SearchGetRecordErnst Henschel collection: London: St. James's Church, Piccadilly (1956-65)
Collection Summary
Collection Title
Ernst Henschel collection: London: St. James's Church, Piccadilly (1956-65)
Unique Identifier
Henschel
Description
A collection of programmes and handbills for performances given at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, between 1956 and 1965, held loosely and arranged chronologically within the Ernst Henschel collection (1892-1966).
For an introduction to this collection see Ernst Henschel Collection: General.
1. Renaissance Singers, directed by Michael Howard
2. Elizabethan Singers, directed by Louis Halsey
3. Other concerts
1. Renaissance Singers
Box 34, parcel 1: 10 November 1956 (Remembrance Day).
Box 34, parcel 2: 13 April (Music for Passiontide) and 14 December 1957 (Christmas Recital). Note: there is a separate document containing programmes notes for the performance on 13 April and for an earlier concert, given on 2 April.
Box 35, parcel 1: 14 July 1959.
Box 35, parcel 2: 24 October (Harmonia Sacra) and 20 December 1960 (Music for Christmas).
Box 35, parcel 3: 28 March 1961 (Music for Holy Week).
Box 36, parcel 1: 18 December 1962 (Music for Christmas).
2. Elizabethan Singers
The additional performers listed below are all organists
Box 35, parcel 1: 18 November 1959, with Alan Harverson.
Box 35, parcel 2: 16 November 1960, with Peter Le Huray.
Box 35, parcel 3: 25 October 1961, with Richard Popplewell.
Box 36, parcel 2: 18 July (Bach, Handel, Mozart and Britten) and 16 December 1963 (Sing Nowell), with Simon Preston.
3. Other concerts
Box 34, parcel 1: 29 February 1956: the first modern production of A. Scarlatti, The Passion according to St. John, presented by the London Bach Group and Collegium Musicum Londinii, conducted by John Minchinton.
Box 34, parcel 2: 1 May 1957: Board of Trade Choir with a section of the Riddick Orchestra, conducted by Charles Farncombe.
Box 36, parcel 1: 15 May 1962: I Cantici, conducted by Francis Cameron.
Box 37, parcel 1: 8 November 1965: 'Mozart in London', presented by Soho Music Society.
For an introduction to this collection see Ernst Henschel Collection: General.
1. Renaissance Singers, directed by Michael Howard
2. Elizabethan Singers, directed by Louis Halsey
3. Other concerts
1. Renaissance Singers
Box 34, parcel 1: 10 November 1956 (Remembrance Day).
Box 34, parcel 2: 13 April (Music for Passiontide) and 14 December 1957 (Christmas Recital). Note: there is a separate document containing programmes notes for the performance on 13 April and for an earlier concert, given on 2 April.
Box 35, parcel 1: 14 July 1959.
Box 35, parcel 2: 24 October (Harmonia Sacra) and 20 December 1960 (Music for Christmas).
Box 35, parcel 3: 28 March 1961 (Music for Holy Week).
Box 36, parcel 1: 18 December 1962 (Music for Christmas).
2. Elizabethan Singers
The additional performers listed below are all organists
Box 35, parcel 1: 18 November 1959, with Alan Harverson.
Box 35, parcel 2: 16 November 1960, with Peter Le Huray.
Box 35, parcel 3: 25 October 1961, with Richard Popplewell.
Box 36, parcel 2: 18 July (Bach, Handel, Mozart and Britten) and 16 December 1963 (Sing Nowell), with Simon Preston.
3. Other concerts
Box 34, parcel 1: 29 February 1956: the first modern production of A. Scarlatti, The Passion according to St. John, presented by the London Bach Group and Collegium Musicum Londinii, conducted by John Minchinton.
Box 34, parcel 2: 1 May 1957: Board of Trade Choir with a section of the Riddick Orchestra, conducted by Charles Farncombe.
Box 36, parcel 1: 15 May 1962: I Cantici, conducted by Francis Cameron.
Box 37, parcel 1: 8 November 1965: 'Mozart in London', presented by Soho Music Society.
Format
Date range of collection
1956 - 1965
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
Associated People or Organisations
- Soho Music Society -
- Scarlatti, Alessandro -
- Riddick Orchestra -
- Renaissance Singers -
- Preston, Simon -
- Popplewell, Richard -
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -
- Minchinton, John -
- London Bach Group -
- Le Huray, Peter -
- Howard, Michael -
- Henschel, Ernst -
- Harverson, Alan -
- Halsey, Louis -
- Farncombe, Charles -
- Elizabethan Singers -
- Collegium Musicum Londinii -
- Cameron, Francis -
- Board of Trade Choir -
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Associated Times
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Location Details
British Library
The British Library
St Pancras
,96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB United Kingdom Open Map
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Collections Overview
The Library's collection of song and piano sheet music is one of the most comprehensive of its kind, providing a valuable insight into Victorian society and culture as well as the music itself.
For details of other collections held at the same location: See the location record
Additional Collection Information
Accrual Status
closed
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