Talk:History of Südwestrundfunk

Producing (live) music with own orchestras

 * SDR (Südfunk) had an orchestra, a "vocal ensemble" (radio-choir) and a big band
 * Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Südfunk-Sinfonieorchester, RSO Stuttgart
 * with principal conductors: Sir Neville Marriner (1983–1989), (...), Sir Roger Norrington (1998–2011)
 * Erwin Lehn and his "Südfunk Tanzorchester", dance music and "Big Band"
 * Südfunk-Chor, vocal ensemble


 * SWF had 2 orchestras
 * Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks (Baden-Baden), see Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra, now Baden-Baden and Freiburg im Breisgau, "contemporary (symphonic) music", see Donaueschingen Festival
 * a Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern for rather "lighter", rather "entertaining" (classical) music (from some works of Mozart to "Operette", operetta). Now Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern. --Schwab7000 (talk) 12:54, 14 August 2013 (UTC)