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Wigmore Hall (1939-93)

Collection Summary

Collection Title

Wigmore Hall (1939-93)

Unique Identifier

W.P.12444.

Description

A miscellaneous collection of handbills, programmes and prospectuses for performances given at the Wigmore Hall between 1938 and 1993, held as a bound collection of loose programmes, one parcel of loose programmes and as the sole item in a bound volume.

Also, individual programmes for performances given at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Banqueting House and Italian Institute London.

This entry is divided into three sections

1. Early Music Network concerts, Wigmore Hall
2. Other Wigmore Hall concerts
3. Non-Wigmore Hall concerts

In each section, the material is divided up in accordance with how the programmes are held. It is then listed chronologically, beginning with those programmes which carry no record of the year.

1. Early Music Network (handbills)
Loose
6 October 1988: Locke Consort
12 October 1989: Melvyn Tan (fortepiano) (two copies)
26 October 1989: Catherine Bott, Paula Chateauneuf and Celia Harper (two copies)
9 November 1989: Andrew Lawrence-King (harp) (two copies)
21 November 1989: Sinfonye (two copies)
7 December 1989: L’Ecole d’Orphee (two copies)

Parcel
27 October 1988: Broadside Band, with John Potter (tenor)
19 January 1989: Musical Offering
26 January 1989: Rufus Muller (tenor) and Chris Wilson (lute)
16 February 1989: Circa 1500 (two copies)

2. Other Wigmore Hall Concerts
Bound volume
7 April 1938: programme with notes for a keyboard recital given by Helmann

Loose
Friday 8, 15, 22 and 29 June and 6 and 13 July: prospectus for Six Lecture-Causeries, entitled ‘The Foundations of Twentieth Century Music’, given by Edwin Evans with musical illustrations.
Monday 17 October: Tudor and Stuart Poems, with Geoffrey Dunn (vocal) and Norman Franklin (piano)
Monday 17 and 31 October and 14 and 28 November: single document with programmes for Norman Franklin’s Concerts of English Songs.
Thursday 26 October: programme with notes for a Liszt Recital given by Joyce Hatto.
Sunday 29 October: handbill for the Purcell Quartet with James Bowman (alto) (two copies)
Monday 31 October: programme with words for a Recital of Songs by John Ireland, with George Parker (vocal) and Norman Franklin (piano).
Friday 8 November: programme with words for George Pawlo (vocal) with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Hamilton Harty.
Monday 12 December: Settings of A. E. Housman’s Poems by Butterworth, Ireland, Orr, Moeran and Vaughan Williams with Geoffrey Dunn (vocal), Norman Franklin (piano) and the Griller String Quartet.

23 May, 6 and 13 June 1925: single document with programmes for the Moeran Chamber Concerts. Also, separate programme and wordbooks, with analytical notes (inc. musical examples) for 6 and 13 June.
6 May [1926]: Leos Janacek: A Concert of his Chamber Music (given in the presence of the composer)
15 and 17 February 1932: handbills for the 5th and 6th concerts given by Adolf Busch and Rudolf Serkin with the Busch Quartet. Also, a prospectus with programmes for the complete series of concerts, the remainder taking place on 8 and 11-13 February.
25 February 1933: programme with notes for a performance by Jelly d’Aranyi and Adila Fachiri (violin), with Friedrich Wuhrer and a chamber orchestra conducted by Bruce Hylton-Stewart.
27 January 1937: programme with words and separate handbill for a Song and Harp Recital by Sabeston Walker and Rhiannon James, accompanied by Harry Isaacs.
6 December 1937: double-sided handbill, with notes, for Monday Pops Concert.
3 January and 7 March 1938: handbills and flyers for the fourth and sixth Monday Pops Concerts, given by the International String Quartet. The second concert also featured the Griller String Quartet.
5 December 1938: programme with words for a concert by the Fleet Street Choir, conducted by T. B. Lawrence.
26 May, 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 June 1955: programme book with words and contextual notes for Six Concerts of English Songs, arranged and selected by Leonard Isaacs.
24 September 1958: handbill for Julian Bream (guitar).
March-April 1963: prospectus for the Complete Beethoven String Quartets, to be given by the Hungarian Quartet.
17 April 1963: programme with notes for Robert Gerle (violin), accompanied by George Malcolm.
23 April 1963: programme with notes for a Flamenco Guitar Recital by Carlos Montoya.
Thursday 24 October 1963: programme book for the 20th Anniversary Concert of the Society for the Promotion of New Music.
8 November 1963: handbill for a Concert de Musique Francaise
24 April 1964: programme with notes for a Piano Recital by John Ogdon, given for the Institute of Contemporary Arts.
15 January 1970: Concert of Prizewinning String Quartets, presented by the Radcliffe Music Awards and the Macnaghten Concerts.
24 November 1971: programme book with notes for an Alan Rawsthorne Memorial Concert, presented by the Macnaghten Concerts.
5 January 1972: programme with notes for Alan Hacker (clarinet) and the Allegri String Quartet, presented by the Macnaghten Concerts and the Radcliffe Trust.
18 April 1974: handbill for a Vocal Recital by John Leach, Lynn Griebling and Alasdair Graham.
15 February 1975: programme with words and (brief) notes for Anthony Bremner (vocal)
14-16 May 1976: prospectus for Julian Bream (guitar)
19 October 1989: Prima e Seconda Prattica: The Genius of Monteverdi, given by the Consort of Musicke with Anthony Rooley (two copies). This concert was postponed and eventually given on 1 February 1990 (and a handbill for this performance is held).
29 December 1989: handbill for the King’s Consort (two copies)
December 1989-Feb 1990: prospectus/leaflet for Four Concerts of Baroque Music, The King’s Consort.
Feb to July 1990: prospectus/leaflet for Early Music and Baroque Series
July 1993: prospectus/leaflet for Wigmore Hall July Concerts.
9-18 July 1993: prospectus/leaflet for York Early Music Festival.

Parcel
Sunday 29 January [no year]: handbill for a recital of music by Beethoven and Liszt, given by John Ogdon.
11 February, 9 March and 8 April [no year]: Nash Ensemble
Friday 24 February [no year]: handbill for Nigel North (baroque guitar) (two copies)

31 May 1961: programme and wordbooks for Maureen Lehane (alto) and Geoffrey Parson (piano). This document carries extensive handwritten annotations which provided detailed observations on the performance.
September 1988-January 1989: prospectus/flyer for the Sunday Morning Coffee Concerts. Also, two copies of a prospectus for the same, given between February and July 1989.
October 1988-89 and 20 January-9 July 1989: prospectuses for the Early Music and Baroque Series.
14 October and 1 and 30 December 1988: single document with programmes for Three Concerts of Baroque Music by the King’s Consort.
8 and 17 January 1989: Steven Lubin (piano)
3 March 1989: Handbill for Spanish and Italian Music from the Renaissance, with Christopher Wilson.
5 March 1989: handbill for Bach, Goldberg Variations, given by Maggie Cole (harpsichord)
15 June and 5 July 1989: handbill for two performances by the Schubert Ensemble of London.
2, 5, 10, 15, 17, 19 and 20 November 1989: handbill, with programmes, for a series entitled Haydn at Ezterhaza.
14 November 1989: handbill for Nancy Argenta (soprano) and Graham Johnson (piano) (two copies)

3. Non-Wigmore Hall Concerts
Loose
4 October 1989, Banqueting House: handbill for the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, directed by Monic Huggett.

Wednesday 27 March, Italian Institute
Programme and wordbook for A Tribute to Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), performed by Richard Hickox Singers, conducted by Hickox.

Parcel
Monday 13 February [no year], Queen Elizabeth Hall: Handbill for the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, with John Eliot Gardiner.

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1939 - 1993

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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.

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