The orchestra has given a total of 1,851 performances in 17 years (equivalent to every 3 to 4 days, not including separate ensemble concerts).
Concerts abroad:
- Algeria – 2 cities, 3 concerts
- Australia – 2 cities, 38 concerts
- Belgium – 6 cities, 13 concerts
- Denmark – 11 cities, 16 concerts
- France – 28 cities, 45 concerts
- Great Britain and Gibraltar – 9 cities, 10 concerts
- Morocco – 3 cities, 4 concerts
- Mexico – 2 cities, 3 concerts
- New Zealand – 20 cities, 57 concerts
- Netherlands – 18 cities, 26 concerts
- Austria – 17 cities, 18 concerts
- Portugal – 26 cities, 98 concerts
- Sweden – 4 cities, 6 concerts
- Switzerland – 20 cities, 32 concerts
- Spain – 35 cities, 85 concerts
- USA – 22 cities, 22 concerts
In Australia, 38 concerts were given in just two cities (Brisbane 16 and Sydney 22, almost daily and to full houses).
The city with the most concerts, albeit over a period of five years (1953, 1954, 1955, 1958 and 1960), was Lisbon with a total of 31 concerts.
Germany
Approximately 1,200 performances (concerts, recitals, variety shows, etc.) in over 500 cities and towns – most frequently in Hamburg (where there were also ‘continuous concerts’ in the mornings and afternoons, totalling six hours a day with over 40 works).
Repertoire
a total of almost 400 different and, in some cases, very extensive works
(in almost all cases, these were either original works)