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Collection name Charles Acton Collection: Box 64 (1955)
Unique identifier Acton Gift 64
Description Miscellaneous programmes from 1955, arranged chronologically, which form part of Box 64 in the Charles Acton Collection.

RE Concerts:
2/1/55: Gaiety Theatre: The Winter Proms with the Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra.
9/1/55: Gaiety Theatre: The Winter Proms with the Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra.
30/1/55: Gaiety Theatre: The Winter Proms with the Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra.
6/2/55: Gaiety Theatre: The Winter Proms with the Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra.
21/5/55: Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra.
16/10/55: Olympia Theatre: The Autumn Proms with the Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra.
23/10/55: Olympia Theatre: The Autumn Proms with the Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra.
6/11/55: Olympia Theatre: The Autumn Proms with the Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra.
13/11/55: Olympia Theatre: The Autumn Proms with the Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra.
20/11/55: Olympia Theatre: The Autumn Proms with the Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra.

RDS Concerts:
17/1/55: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Violin and piano recitals' Yfrah Neaman and Howard Ferguson [reverse side] 24/1/55: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Pianoforte Recitals' Monique Haas.
31/1/55: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: The Loewenguth String Quartet [reverse side] 7/2/55: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: Denis Matthews.
7/2/55: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: Denis Matthews [reverse side] 14/2/55: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: Quintetto Boccherini.
14/2/55: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: Quintetto Boccherini [reverse side] 21/2/55: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: The Golden Age Singers.
7/11/55: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Pianoforte Recitals' Lilian Kallir [reverse side] 14/11/55: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: The Allegri String Quartet.
14/11/55: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: The Allegri String Quartet [reverse side] 21/11/55: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Pianoforte recitals' Magaloff.
21/11/55: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Pianoforte Recitals' Magaloff [reverse side] 28/11/55: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Cello and piano recitals' Christopher Bunting and Peter Wallfisch.
28/11/55: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Cello and Piano recitals' Christopher Bunting and Peter Wallfisch [reverse side] 5/12/55: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: Ruggra-Gruenbert-Pleeth Trio.
5/12/55: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: Rubbra-Gruenberg-Pleeth Trio [reverse side] 12/12/55: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Violin and piano recitals' Yfrah Neaman and Howard Ferguson.

RIAM Concerts:
1/2/55: Dagg Hall, RIAM: Junior School Concert and Distribution of Prizes.
12/2/55: [RIAM]: Students' Musical Union.
25/2/55: Metropolitan Hall: Royal Irish Academy of Music Senior Students' Concert. Award winners named.
2/4/55: Royal Irish Academy of Music: Students' Musical Union [committee members delineated] 'At Home' .
18/6/55: Royal Irish Academy of Music: Students' Musical Union [committee members delineated] 'At Home' .
22/10/55: [RIAM]: Students' Musical Union
5/11/55: [RIAM]: Students' Musical Union.
24/11/55: RIAM: Students' Musical Union.
30/11/55: Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music: Lieder Recital by Maura O'Connor accompanied by Kitty O'Callaghan presented by the Irish German Society.
14/12/55: Royal Irish Academy of Music: Students' Musical Union [committee members delineated] 'At Home'.

Theatre Royal concerts:
15/1/55: Theatre Royal, Dublin: Sir Adrian Boult and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Flyer.
28/5/55: Theatre Royal: Claudio Arrau.
26/11/55: Theatre Royal, Dublin: Adelaide Hospital Campaign's 9th International Celebrity Concert by Andres Segovia.
21/12/55: Theatre Royal: Our Lady's Choral Society.

Music Association of Ireland concerts:
31/10/55: Royal Hibernian Hotel: London String Quartet presented by the Music Association of Ireland.
10/9/55: Hall, Royal College of Physicians, Dublin: A Harpsichord Recital by Ralph Kirkpatrick presented by The Music Association of Ireland.
11/11/55: The Graduates Memorial Building, Trinity College: Concert by Tomás O Súilleabhain, Gerard Shanahan, Seoirse Bodley and John O Sullivan, presented by the Music Association of Ireland.
18/11/55: The graduates memorial building, Trinity College: The Schola of St. Joseph presented by the Music Association of Ireland.
2/12/55: The Graduates Memorial Building, Trinity College: Frederick May and Patricia McCarry accompanied by John O'Sullivan presented by The Music Association of Ireland.

Dublin Orchestral Players concerts:
16/6/55: Abbey Lecture Hall: Dublin Orchestral Players 'Symphony Concert'.
1/12/55: Abbey Lecture Hall: Dublin Orchestral Players 'Symphony Concert'

Culwich Choral Society concerts:
3/12/55: Metropolitan Hall: Culwick Choral Society Concert of Christmas Music for Schools and Colleges.
8/12/55: The Metropolitan Hall: The Culwick Choral Society.

Miscellaneous programmes:
29/10/55: Provost's House, Trinity College Dublin: London String Quartet presented by the Dublin Chamber Music Group. Invitation.
20/11/55: Four Provinces House, Harcourt Street: Concerto del Quartetto Carmirelli presented by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura.
26/11/55-17/12/55: Gaiety Theatre: Dublin Grand Opera Society Festival of Opera Winter Season 1955. Festival Programme Booklet.
4/12/55: Olympia Theatre: Louis Kentner.
4/12/55: Town Hall, Carlow: Dublin Orchestral Players presented by the Carlow Arts Council.
6/12/55: Examination Hall, Trinity College: University Of Dublin Choral Society: 119th Season, 361st concert.
9/12/55: Cork Symphony Orchestra: Concert for Schoochildren.
9/12/55: City Hall, Cork: Cork Orchestral Society 'Symphony Concert'
12/55: Monkstown Parish Church: A service of lessons and carols
Date range 1955 - 1955
Associated People and Organisations Acton, Charles - Allegro String Quartet - Arrau, Claudio 1903 - 1991 Bodley, Seóirse - Boult, Adrian - Bunting, Christopher - Carlow Arts Council - Cork orchestral society - Cork symphony orchestra 1934 - Culwick Choral Society - Dublin Chamber Music Group - Dublin Grand Opera Society - Dublin Orchestral Players - Ferguson, Howard - Golden Age Singers - Haas, Monique - Irish-German Society - Istituto Italiano di Cultura - Kallir, Lilian - Kentner, Louis 1905 - 1987 Kirkpatrick, Ralph - Loewenguth String Quartet - London Philharmonic Orchestra - London String Quartet - Magaloff, Nikita - Matthews, Denis - May, Frederick - McCarry, Patricia - Music Association of Ireland - Neaman, Yfrah - O Súilleabhain, Tomás - O'Callaghan, Kitty - O'Connor, Maura - O'Sullivan, John - Our Lady's Choral Society - Quartetto Carmirelli - Quintetto Boccherini - Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra - Royal Dublin Society - Royal Irish Academy of Music Students' Musical Union - Ruggra-Gruenbert-Pleeth Trio - Schola of St. Joseph - Segovia, Andrés - Shanahan, Gerard - University of Dublin Choral Society - Wallfisch, Peter -
Associated Places Abbey Lecture Hall, Lower Abbey Street City hall, Cork Dagg Hall, Royal Irish Academy of Music Examination Hall, Trinity College Dublin Four Provinces House, Harcourt Street Graduates' Memorial Building, Trinity College Dublin Hall, Royal College of Physicians, Dublin Metropolitan Hall, Lower Abbey Street Monkstown Parish Church, Dublin Olympia Theatre, Dame Street, Dublin Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music Provost's House, Trinity College Dublin RDS Member's Hall, Ballsbridge Royal Hibernian Hotel, Dublin Royal Irish Academy of Music Town Hall, Carlow
Associated Times 20th century - mid 1931-1970
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