SearchGetRecordBBC Concerts (1949-1950)
Collection Summary
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BBC Concerts (1949-1950)
Description
A collection of 24 programmes form concerts organised by the BBC, from 1949 to 1950. Some programmes contain analytical programme notes, which occasionally use musical examples.
The majority of programmes are from concerts given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. A number of these concerts were conducted by Adrian Boult. There are programmes from the Royal Albert Hall, which are mainly from “BBC Symphony Concerts”: the remainder include concerts organised by the Royal Philharmonic Society and the Henry Wood Concert Society. The collection contains a number of provincial programmes, from the following venues: Guildhall, Cambridge; Regal Cinema, Cambridge; Town Hall, Leeds; Royal Hall, Harrogate; Eastbrook Hall, Bradford; Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool; Ulster Hall, Belfast; Assembly Hall, Walthamstow.
There are programmes from Bach Commemorative Concerts, organised by the BBC. These took place in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House and featured the Boyd Neel orchestra as well as the BBC Chorus.
This collection is an almost exact duplicate of another Royal College of Music collection; however, this collection lacks a programme from 14/12/1949, present in the near-duplicate volume.
Arrangement:
The programmes are divided between BBCSO programmes then Bach Commemorative Concerts programmes. The BBCSO programmes are divided between London and the provinces. The provincial programmes are organised chronologically, and the London programmes are divided into BBC and non-BBC promoted concerts, and arranged chronologically within these subdivisions. The Bach Commemorative Concerts programmes are arranged chronologically.
The majority of programmes are from concerts given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. A number of these concerts were conducted by Adrian Boult. There are programmes from the Royal Albert Hall, which are mainly from “BBC Symphony Concerts”: the remainder include concerts organised by the Royal Philharmonic Society and the Henry Wood Concert Society. The collection contains a number of provincial programmes, from the following venues: Guildhall, Cambridge; Regal Cinema, Cambridge; Town Hall, Leeds; Royal Hall, Harrogate; Eastbrook Hall, Bradford; Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool; Ulster Hall, Belfast; Assembly Hall, Walthamstow.
There are programmes from Bach Commemorative Concerts, organised by the BBC. These took place in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House and featured the Boyd Neel orchestra as well as the BBC Chorus.
This collection is an almost exact duplicate of another Royal College of Music collection; however, this collection lacks a programme from 14/12/1949, present in the near-duplicate volume.
Arrangement:
The programmes are divided between BBCSO programmes then Bach Commemorative Concerts programmes. The BBCSO programmes are divided between London and the provinces. The provincial programmes are organised chronologically, and the London programmes are divided into BBC and non-BBC promoted concerts, and arranged chronologically within these subdivisions. The Bach Commemorative Concerts programmes are arranged chronologically.
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Inventory of most items contained in the volume, found in other near-duplicate volume
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Location Details
Royal College of Music: Centre for Performance History
Centre for Performance History
Prince Consort Road
London London SW7 2BS Bangladesh Open Map
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Collections Overview
The Centre for Performance History was created in 2004 through the amalgamation of the Department of Portraits and the Museum of Instruments (see the separate entry for the Museum. The College has acquired portraits throughout its history since 1883 and the Centre posseses the most comprehensive collection of portraits of musicians in the UK, amounting to some 346 original portraits and 10,000 prints and photographs. In addition to the iconographical collections and their documentation, the department houses other categories of source material - most notably the largest collection of concert programmes in this country, comprising some 600,000 items dating from 1780 to the present day.
For details of other collections held at the same location: See the location record
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