Gallery
The LSO is proud of its history and heritage, and of the wealth of photographs of players, conductors and tours in its archive. Here we share just a small selection of them.
Archive
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Flyer from the first LSO concert, 1904
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Hans Richter, first Principal Conductor 1904-11
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Personnel list from the first concert
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Elgar (Principal Conductor 1911-12) with the LSO in Croydon
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Founding member and first LSO Managing Director Thomas Busby (horn)
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Founder members of the LSO in 1912
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Artur Nikisch, Principal Conductor 1912-1914 and the LSO and Queen's Hall
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Performing at Crystal Palace in 1912
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On the RMS Baltic, 1912
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LSO brass players at the Leeds Festival, 1922
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Thomas Beecham (deputy Principal Conductor 1915-1916) & Willem Mengelberg (Principal Conductor 1930)
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21st anniversary programme
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Hamilton Harty, Principcal Conductor 1932-35
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The LSO logo in 1938
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The LSO Board of Directors meeting in late 1950s
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Recording in Kingsway Hall with Benjamin Britten
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Loading instruments onto a plane
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Pierre Monteux, Principal Conductor 1961-64
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István Kertész, Principal Conductor 1965-68
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André Previn (Principal Conductor 1968-79) & William Walton in 1970
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Previn & LSO on Morecambe & Wise
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C3PO conducting the Orchestra in Star Wars at the Royal Albert Hall, 1978
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Claudio Abbado, Principal Conductor 1979-88
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The Orchestra on Daytona Beach, Florida, 1991
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Outside the Barbican with the 90th anniversary season bus (1994)
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Michael Tilson Thomas, Principal Conductor 1988-95
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Star Wars Episode 3 recording session, 2005
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Sir Colin Davis, Principcal Conductor 1995-2007
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Charicature of Sir Colin Davis by Gerald Scarfe, 2007 (80th birthday)
