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| | Guardian | Richard Walton |
 | | After the war, Beecham was busy recruiting the new Royal Philharmonic orchestra, with which he proposed to fulfil a heavy recording schedule. |
 | | Clement Atlee's 1945 Labour government set much store by the arts, and the new forces minister, Emmanuel Shinwell, was persuaded to release Walton to again become Beecham's principal trumpeter. |
 | | He held this position until 1956, when he transferred to Walter Legge's Philharmonia orchestra, from where, in 1963, he joined the BBC Symphony orchestra as co-principal, staying until retirement in 1982. |
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