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Léon Goossens: Provinces R-S (1930-1982)

Collection Summary

Collection Title

Léon Goossens: Provinces R-S (1930-1982)

Description

Concert programmes for provincial programmes given in places beginning "R" to"S".

Radlett: Aldenham lodge hotel (1954-1955: Goossens concert, 16/3/55; Radlett music club); unknown venue, Radlett music club (19/2/38; 11/1/67).
Radley: Radley college (8/3/36, 28/11/50, 10/2/79 (also with Radley college string orchestra): Radley college musical society).
Ramsgate: St. Lawrence college (14/10/54; 4/10/61: St. Lawrence college music society).
Reading: Town hall (5/9/43: Holidays at home; 24/2/66; Friday 13/10, year unknown: New London orchestra); University of Reading, Great hall (11/3/56); Unknown venue, reading music club (5/1/, unknown year).
Redhill: Central hall (12/5/45; 15/2/47: Holmesdale fine arts club; 30/11/57 (2 copies): Redhill society of instrumentalists); Market hall (11/12/65, 12/12/70: Redhill society of instrumentalists).
Reigate: Unknown venue, Reigate philharmonic society (17/11/74).
Repton: Repton parish church (11/3/70, 23/6/77: Mercia singers); Repton school (1949 festival list, Goossens concert 24/3/49: Bach festival; 30/10/56, 6/2/62, 2/3/76: Repton school subscription concerts).
Retford: Venue unknown, Retford music club (4/12/46; unknown date).
Rhyl: unknown venue, Rhyl music club (18/10/67).
Ripley: Ripley county senior girls’ school (18/3/55; 17/11/55 (2 copies).
Rochdale: Town hall (5/12/50: Rochdale and district arts association).
Rochester: Avon theatre (28/1/29: R. Sharp musical club; Rochester little symphony); Unknown venue (31/1/28: Rochester little symphony).
Romsey: Romsey abbey (7/9/82; Friday 24/5, year unknown).
Rugby: Rokeby room, Benn memorial hall (18/11/75: Apollo society of Rugby); Temple speech room (10/10/54).
Ruthin: Town hall (unknown date: Ruthin music club); Unknown venue, Ruthin music club (Monday 14/10, year unknown).
Ryde: Town hall (24/11/66: Dunford orchestra (augemented).
Rye: Multiple venues, Rye festival (30/8/80 to 6/9/80).
St. Albans: Cathedral and abbey church of St. Albans (31/3/62: St. Albans Bach choir; Jacques orchestra; Tuesday 5/6, year unknown: St. Albans cathedral choir); Town hall (13/8/43: St. Albans holidays at home); unknown venue, St. Albans school music club (13/2/47); unknown venue, St. Albans chamber concerts (16/12/43; 31/8/44).
St. Andrews: St. Leonards school (14/3/46); Younger graduation hall (26/11/52).
St. Annes-on-Sea: Hotel majestic (17/1/51: Flyde chamber music society; 18/1/56: Flyde concert society).
St. Austell: Carylon bay hotel (30/11/55 (2 copies): St. Austell society music club).
St. Davids: Cathedral (13/11/54 (3 copies)).
St. Fagans: Welsh folk museum, National museum of Wales (16/7/51 to 21/7/51, Goossens concert 20/7/51: Festival of Britain).
St. Helens: Grange park school (11/11/47: Grange park society for music and arts).
St. Ives: Guildhall (16/2/50).
Saintbury: St. Nicholas [church?] (29/7/41).
Salford: Royal college of advanced technology (14/11/63).
Salisbury: Assembly rooms (1/11/50: Salisbury and district society of arts); Guildhall (season brochure for 1966 to 1967, Goossens concert 2/11/66: Salisbury Guildhall winter concerts).
Saltram: Multiple venues, Saltram Serenade (1976, Goossens concert 20/6/76 in the Saloon, Saltram house).
Sandhurst: Academy library (4/3/47: RMAS music club).
Scarborough: Central hall (14/3/56: Concertgoers’ society); Grand hall, the Spa (30/3/53: Concertgoers’ society; Lemare orchestra); Queen Margaret’s hall school (20/10/30).
Seaford: Clinton hall (16/12/48 (2 copies), 8/12/55, 2/2/61: Seaford music club); Queen’s hall (19/9/51 (2 copies): Seaford music club; Festival of Britain; 25/3/65: Seaford music club).
Seascale: Seascale county school (1/10/55: SASRA music and arts group; Lemare string orchestra).
Seaton: Town hall (season brochure for 1969 to 1970, Goossens concert 28/11/69: Seaton and district music club).
Sedbergh: Sedbergh school (23/11/38, 9/11/45, 1/11/49 (2 copies); unknown venue, possibly Sedbergh school (13/11/42).
Sevenoaks: Cornwall hall (5/10/61: Sevenoaks music club); Sevenoaks music centre (14/10, year unknown); venue unknown, Sevenoaks music club (date unknown).
Sheffield: City hall (1 season brochure 1937-1938, 1 concert programme for 15/10/37: Sheffield philharmonic society (Goossens concert 15/10/37 with the London philharmonic orchestra); 10/10/42: Sheffield philharmonic chamber music club; 1 brochure for 10/3/43 to 13/3/43, 1 programme for 10/3/43 (signed by conductor and soloist): National philharmonic orchestra [multiple orchestras with that title]; 27/12/45: Sheffield philharmonic listeners’ club; members of the Hallé orchestra; 3/12/47: Sheffield philharmonic society; Royal philharmonic orchestra; 6/2/48, 10/4/48: Sheffield philharmonic society; Hallé orchestra; 10/11/50: Sheffield philharmonic society; Boyd Neel orchestra); Cutlers’ hall (3/7/59: New Sheffield symphony society); Sheffield cathedral (26/6/68: Sheffield festival); University of Sheffield (23/1/51); University of Sheffield, Firth hall (18/1/57, 7/10/60: Sheffield university music committee); Multiple venues, Sheffield philharmonic society listener’s club (season brochure 1952 to 1953, Goossens concert 2/10/52 in Memorial hall, City hall).
Sherborne: Sherborne abbey (3/12/30); Sherborne girls’ school (28/2/42: Sherborne girls’ school musical society); Sherborne school (1/3/52, 30/1/54, 30/11/68: Sherborne school concert club).
Shotton: Alhambra theatre (16/7/52: Deeside schools’ music festival).
Shrewsbury: Shrewsbury school (26/1/52); Shrewsbury technical college (11/1/45: Walker hall concerts).
Slough: Orchard school (10/11/52: Orchard concert club); St. Mary’s parish church (29/9/73 (1 poster, 1 programme): Broadheath singers; Windsor sinfonia).
Snape: Snape maltings (brochure for 1975, programme for 9/11/75).
Solihull: Assembly hall, council house (26/11/45: Solihull society of arts); Solihull school (16/3/49: Solihull society of arts); Tudor grange boys’ school (21/10/72: Warwickshire symphony orchestra).
Sonning common: Chiltern edge school (11/10/68: South Oxfordshire concert society).
Southampton: Central hall (30/4/47: Southampton and district music club); Guildhall (17/10/57: John Lewis partnership music society; Jacques orchestra); Polygon hotel, ballroom (9/3/48, 17/11/53 (3 copies): Southampton and district music club); Multiple venues, Southampton chamber music club (season 1930-1931: Goossens concert 14/2/31, Assembly room, University college).
Southend-on-Sea: Cliffs pavilion (11/11/68: English sinfonia); Palace theatre (Sunday 5/11, year unknown: Southend-on-Sea music club).
Southport: Multiple venues, conference of North west association for the arts (Goossens concert: 14/5/49, Cambridge hall).
Southwold: Parish church (16/9/70: English Sinfonia).
Spalding: Gleed girls school (3/11/67: Gleed girls music society).
Spenborough: Venue unknown, Spenborough and district music society (9/11/53).
Stafford: Multiple venues, festival Stafford (24/3/73 to 14/4/73: Goossens concert 14/4/73, Borough hall).
Stamford: Stamford school (25/5/50; Monday 17/2, year unknown: Stamford school music club).
Stevenage: St. George’s church (18/11/67: Handel concerts of London; Stevenage arts guild; Handel orchestra); Stevenage college of further education (8/10/65).
Steyning: County secondary school (21/2/53: Southern orchestral concert society).
Stirling: Albert hall (3/4/62: Scottish national orchestra; 14/5/68: Stirling festival); MacRobert centre (29/10/74 (1 programme, 1 letter from Goossens (to pianist?) with music list); unknown venue (unknown date).
Stonehaven: unknown venue (3/11/55 (2 copies): Stonehaven chamber music club).
Stonyhurst: Academy room (4/5/61; Sunday 8/12, year unknown: Stonyhurst subscription concerts).
Stornoway: Town hall (18/10/61: Arts association of Lewis).
Stowe: Stowe school (14/12/38: Stowe school subscription concerts).
Stratford-upon-Avon: Holy trinity church (28/2/71: Cheltenham chamber orchestra); Shakespeare memorial theatre (24/8/47); Town hall (14/6/51: Festival of Britain).
Stroud: High school for girls (23/6/58: Laurence Hudson string orchestra); Stroud high school (5/10/50: Stroud high school concert society); unknown venue (20/3/47).
Sunderland: Venue unknown, Sunderland art gallery concerts society (13/10/66).
Sutton Coldfield: Town hall (27/10/52, 3/12/56: Sutton Coldfield philharmonic society; City of Birmingham symphony orchestra).
Swanage: Church hall (23/3/50: Isle of Purbeck arts club); Grosvenor Hotel (6/5/48 (2 copies)).
Swansea: Brangwyn hall (31/1/39: Swansea festival orchestra); Guildhall (25/10/48 to 30/10/48: Swansea festival of music; Goossens concert 25/10/48 with London philharmonic orchestra); St. James’s church hall (28/10/61: Swansea music and arts club).
Swindon: Arts centre (9/4/47; 11/3/61: Newbury string players); Central hall (25/6/59: North Wiltshire orchestra); Methodist central hall (4/10/58: Swindon male voice choir); St. Paul’s church (2/5/45).
Sydmonton: St. Mary’s church (5/8/77 to 6/8/77, Goossens concert on 5/8/77: Sydmonton festival).

Arrangement:
Organised alphabetically by place name, then alphabetically by venue name, then chronologically.

Format

Date range of collection

1930 - 1982

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Not Specific

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Location Details

Royal College Of Music, Centre for Performance History

College Hall 220-238 Goldhawk Road London W12 9PL

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http://www.cph.rcm.ac.uk

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Visiting Information

Mon-Fri by appointment

Research access by appointment only. Researchers will be provided with Collection Regulations, and will be asked to complete a Researcher Registration Form (copies are available on the CPH website)

Building Information

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.

Collections Overview

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.

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