Pro Arte Orchestra

The Pro Arte Orchestra was founded as a limited company chaired by the double-bass player Eugene Cruft; directors also included Archie Camden and Antony English. The initial aim was to perform "the finest of the lighter classics in orchestral music". ==Discography==

• Albinoni, Marcello, Cimarosa: Oboe concertos (Evelyn Rothwell) • Arnell: The Great Detective – ballet suite • Bach: Concerto for four harpsichords, Clavier Concertos 1 and 5 Mindru Katz • Beethoven: Violin Concerto (Igor Oistrakh) • Coates: Cinderella, London Bridge, The Enchanted Garden, By The Sleepy Lagoon, Footlights • Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39, Nos. 1 and 4 (George Weldon) • Gay: ''The Beggar's Opera'' • Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks, Concerto a due cori in F Major (No. 2) • Hely-Hutchinson: Carol Symphony (1966) • Herrmann: Wuthering Heights • Janáček: Sinfonietta and opera preludes • Piccinni: La Cecchina, ossia La buona figliuola • Rawsthorne: Madame Chrysanthème – Ballet Suite, Street Corner Overture • Sullivan-Mackerras: Pineapple Poll • Sullivan: Iolanthe, The Gondoliers, The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore, Patience, Ruddigore and The Yeomen of the Guard; overtures Cox & Box, The Sorcerer and Princess Ida. ==References==