A collection of one box of programmes from St. Michael’s, Cornhill, from 1922 to 1992. The majority of programmes are from organ recitals or concerts of choral sacred music. Choral music was usually performed by St. Michael’s Singers – founded in 1919 by Harold Darke, and reformed as a small choir in 1946. A number of programmes feature concerts that were conducted by Harold Darke – organist at the church from 1916 to 1966 – or are from his organ recitals. The collection contains a programme from Darke’s “Farewell Concert” (06/06/1966). Large-scale choral works, in particular the works of Bach, feature prominently in the collection. In addition, there are a number of programmes from the 1920s and 1930s which included contemporary or near-contemporary British music, such as the music of Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Parry. The collection includes a small number of programmes from church services and carol services.

The collection also contains prospectuses from the Musical Festival held at St. Michaels. The prospectuses are from the 1920s and 1930s; the earliest prospectus is from the second festival, held in 1922. The festivals consisted of organ recitals and sacred vocal music, the latter performed by the St. Micahel’s Singers.

Arrangement:
The collection is arranged chronologically.

1922 - 1992

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Not Specific

• Darke, Harold -
• Musical Festival (St. Michael's, Cornhill) -
• St. Michael's Singers (St. Michael's, Cornhill) -

• London [England]
• St. Michael's Church, Cornhill

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

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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.