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The Really Terrible Orchestra (RTO) is a British amateur orchestra, founded in 1995 by the Edinburgh-based businessman Peter Stevenson and the author Alexander McCall Smith. The inspiration for Stevenson and McCall Smith was the enjoyment that their children were having with their school orchestras. They decided to look for a local amateur orchestra with which they could enjoy playing music for the fun of it. They could not find such an orchestra, and formed the RTO as a result, with Richard Neville Towle as its conductor. The name was carefully chosen: what it said was what you would get.

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  • The Really Terrible Orchestra (engl.: wirklich schreckliches Orchester, kurz: RTO) ist ein britisches Laienorchester, das von dem aus Edinburgh stammenden Geschäftsmann Peter Stevenson und dem Autor Alexander McCall Smith 1995 gegründet wurde. Die beiden waren auf der Suche nach einem Orchester für Laien, in dem sie aus Spaß an der Musik mitwirken konnten, fanden jedoch kein entsprechendes. Darum gründeten sie das RTO, mit Richard Neville Towle als Dirigent. Auf der Webseite des Orchesters heißt es: Smith bringt die geringe Qualität des Orchesterspiels sehr direkt zum Ausdruck: (de)
  • The Really Terrible Orchestra (RTO) is a British amateur orchestra, founded in 1995 by the Edinburgh-based businessman Peter Stevenson and the author Alexander McCall Smith. The inspiration for Stevenson and McCall Smith was the enjoyment that their children were having with their school orchestras. They decided to look for a local amateur orchestra with which they could enjoy playing music for the fun of it. They could not find such an orchestra, and formed the RTO as a result, with Richard Neville Towle as its conductor. The name was carefully chosen: what it said was what you would get. (en)
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  • The Really Terrible Orchestra (engl.: wirklich schreckliches Orchester, kurz: RTO) ist ein britisches Laienorchester, das von dem aus Edinburgh stammenden Geschäftsmann Peter Stevenson und dem Autor Alexander McCall Smith 1995 gegründet wurde. Die beiden waren auf der Suche nach einem Orchester für Laien, in dem sie aus Spaß an der Musik mitwirken konnten, fanden jedoch kein entsprechendes. Darum gründeten sie das RTO, mit Richard Neville Towle als Dirigent. Auf der Webseite des Orchesters heißt es: "The Really Terrible Orchestra exists to encourage those who have been prevented from playing music, either through lack of talent or some other factor, to play music in the company of similarly afflicted players.The policy of the orchestra is to make no distinction between the various grades of ability and the various forms of music, or time signature. The RTO looks forward to a further lowering of standards, in order to underline its commitment to accessibility and relevance." „Das Really Terrible Orchestra existiert, um Menschen, die entweder durch zu wenig Begabung oder andere Faktoren vom Musikmachen abgehalten wurde, zu ermutigen, in einer Gemeinschaft Gleichgesinnter zu spielen. Der Grundsatz des Orchesters ist, keinen Unterschied zwischen den verschieden stark ausgeprägten Fähigkeiten und den verschiedenen Musikformen oder Taktbezeichnungen zu machen. Das RTO freut sich darauf, das Niveau weiter zu senken, um sein Engagement in Sachen Zugänglichkeit und Bedeutung zu unterstreichen.“ Smith bringt die geringe Qualität des Orchesterspiels sehr direkt zum Ausdruck: "The name was carefully chosen: what it said was what you would get." „Der Name wurde mit Bedacht gewählt: Drin ist, was dran steht.“ Zum Orchester gehört auch eine Deutsche, die in München geborene Felizitas Macfie. Sie schloss sich dem Orchester an, nachdem sie dessen Auftritte besucht hatte. Alljährlich findet zum Edinburgh Festival Fringe ein Konzert des RTO statt. CDs von Auftritten werden im Foyer der Canongate Kirk, einer Kirche in Edinburgh, verkauft, die gleichzeitig den Proberaum darstellt.Das Orchester erschien auch in Alexander McCall Smith’ Roman . Ein Dokumentarfilm über das RTO, The Really Terrible Orchestra, unter der Regie von Edward Brooke-Hitching, wurde für das 60. International Edinburgh Film Festival 2006 ausgewählt und gewann dort den Baillie Gifford Award als beste schottische Kurzdokumentation. Das erste Konzert, das das RTO in London gab, fand am 3. November 2007 in der statt. Am 1. April 2009 gab das RTO auf seiner ersten (eintägigen) Überseereise ein Konzert in der Town Hall von New York City. (de)
  • The Really Terrible Orchestra (RTO) is a British amateur orchestra, founded in 1995 by the Edinburgh-based businessman Peter Stevenson and the author Alexander McCall Smith. The inspiration for Stevenson and McCall Smith was the enjoyment that their children were having with their school orchestras. They decided to look for a local amateur orchestra with which they could enjoy playing music for the fun of it. They could not find such an orchestra, and formed the RTO as a result, with Richard Neville Towle as its conductor. McCall Smith has expressed the low quality of the orchestra's playing very directly: The name was carefully chosen: what it said was what you would get. Aside from their yearly concerts at the Edinburgh Fringe, the orchestra also features in the novel The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith. In the foyer of the Canongate Kirk, an Edinburgh church and their regular venue, the orchestra sells CDs of their performances. In 2005 a documentary film about the RTO, The Really Terrible Orchestra, directed by Edward Brooke-Hitching, was selected for the 60th International Edinburgh Film Festival in 2006. It won the Baillie Gifford Award for best short Scottish documentary. The RTO made their London debut on 3 November 2007 at the Cadogan Hall, London, in a sold-out concert. On 1 April 2009, the RTO travelled to the United States and played at the New York Town Hall on its first (one-date) overseas tour. The orchestra ventured onto Continental Europe for the first time on 16 April 2011. They played two concerts at Utrecht's Academiegebouw as part of the City2Cities Utrecht International Literature Days. The proceedings were dignified by Dutch poets J. Bernlef and Anna Enquist. (en)
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