Johnson Fanny Waterman 2011 George Benjamin Tony Fell Mark Elder 2012 John Stephens 2013 Ricardo Castro Bahia Brazil Armand Diangienda Kinshasa DRC Aaron Dworkin USA Rosemary Nalden Soweto SA Ahmad Sarmast Kabul Afghanistan 2014 Martin Campbell White artist manager Marin Alsop 2015 Evelyn Glennie 2016 Graham Vick 2017 Barrie Gavin 2018 Stephen Hough 2019 Stephen Sondheim Alexander Goehr David Pountney 2022 Jordi SavallSee also EditNew Philharmonic SocietyReferences Edit Leanne Langley 2013 A Place for Music John Nash Regent Street and the Philharmonic Society of London PDF Electronic British Library Journal p 1 Retrieved 27 May 2015 Langley 3 UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark Gregory 2017 The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain 1209 to Present New Series MeasuringWorth Retrieved 11 June 2022 R Elkin Royal Philharmonic The Annals of the Royal Philharmonic Society Rider amp Co London 1946 p 65 R Elkin Queen s Hall 1893 1941 Ryder London 1944 p 52 R Elkin Royal Philharmonic The Annals of the Royal Philharmonic Society Rider amp Co London 1946 100th Gold Medal for Antonio Pappano The Royal Philharmonic Society 5 May 2015 Retrieved 31 December 2018 Opera star Sir John Tomlinson awarded medal BBC 8 May 2014 Retrieved 9 May 2014 Cullingford Martin 11 May 2018 The Music Makers dreamers of dreams and agents of change Gramophone London Retrieved 11 September 2018 Vladimir Jurowski receives RPS Gold Medal Press release Royal Philharmonic Society 12 August 2021 Retrieved 13 August 2021 John Denison The Telegraph 9 January 2007 Retrieved 27 May 2011 External links EditThe Royal Philharmonic Society Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal British Library Royal Philharmonic Society Archive Coordinates 51 30 52 N 0 08 18 W 51 5144 N 0 1384 W 51 5144 0 1384 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Royal Philharmonic Society amp oldid 1069425793, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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