The Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, founded in 1990 by John Eliot Gardiner, performs Classical and Romantic music, using the principles and original instruments of historically informed performance. The orchestra has performed the symphonies of Beethoven and works of Berlioz. Of the latter composer the orchestra and the Monteverdi Choir performed a premiere recording (audio and TV) of the "Messe solennelle" in Westminster Cathedral, London 1993 . The orchestra performed in dramatisation by the BBC of Beethoven's writing of his third symphony. . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
