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Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Scotland's national symphony orchestra based in Glasgow
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Stephen Bryant
Stephen Bryant
English violinist
2
Hamilton Harty
Hamilton Harty
Irish composer, conductor, pianist and organist
3
Richard Hickox
Richard Hickox
English conductor
4
John Barbirolli
John Barbirolli
British conductor and cellist
5
Rumon Gamba
Rumon Gamba
conductor
6
Arnold Bax
Arnold Bax
English composer and poet
7
Colin Davis
Colin Davis
British conductor
8
Charles Mackerras
Charles Mackerras
Australian conductor
9
BBC Philharmonic
BBC Philharmonic
BBC symphony orchestra based in Manchester
10
Julian Anderson
Julian Anderson
British composer and teacher of composition
11
Eugene Aynsley Goossens
Eugene Aynsley Goossens
English conductor and composer
12
Granville Bantock
Granville Bantock
British composer and conductor
13
Dorothy Howell
Dorothy Howell
English composer and pianist
14
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
British orchestra based in London
15
Adrian Boult
Adrian Boult
English conductor
16
Walter Weller
Walter Weller
Austrian conductor
17
Sakari Oramo
Sakari Oramo
Finnish conductor
18
Neeme Järvi
Neeme Järvi
Estonian conductor
19
Malcolm Sargent
Malcolm Sargent
English conductor, organist and composer
20
Gregory Rose
Gregory Rose
British composer and music director
21
Thomas Dausgaard
Thomas Dausgaard
Danish conductor
22
Gavin Sutherland
Gavin Sutherland
British conductor, composer and pianist
23
Peter Maxwell Davies
Peter Maxwell Davies
English composer and conductor
24
Paavo Berglund
Paavo Berglund
Finnish conductor and violinist
25
Georg Solti
Georg Solti
Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor
26
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London based symphony orchestra
27
Alexander Gibson
Alexander Gibson
Scottish conductor and opera intendant
28
Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet
Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet
British conductor and impresario
Bryden Thomson
Scottish conductor

Bryden Thomson

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Bryden Thomson (16 July 1928 – 14 November 1991) was a Scottish conductor remembered especially for his championship of British and Scandinavian composers. His recordings include influential surveys of the orchestral music of Hamilton Harty and Arnold Bax. He was principal conductor of several British orchestras, including the Ulster Orchestra, which flourished under his tenure.