London Symphony Orchestra 1966 Leonard Bernstein conducted the LSO for the first time, in Mahler's "Symphony of a Thousand" at the Royal Albert Hall. This was another coup for Fleischmann, who had to overcome Bernstein's scorn for the inadequate rehearsal facilities endured by London orchestras. Bernstein remained associated with the LSO for the rest of his life, and was its president from 1987 to 1990. Mindful of the enormous success of the Philharmonia Chorus, founded in 1957 by Legge to work with his Philharmonia Orchestra, the LSO decided to establish its own chorus. The LSO Chorus (later called the London Symphony Chorus) was
Symphony No. 3 (Myaskovsky) perhaps completely at least from the front. While Myaskovsky fought at the front during World War I, the message reached him that the conductors Aslanov (who had already premiered the first symphony) and Alexander Siloti were interested in the score of the third symphony. With this symphony, Myaskovsky's nationalistic attitude was made clear. Symphony No. 3 (Myaskovsky) Nikolai Myaskovsky wrote his Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 15 in 1914. It is in two movements: It is dedicated to Boris Asafyev. The third symphony was the last that Myaskovsky wrote before the outbreak of the First World War. The