A collection of 25 programmes from concerts organised by the BBC, from 1947 to 1948. Some programmes contain analytical programme notes, which occasionally use musical examples.

The majority of programmes are from concerts given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The venue for these concerts was predominantly the Royal Albert Hall, but the collection also contains a number of provincial – or Outer London -programmes. These concerts were conducted by Adrian Boult, and are from the following venues: Assembly Hall, Walthamstow; The Dome, Brighton; Guildhall, Cambridge (as part of the Cambridge Music Festival); City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Central Hall, Newport; Pavilion, Bath; Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford; Civic Hall, Wolverhampton; Victoria Hall, Hanley. One programme from the Royal Albert Hall is from a jubilee concert: this includes performances by the BBC Singers, BBC Northern Orchestra and BBC Scottish Orchestra. Other programmes within the collection occasionally feature performances by the following groups: BBC Women’s Chorus, BBC Singers and BBC Choral Society. In addition, a few programmes in the collection are from concerts organised by the Royal Philharmonic Society.

The collection also includes a leaflet from the Brahms-Schubert commemoration, organised by the BBC. This took place at Central Hall, Westminster.

Arrangement:
The programmes are divided into two chronological sequences: Royal Albert Hall, then provincial concerts. The Central Hall programme is at the end of the collection.

1947 - 1948

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Not Specific

• BBC Singers -
• BBC Northern Orchestra -
• Boult, Adrian -
• Royal Philharmonic Society 1813 -
• BBC Symphony Orchestra -
• British Broadcasting Corporation -
• BBC Choral Society -
• BBC Scottish Orchestra -
• BBC Women's Chorus -
• Cambridge Music Festival -

• De Montford Hall, Leicester
• White Rock Pavilion, Hastings
• Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
• Victoria Hall, Hanley
• Central Hall, Westminster
• Aston
• Guildhall, Cambridge
• Usher Hall, Edinburgh
• Royal Albert Hall
• Dome, Brighton
• Winter Gardens, Bournemouth
• Albert Hall, Nottingham
• Sheldonian Theatre
• Assembly Hall, Walthamstow
• Central Hall, Newport
• City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• Pavilion, Bath

• 20th century - mid 1931-1970

• Musical Examples
• Analytical Notes

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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.