Sir Adrian Boult

About

British conductor (born 8 April 1889 in Chester, England; died 22 February 1983 in London, England). Boult was a conductor with the BBC Symphony (1930-1950), City of Birmingham Symphony (1924-1930); and London Philharmonic (1950-1958) Orchestras. He was knighted in 1937. His gave his last public performance conducting [a=Sir Edward Elgar]'s ballet The Sanguine Fan for London Festival Ballet at the Coliseum London, 24 June 1978. His final record, completed in December 1978, was of music by Hub