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
A Colour Symphony and Eugene Goossens to write a piece each. Howells wrote "Sine Nomine" for wordless chorus, which was not given its second performance until his centenary year 70 years later, in 1992. Goossens wrote a piece called "Silence" for chorus and orchestra. Elgar's own contribution was his orchestration of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Fantasia and Fugue in C minor". Bliss decided to write a symphony, but was at first undecided what the theme or character of the work would be. He could not get started for some weeks. One day, by chance, he came across a book on heraldry in which he