Editing Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (section)

===1934–1947: Austin, Birch and wartime austerity===
Between 1929 and 1934 [[Stanley Herbert Wilson|Stanley Wilson]] became a regular guest conductor.<ref name=lloyd/> After Godfrey's retirement, the task of sustaining the orchestra fell to [[Richard Austin (conductor)|Richard Austin]]. Radio broadcasts took place from the Pavilion and a number of celebrated composers visited during this time, including [[Igor Stravinsky]], [[William Walton]], [[Ernest John Moeran]], [[Sergei Rachmaninov]], [[Roger Quilter]], [[Balfour Gardiner]] and [[Percy Grainger]]. At the outbreak of war, the orchestra was cut from 61 to 35, and then in 1940 to only 24 players. Austin resigned in the same year and [[Montague Birch]] helped keep the orchestra going during the war, giving many 'popular' concerts.
Whilst the Municipal Orchestra struggled in a depleted state, the war years saw concerts in the town by the Wessex Philharmonic, a freelance orchestra conducted by [[Reginald Goodall]], which included some ex-members of the BMO.