Sounds Symphonic · 2026 · Cadogan Hall, London
The NationalSymphonyOrchestra.
One of the longest-established professional freelance orchestras in Britain.
- Among the most frequently recorded at EMI Abbey Road Studios
- More than forty complete musicals
- A complete Beethoven cycle
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Next London concert
Sunday 13 December
Pierrepoint: In the Balance
6.30pm · Cadogan Hall · Conductor, Jonathan Darbourne
The orchestra behind Wolf Hall, The Crown, Bridgerton - and forty complete musicals.
40+
Complete musicals recorded at EMI Abbey Road Studios
1.5m
Copies sold - Phantom, West Side Story
Screen
Wolf Hall, The Crown, Bridgerton, Maestro
2025
A complete Beethoven cycle, the first recorded by a female conductor
The 2026 season
Sounds Symphonic
Pierrepoint: In the Balance
Paul Honey · Gabriel Fauré
Johnny Herford, Will Prior, Myrna Tennant, Edward Woodhouse
On record
Listen to the orchestra
More than forty complete musicals at EMI Abbey Road Studios, a catalogue that runs from the Jay Records theatre recordings to screen work for Wolf Hall, The Crown and Bridgerton - and a complete Beethoven cycle in 2024.
The full catalogue
The archive
A recording orchestra
Founded in the 1940s and a significant recording orchestra from its earliest years. Brief Encounter, forty complete musicals at EMI Abbey Road, and a complete Beethoven cycle.
The history
For producers, fixers and promoters
Hire the NSO
A full symphonic programme, a chamber date, a film session - drawn from the same pool of players. Recent work spans BBC drama, galas at sea, and festivals from Riyadh to New York.
“There is no finer recording of West Side Story than that which was laid down by the NSO.”