A collection of 33 programmes from concerts organised by the BBC, from 1954 to 1955. Some programmes contain analytical programme notes with illustrative musical examples.

The majority of programmes are from concerts given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. These are largely from concerts which took place in the Royal Festival Hall, but the collection also includes a programme from a “Henry Wood Birthday Concert” given at the Royal Albert Hall. The collection contains programmes from concerts given as part of two provincial tours of the orchestra: these were conducted by Malcolm Sargent. Concerts took place at Peterborough Cathedral and St. Andrew’s Hall (Norwich) in February 1955. Concerts took place in the following venues in early May, 1955: King George’s Hall, Blackburn; City Hall, Hull; City hall, Sheffield; St. George’s Hall, Bradford; Town Hall, Leeds. Other groups which occasionally joined the BBC Symphony Orchestra in concerts are as follows: BBC Chorus; BBC Choral Society; BBC Women’s Chorus.

The collection contains programmes from concerts given by the BBC Theatre Orchestra in a number of provincial venues: Grand Pier Pavilion, Herne Bay; Prince’s Theatre (town hall), Clacton-on-Sea; The Dome, Brighton; Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone; De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea. These concerts were conducted by Charles Mackerras, and also included performances by Thurrock Males Voices Choir, Ilford Girls’ Choir and Orpington Junior Singers.

There is also a programme from a concert entitled “New Music for Brass”. This concert featured the “All star” concert brass band of Great Britain and Fodon’s Motor Works Band.

Arrangement:
The collection is chiefly chronological.

1954 - 1955

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Not Specific

• British Broadcasting Corporation -
• Sargent, Malcolm -
• BBC Symphony Orchestra -
• All Star Concert Brass Band of Great Britain -
• BBC Choral Society -
• BBC Chorus -
• BBC theatre orchestra 1931 - 1949
• BBC Women's Chorus -
• Foden's Motor Works Band -
• Ilford Girls' Choir -
• Mackerras, Charles -
• Orpington Junior Singers -
• Thurrock Male Voices Choir -

• Worcester Cathedral
• Gaumont Theatre, Ipswich
• Albert Hall, Nottingham
• Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
• Royal Albert Hall
• Royal Festival Hall
• St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich
• King George's Hall, Blackburn
• Peterborough Cathedral
• Dome, Brighton
• Theatre
• De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea
• Music Hall, Aberdeen
• Town Hall, Birmingham
• Winter Gardens, Margate
• Assembly Hall, Worthing
• Usher Hall, Edinburgh
• De Montford Hall, Leicester
• St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow
• Town Hall, Leeds
• Central Hall, Grimsby
• St. George’s Hall, Bradford
• City Hall, Hull
• City Hall, Sheffield
• Grand Pier Pavilion, Herne Bay
• Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone
• Prince's Theatre, Clacton
• St. George's Hall, Bradford

• 20th century - mid 1931-1970

• Musical Examples
• Analytical Notes

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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.