SearchGetRecordLondon: Churches: St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster (1898-1983)
Collection Summary
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London: Churches: St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster (1898-1983)
Description
A collection of one box of programmes from St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster, from 1898 to 1983. The collection contains a small amount of posters, press cuttings and flyers. The collection is divided into two parts: general material and Bach Cantata Club material.
The general material dates from 1898 to 1983, but the majority of material is from post-1945. The programme from 1898 is from an organ recital; there are two programmes from 1924 which represent a performance of Byrd’s “Great” Service. This was given by the Newcastle Bach Choir, and is billed as the “first performance in London”. The remainder of programmes are from a variety of concerts including orchestral concerts, choral concerts and organ recitals. There are a number of programmes from concerts given by the Board of Trade Choir, as well as concerts under its new name “Whitehall Choir”. There is a significant amount of programmes from the concerts given by the Organ Music Society in the 1960s. Other choirs represented in the collection include the Treasury Singers, Geriant Jones Singers (and orchestra) and the St. Margaret’s Westminster Singers. There are also a few programmes from church services.
There are 55 programmes and prospectuses from the Bach Cantata Club, from 1926 to 1950. The majority of programmes dates from the 1920s and 1930s. The concerts usually consisted of cantatas, with other items including passions, motets, instrumental music and solo organ music. Choral items were performed by the Bach Cantata Choir; orchestral accompaniment was provided by a group entitled either “Bach Chamber Orchestra” or “Bach Cantata Orchestra”. The concerts were conducted by Charles Kennedy Scott.
Arrangement:
General programmes then programmes from Bach Cantata Club. Each subset is arranged chronologically.
The general material dates from 1898 to 1983, but the majority of material is from post-1945. The programme from 1898 is from an organ recital; there are two programmes from 1924 which represent a performance of Byrd’s “Great” Service. This was given by the Newcastle Bach Choir, and is billed as the “first performance in London”. The remainder of programmes are from a variety of concerts including orchestral concerts, choral concerts and organ recitals. There are a number of programmes from concerts given by the Board of Trade Choir, as well as concerts under its new name “Whitehall Choir”. There is a significant amount of programmes from the concerts given by the Organ Music Society in the 1960s. Other choirs represented in the collection include the Treasury Singers, Geriant Jones Singers (and orchestra) and the St. Margaret’s Westminster Singers. There are also a few programmes from church services.
There are 55 programmes and prospectuses from the Bach Cantata Club, from 1926 to 1950. The majority of programmes dates from the 1920s and 1930s. The concerts usually consisted of cantatas, with other items including passions, motets, instrumental music and solo organ music. Choral items were performed by the Bach Cantata Choir; orchestral accompaniment was provided by a group entitled either “Bach Chamber Orchestra” or “Bach Cantata Orchestra”. The concerts were conducted by Charles Kennedy Scott.
Arrangement:
General programmes then programmes from Bach Cantata Club. Each subset is arranged chronologically.
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Date range of collection
1898 - 1983
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Not Specific
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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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cph@rcm.ac.uk
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020 7 589 4340
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020 7 589 7740
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Mon-Fri by appointment
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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