SearchGetRecordBBC Concerts (1956-1957)
Collection Summary
Collection Title
BBC Concerts (1956-1957)
Description
A collection of 37 programmes from concerts organised by the BBC, from 1956 to 1957. Some programmes contain analytical programme notes with illustrative musical examples.
The collection contains programmes from the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Concert Orchestra. The programmes from the BBC Symphony Orchestra include London concerts given in the Royal Festival Hall and provincial concerts from the following venues: Civic Hall, Wolverhampton; Town Hall, Birmingham; St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich; Gaumont Theatre, Ipswich; Caird Hall, Dundee; Music Hall, Aberdeen; St. Andrew’s Hall, Glasgow; Usher Hall, Edinburgh; Worcester Cathedral. These provincial concerts were all conducted by Malcolm Sargent. Both the London and provincial concerts occasionally included performances by the following groups: Scottish Choral Society; BBC Chorus; BBC Choral Society.
BBC Concert Orchestra material includes programmes from the following provincial venues: De Montford Hall, Leicester; Civic Hall, Wolverhampton; Town Hall Birmingham; Albert Hall, Nottingham; Central Hall, Grimsby; St. George’s Hall, Bradford; Leeds Town Hall; Assembly Hall, Worthing; Princes Theatre, Clacton-on-Sea; De la Waar Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea; Winter Gardens, Margate; Winter Gardens Ballroom, Morecambe (which featured the BBC Northern Orchestra); Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone. A large amount of these concerts were conduced by Vilem Tausky. Some concerts were given as part of the series “Friday Night is Music Night”. Performances by the orchestra were occasionally supplemented with performances by the following choirs: Midland Light Orchestra; BBC Men’s Chorus; Bexhill Choral Society; Margate Festival Choir; Worthing Municipal Choir; Mull and Felton Works Band; British United Male Voice Choir; West Riding Opera Circle Chorus. There is also a programme from a concert by the BBC Concert Orchestra given at the Royal Albert Hall.
Arrangement:
The programmes are divided between the BBCSO and the BBCCO. BBCSO programmes are divided first into London and Provincial sequence, then organised by date. BBCCO provincial programmes are organised into a chronological sequence, with the London programme coming at the end of the sequence.
The collection contains programmes from the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Concert Orchestra. The programmes from the BBC Symphony Orchestra include London concerts given in the Royal Festival Hall and provincial concerts from the following venues: Civic Hall, Wolverhampton; Town Hall, Birmingham; St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich; Gaumont Theatre, Ipswich; Caird Hall, Dundee; Music Hall, Aberdeen; St. Andrew’s Hall, Glasgow; Usher Hall, Edinburgh; Worcester Cathedral. These provincial concerts were all conducted by Malcolm Sargent. Both the London and provincial concerts occasionally included performances by the following groups: Scottish Choral Society; BBC Chorus; BBC Choral Society.
BBC Concert Orchestra material includes programmes from the following provincial venues: De Montford Hall, Leicester; Civic Hall, Wolverhampton; Town Hall Birmingham; Albert Hall, Nottingham; Central Hall, Grimsby; St. George’s Hall, Bradford; Leeds Town Hall; Assembly Hall, Worthing; Princes Theatre, Clacton-on-Sea; De la Waar Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea; Winter Gardens, Margate; Winter Gardens Ballroom, Morecambe (which featured the BBC Northern Orchestra); Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone. A large amount of these concerts were conduced by Vilem Tausky. Some concerts were given as part of the series “Friday Night is Music Night”. Performances by the orchestra were occasionally supplemented with performances by the following choirs: Midland Light Orchestra; BBC Men’s Chorus; Bexhill Choral Society; Margate Festival Choir; Worthing Municipal Choir; Mull and Felton Works Band; British United Male Voice Choir; West Riding Opera Circle Chorus. There is also a programme from a concert by the BBC Concert Orchestra given at the Royal Albert Hall.
Arrangement:
The programmes are divided between the BBCSO and the BBCCO. BBCSO programmes are divided first into London and Provincial sequence, then organised by date. BBCCO provincial programmes are organised into a chronological sequence, with the London programme coming at the end of the sequence.
Format
Date range of collection
1956 - 1957
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
Associated People or Organisations
- Midland Light Orchestra -
- Sargent, Malcolm -
- BBC Concert Orchestra -
- BBC Symphony Orchestra -
- British Broadcasting Corporation -
- Festival of Britain -
- BBC Choral Society -
- BBC Chorus -
- BBC Men's Chorus -
- Bexhill Choral Society -
- British United Male Voice Choir -
- Friday Night is Music Night -
- Margate Festival Choir -
- Mull and Fenton Works Band -
- Scottish Choral Society -
- Tausky, Vilem -
- West Riding Opera Circle Chorus -
- Worthing Municipal Choir -
Associated Places
- Assembly Hall, Worthing
- Town Hall, Leeds
- St. George’s Hall, Bradford
- Central Hall, Grimsby
- Albert Hall, Nottingham
- De Montford Hall, Leicester
- Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone
- St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich
- Royal Albert Hall
- Wigmore Hall
- Worcester Cathedral
- Usher Hall, Edinburgh
- St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow
- Music Hall, Aberdeen
- Theatre
- Gaumont Theatre, Ipswich
- Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
- Royal Festival Hall
- Winter Gardens, Margate
- Town Hall, Birmingham
- De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea
- Caird Hall, Dundee
- Princes Theatre, Clacton
- St. George's Hall, Bradford
- Birmingham Coliseum (afterwards Gaiety)
- Winter Gardens, Morecambe
Associated Times
Details also available
Inventory - concert dates, performers, conductors, venues (if London) or town, performing groups
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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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Open
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