A collection of 19 programmes from St. George's Hall, Liverpool, from 1926 to 1982. The majority of programmes in the collection are from the 1920s and 1930s. St. George's Hall was partially opened in 1851, and completed in 1854. The hall is extant in 2007. A number of programmes in the collection specify that the concerts took place in the Concert Room, located within St. George's Hall.

The collection includes programmes from solo recitals, chamber music concerts, choral concerts and orchestral concerts. Ensembles represented in the collection include the Merseyside Symphony Orchestra and the Liverpool Bach Choir.

Concert-organisations represented in the collection include the British Music Society and the Liverpool Philharmonic Society/ Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society. In addition, there are a number of programmes from the series "Sunday Evening Concerts" and "Master Pianoforte Recitals".

1926 - 1982

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Not Specific

• British Music Society -
• Liverpool Bach Choir -
• Liverpool Philharmonic Society -
• Master Pianoforte Recitals (St. George's Hall, Liverpool) -
• Merseyside Symphony Orchestra -
• Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society -
• Sunday Evening Concerts (St. George's Hall, Liverpool) -

• Liverpool
• St. George's Hall, Liverpool
• St. George's Hall, Liverpool: Concert Room

• 20th century - early 1900-1930
• 20th century - late 1971-1999
• 20th century - mid 1931-1970

College Hall 220-238 Goldhawk Road London W12 9PL

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The Portraits and Performance History Collection and its associated reading room is housed in a recently adapted space within the RCM's College Hall, its hall of residence for students. There is step-free access for visitors.

The Centre for Performance History (CPH) is a research centre and is also responsible for the stewardship of two well-established RCM research collections, the Museum of Instruments and the Portraits and Performance History Collection (PPHC). The latter houses a diverse collection relating to the history of performance including the RCM’s internationally famous collection of images, comprising 340 original portraits and sculptures and 25,000 prints and photographs, forming the most comprehensive archive of likenesses of musicians in the UK. The collection of 600,000 concert programmes from 1720 to the present day is of major importance for research into the history of music, society and culture.