Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Adrian Boult

Adrian Boult
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 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/April 30, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 10:13, 22 April 2013‎ (UTC)



Sir Adrian Boult (1889–1983) was an English conductor, known for championing British music. His first major post was conductor of the City of Birmingham Orchestra in 1924. Appointed director of music of the British Broadcasting Corporation (Broadcasting House pictured) in 1930, he established the BBC Symphony Orchestra, which was regarded as among the best in Britain under his chief conductorship. On retirement from the BBC in 1950, he took up the position of chief conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and, in what was widely called his "Indian Summer", continued to conduct it until his retirement in 1978. He gave the first performance of his friend Gustav Holst's The Planets, and introduced new works by other British composers including Bliss, Britten, Delius, Tippett, Vaughan Williams and Walton, as well as foreign composers such as Bartók, Berg, Stravinsky, Schoenberg and Webern. A modest man who disliked the limelight, he felt as comfortable in the recording studio as on the concert platform and made recordings throughout his career, many of which have remained in the catalogue for three or four decades. Prominent conductors influenced by him include Colin Davis and Vernon Handley.

3 or 4 points (promoted 3 years ago, last similar article either Cosima Wagner on 24 December or Charles Villiers Stanford on 30 October). My first suggestion here, so go easy on me if I've miscalculated points or done something else stupid... Espresso Addict (talk) 18:53, 13 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Support - but I'm not at all sure about the Broadcasting House image. I'd say better none at all, or possibly a crop of the Adrian Boult Hall image (which is unfortunately a nondescript building on the exterior). Brianboulton (talk) 21:50, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
 * The problem with the Adrian Boult Hall, aside from its nondescript appearance, is it's rather a waste of words in the blurb to introduce it. Espresso Addict (talk) 00:08, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
 * File:Adrian Boult signature.svg may be better. Redtigerxyz  Talk 18:04, 19 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Support, but agree with about the image issue. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 15:49, 20 April 2013 (UTC)