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17-538: The orchestra was formed in 1949 by violinist Harry Blech . Having just branched out into conducting, he was approached by pianist Dorothea Braus to arrange and conduct an all-Mozart concert at Wigmore Hall . Blech continued to arrange and perform increasingly successful concerts with the London Mozart Players, which lead to regular broadcasts by the BBC . The orchestra performed in the opening week's events at

34-643: A pupil of Arthur Catterall at the Royal Manchester College of Music , and in 1929 joined the Hallé Orchestra . During the 1930s Blech played in the BBC Symphony Orchestra . In 1936 he left to become the leader of his own eponymous string quartet, with Edward Silverman, Douglas Thompson and William Pleeth . During the war, Silverman died of a heart condition, Thomson was killed while learning to fly and Pleeth joined

51-679: A student, in a production of Athalia , and went on to conduct the first performance in modern times of Cavalli's Rosinda for the Oxford University Opera Club in October 1973. She made her professional debut at the Wexford Festival in 1975 with the first modern performance of Eritrea and joined Glyndebourne in 1979. She was music director of Glyndebourne Touring Opera from 1981 to 1985. She has been both principal conductor and principal guest conductor of

68-636: Is the current Artist-in-Residence. It tours Europe and the Far East, and records for Naxos, Chandos and Hyperion Records. In London, the orchestra performs in venues including the Royal Festival Hall , St Martin-in-the-Fields , St John's Smith Square and Cadogan Hall , as well as in cathedrals and other concert venues across the UK. LMP are the resident orchestra at Croydon's Fairfield Halls . In 2016, it temporarily relocated its offices to St John

85-481: The 2021 New Year Honours for services to music. In September 2005, Macmillan published Glover's book Mozart's Women: His Family, His Friends, His Music . The book investigates the extent to which the women surrounding Mozart – his mother, sister, wife and his wife's sisters – influenced his development as a composer. In 2018, her Handel in London: The Making of a Genius , was published, which charts

102-649: The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (FWSO). In February 2024, the FWSO announced the appointment of Glover as its next principal guest conductor, the first female conductor ever named to the post, effective 1 August 2025. Glover was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2003 New Year Honours and a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in

119-659: The Royal Academy of Music between 2009 and 2016. On 18 March 2011, she conducted the world première of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies 's opera Kommilitonen! at the Academy. In December 2013, she became the third woman ever to conduct at the Metropolitan Opera of New York, leading Mozart's The Magic Flute in the production of Julie Taymor . She has been a regular collaborator with choreographer Mark Morris . In January 2023, Glover first guest-conducted

136-543: The Royal Festival Hall in 1951 and became regulars there and later at the Queen Elizabeth Hall . Musicians associated with the orchestra include James Galway , Felicity Lott , Jane Glover , Howard Shelley , John Suchet and Simon Callow . Nicola Benedetti , Jacqueline du Pré and Jan Pascal Tortelier played early in their careers with the orchestra. At present, it welcomes soloists such as Sheku Kanneh-Mason , Jess Gillam and Anna Lapwood . Leia Zhu

153-566: The Evangelist, Upper Norwood. The orchestra has enjoyed the patronage of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh since 1988. In 1993, the London Mozart Players began a series of recordings for Chandos Records of works by lesser-known eighteenth-century composers, entitled the Contemporaries of Mozart series. Many of these recordings have drawn widespread critical acclaim and have been credited with bringing these lesser-heard composers to

170-551: The Huddersfield Choral Society and continues to work with the choir on a semi-regular basis. She conducted the world premiere of Il Giardino by Stephen Oliver at the Batignano Festival in 1977. During the 1980s, Glover regularly broadcast on BBC Television including hosting the television series Orchestra with Jane Glover in 1983 and Mozart – His Life with Music in 1985. Glover was

187-561: The London Mozart Players, which he conducted until 1984, when he was succeeded by Jane Glover . He was twice married, having children with both wives, and died in Wimbledon on 9 May 1999. Jane Glover Dame Jane Alison Glover DBE (born 13 May 1949) is a British conductor and musicologist . Born in Helmsley , Glover attended Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls . Her father, Robert Finlay Glover, MA ( TCD ) ,

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204-844: The Music Director of the London Mozart Players from 1984 to 1991. Glover was a BBC governor from 1990 to 1995. She conducted the Ken Russell production of Princess Ida for ENO at the Coliseum Theatre in 1992. Since 2002, she has been Music Director of the Chicago ensemble Music of the Baroque . Glover is a Fellow of the Royal College of Music and was the artistic director of opera at

221-711: The army, so new string players were brought in. Blech became a conductor in 1942 under wartime conditions, and formed the London Wind Players from the RAF Symphony Orchestra. After the war he formed the London Symphonic Players; the Blech String Quartet disbanded in 1950, when Blech found difficulty in playing the violin. After conducting Mozart concertos in 1948 for the pianist Dorothea Braus , Blech formed

238-707: The kindliest of eyes, were Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten my hero." After reading Music as an undergraduate at St Hugh's College, Oxford , she went on to complete a DPhil on 17th-century Venetian Opera . Dr Glover has published a 1978 biography of Francesco Cavalli , and included material derived from her doctoral thesis . In 1990, after a sizeable donation, the Glover Music School was opened at Monmouth School by Jane Glover, in memory of her father. Her brother, Richard Glover, served as Master Haberdasher (2015–16). Glover first conducted at Oxford as

255-463: The public light. A number of releases have also been awarded Editor's Choice in Gramophone magazine. The series includes works by: Harry Blech Hirsch "Harry" Blech CBE (June 1909 – 9 May 1999) was a British violinist and conductor. He founded the London Mozart Players in 1949, and was known also as a conductor of studio recordings for HMV and Decca Records . Harry Blech

272-469: Was headmaster of Monmouth School and it was through this connection that she was able to meet Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears aged only 16. She later described the meeting: "I was beside myself with the prospect of hearing them perform. On the afternoon of the concert, the doorbell rang at the headmaster's house, and I went to answer it. There on the step, looking for all the world as they did on one of my record sleeves, distinguished, elegant and with

289-721: Was born in London, to Henri Blech and his wife, Sophie Stock, in June 1909. His birth was not registered until the following year, and to avoid a fine for late registration his father pretended Harry was born on 2 March 1910, which date has entered many reference works. He was a scholarship boy at the Trinity College of Music , London, where he studied violin under Sarah Fennings . On her advice he took lessons in Czechoslovakia from Otakar Ševčík . At age 18 he moved to become

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