What is the difference between the two, philharmonic and symphony?
Philharmonic means fond of music. A lot of orchestras include the word in their title just because it’s become traditional for orchestras. Originally, philharmonic orchestras did set out to educate the public with good music and I am sure that any member of an orchestra still feels that this is their aim today. A symphony orchestra denotes that it is a large orchestra, because a lot of players are required to play symphonies as they were written to be played. Apart from this there is nowadays no fundamental difference between a Philharmonic and a Symphony Orchestra. I’ve been to concerts involving both names and I didn’t notice any difference!
