Information AboutCharles Groves |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT CHARLES GROVES | |
| 1915 births | |
| 1992 deaths | |
| english conductors | |
| alumni of the royal college of music | |
| knights bachelor | |
| commanders of the order of the british empire | |
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Groves was born in London , and trained at the Royal College Of Music . He was conductor for the BBC Northern Orchestra ( 1944 - 1951 ), the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ( 1951 - 1961 ), and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ( 1963 - 1977 ). He was musical director of both the Welsh National Opera (1961-1963) and the English National Opera (1978-1979). In addition, he was president of the National Youth Orchestra ( 1977 - 1992 ) and from 1967 till his death he was associate conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra . The companies for whom he made recordings (chiefly EMI ) tended to pigeonhole Groves as a specialist in British music. In the concert hall, however, his repertoire was wide-ranging. He was the first English conductor to perform all Mahler’s symphonies, and was noted for encouraging modern composers and programming their works. | |||
| {{succession Box Title | Principal Conductors, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra before= Rudolf Schwarz years=1951&ndash1961 after= Constantin Silvestri |
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| {{succession Box Title | Principal Conductors, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra before= Sir John Pritchard years=1963&ndash1977 after= Walter Weller |
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| {{succession Box Title | Music Directors, English National Opera before= Sir Charles Mackerras years=1978&ndash1979 after= Mark Elder |
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