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Collection name Charles Acton Collection: Box 69 (1961-62)
Unique identifier Acton Gift 69
Description Miscellaneous programmes collected by Charles Acton arranged chronologically from 1961-62.

RIAM Concerts:
1/2/60: National Concert Hall: the Leinster Society of Organists and Choirmasters and the Royal Irish Academy of Music 'Four Lunch-time Bach Organ Recitals'. Programme 1.
[date unknown]: Royal Irish Academy of Music: Academy Choral Class.

TCD Concerts:
6/12/61: Examination Hall, Trinity College: The College Singers 'A Christmas Concert'.
1/3/61: Examination Hall, Trinity College: College Singers & Chamber Orchestra [with wordsheets].
9/3/62: Examination Hall, Trinity College: College Singers & Chamber Orchestra.
4/6/62: Examination Hall, Trinity College: The College Singers & Chamber Orchestra.
26/3/62: Public Theatre, Trinity College: Jaroslav Vanecek and Rhona Marshall.
30/11/62: Examination Hall, Trinity College: College Singers & Chamber Ensemble.
4/12/62: Examination Hall, Trinity College: University of Dublin Choral Society, 126th seaso, 382nd concert. [plus word-sheet].

Dublin Orchestral Players Concerts:
11/3/61: City Hall, Cork: Dublin Orchestral Players presented by the Cork Orchestral Society.
1/6/61: St. Francis Xavier Hall: Dublin Orchestral Players 21st Anniversary Concert.
30/11/61: Ely Hall, Ely Place: Dublin Orchestral Players.
10/3/62: Town Hall, Cavan: Dublin Orchestral Players.
22/3/62: Ely Hall, Ely Place: Dublin Orchestral Players, Ireland's Largest Permanent Amateur Orchestra.
31/5/62: St. Francis Xavier Hall: Dublin Orchestral Players.
21/11/62: Ely Hall, Ely Place: Dublin Orchestral Players.
27/10/62: 8 Merrion Square, N. (Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland): Dublin Orchestral Players. A musical evening for associate members. Invitation.

Music Association of Ireland Concerts:
22/2/61: Overend Hall, Dublin: The English Consort of Viols presented by the Music Association of Ireland.
15/5/61: Ely Hall, Ely Place: Recital by Tessa Robbins with Robin Wood presented by the Music Association of Ireland.
28/2/62: Royal Hibernian Hotel: Recital by Brighid Mooney and Gerard Shanhan presented by the Music Association of Ireland.
21/3/62: Public Theatre, Trinity College: Julian Bream presented by the Music Association of Ireland.
29/9/62: Public Theatre, Trintiy College: The Studio Opera Group and Methodist College, Belfast presented by the Music Association of Ireland [plus word-sheet].
[date and location unknown]: Deirdre McNulty presented by the Music Association of Ireland.
[date and location unknown]: Carmel O'Byrne, Patricia Dunkerley and Jeannie Reddin presented by the Music Association of Ireland.
30/12/62: [location unknown]: Angela Carroll, Betty Sullivan and John O'Sullivan: The Music Association of Ireland in association with The Irish College of Music. Lunch time concert.
16/11/62: [location unknown]: The Music Association of Ireland in association with The Irish College of Music. Lunch time concert.
23/11/62: [location unknown]: Werner Schuermann, Patricia Dunkerley and John O'Sullivan: The Music Association of Ireland in association with The Irish College of Music. Lunch time concert.

Irish-German Society Concerts:
24/1/61: Royal Hibernian Hotel: Klaus Börner presented by the Irish-German Society.
12/3/61: Royal Hibernian Hotel: Werner Taube presented by the Irish-German Society.

RÉ Concerts:
17/3/61: Amharclann Olympia: Ceolfhoireann Eadrom Radio Eireann, Cor Radio Eireann. 2 different programmes for the same event.
20/5/61: Auditorium, Cork Municipal School of Music: Radio Eireann String Quartet presented by the Cork Orchestral Society as part of the Festival of Cork.
1/10/61: Olympia Theatre: Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra.
19/12/61: Theatre Royal, Dublin: Our Lady's Choral Society with the Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra.
23/3/[62]: Theatre Royal: Our Lady's Choral Society and the Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra.
26/10/62: Phoenix Hall: Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra Group: RE Choral Society, RE Singers, RESO Group.
27/11/62-15/12/62: Gaiety Theatre: Dublin Grand Opera Society and the Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra. Season of Grand Opera. Programmes for all of the operas performed during the festival.
[date unknown]: Coirm Cheoil na Feile: Ceolfhuireann Siansach Radio Éireann and Cór Radio Éireann.
18/12/62: National Stadium, Dublin: Our Lady's Choral Society with the Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra.

Dublin Grand Opera Society Concerts:
26/2/61: Gaiety Theatre: Dublin Grand Opera Society presented Teresa Stich-Randall.
3/4/61-29/4/61: Gaiety Theatre: Dublin Grand Opera Society presented a Festival of Italian Opera. Programmes for all of the operas performed during the festival.

Leinster Society of Organists and Choirmasters Concerts:
12/5/61: Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Dublin: Organ Recital by Herrick Bunney presented by the Leinster Society of Organists and Choirmasters.
31/7/61: St. George's Church, Temple Street: Composite Organ Recital performed by pupils of Dr. Hans Klotz presented by the Leinster Society of Organists and Choirmasters.

Goethe Institute Concerts:
29/10/61: Institut, 37 Merrion Square: Benthien String Quartet and Bruno Hoffman presented by the Deutsches Kulturinstitut Dublin.
15/11/61: 37 Merrion Square: Dénes Zsigmondy accompanied by Anneliese Nissen presented by the German Institute for Cultural Relations.
26/11/61: German Institute for Cultural Relations, 37 Merrion Square: Gerhard Mantel and Erika Frieser.
13/12/61: German Institute for Cultural Relations, Dublin: Joseph-Haydn-Choir, Munich 'Christmas Concert'.
11/7/62: Shelbourne Hotel: Elisabeth Grümmer accompanied by Hugo Diez presented by the German Institute for German Relations.

Queen's University of Belfast Concerts:
19/2/62: Sir William Whitla Hall, Queen's University and the Main Hall, King George VI Youth Centre: Raymond Warren's 'The Passion' conducted by the composer presented by the Music Society of Queen's University of Belfast. Word-book.
22/2/62: Extra-Mural Department, Queen's University of Belfast: Jean Allister, Edgar Fleet and Evan John.
1/5/62-3/5/62: Sir William Whitla Hall: The Music Society of Queen's University of Belfast.
16/11/62: Examination Hall: Queen's Univeristy Renaissance Group, Chamber Orchestra: Concert of Italian Music [plus word sheets].

City of Dublin VEC School/College of Music:
11/3/62: Aberdeen Hall, Gresham Hotel: Senior Students of the Municipal School of Music [includes a booklet of the school's record of success at the Feis Ceoil delineating names of winners].
14/12/62: City of Dublin VEC Irish College of Music.

Cork Concerts:
15/3/61: Aula Maxima, UCC: Florence Hooton and Wilfrid Parry presented by the University Arts Society.
8/5/61: City Hall, Cork: Gala performance of Ballet by the Cork Ballet Company in association with Irish Theatre Ballet.

Rathgar Concerts:
31/10/61: Christ Church, Rathgar, Dublin: Organ and violin recital: William J. Watson and David Lillis.
21/11/61: Christ Church, Rathgar: David Lee, Jack Bayliss, Betty Sullivan & Patricia Breech. Organ and vocal recital.
12/12/61: Christ Church, Rathgar: Joseph Groocock and David Lane.
29/4/62: Rathgar Methodist Church: Adlephian Concert Choir. Flyer.
16/8/62: Christ Church, Rathgar: George McPhee (organ).
29/10/62: Danum, Zion Road, Rathgar: Tomás de Wrixon and Keith Yon. Invitation.

Metropolitan Hall Concerts:
14/4/61: Metropolitan Hall: Saint George's Brass Band's Silver Jubilee Concert. [plus application form for the supporters club].
6/5/61: Metropolitan Hall: Steadfast Brass Band and Templemore Avenue Band (Belfast). Combined Band Concert in aid of the National Concert Hall Fund.

Methodist Centenary Church Concerts:
28/3/61: Methodist Centenary Church, St. Stephen's Green: Bach's St. John Passion.
15/12/61: Methodist Centenary Church: Messiah.
13/12/62: Methodist Centenary Church: Messiah.

St.Francis Xavier Hall Concerts:
16/2/62-18/2/62: St. Francis Xavier Hall: Rosalyn Tureck with the Tureck Bach Players. A Festival Weekend of Bach.
1/4/62: St. Francis Xavier Hall: Recital by Domenico Galassi and Helmut Seeber.
24/5/62: St. Francis Xavier Hall: St. James's Gate Musical Society. Wordbook and flyer.

Theatre Royal, Dublin Concerts:
23/4/61: Theatre Royal: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
6/5/61: Theatre Royal: Hague Philharmonic Orchestra. Programme booklet.

Olympia Theatre Concerts:
24/6/62: Olympia Theatre: The Choir of Saint Patrick's College, Maynooth.
17/9/62 [plus duplicate]: Olympia Theatre: National Ballet.
9/12/62: Olympia Theatre: Victoria De Los Angeles and Gerald Moore.

Gaiety Theatre, Dublin Concerts:
3/9/61: Gaiety Theatre: Rosalyn Tureck (piano).
3/6/62: Gaiety Theatre: Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra.

Miscellaneous Concert Programmes:
11/6/61-18/6/61: Dublin International Festival of Music & the Arts. Contains programmes for the individual concerts in the festival, biographies of local perfomers, and essays including 'Berlioz "Requiem" by Anthony Hughes. Included is a note 'The Festival Committee announces change of venues, due to circumstances outside their control. For Theatre Royal read Croke Park, for Gaiety Theatre read National Stadium, for Olympia Theatre read Marian Hall, Milltown.'
1/2/61: Building Centre, Dublin: Anthony Hughes. Concert Hall Fund.
16/2/61 [plus duplicate]: Abbey Lecture Hall: Veronica McSwiney. Concert of Live & Recorded Music.
24/2/61: Nullamore University Residence, Milltown, Dublin: Equale String Quartet. Invitation.
5/5/61: Óstán Ibeirneach: Coirm Cruite presented by Cáirde na Cruite.
25/5/61: Overend Hall: Dowland Consort.
21/6/61: Grand Canal, 13th Lock, Straffan: Dowland Consort presented by the Dublin Charter Boat Company. Flyer.
6/9/61: Royal College of Physicians, Kildare Street: John Ronayne and Elgin Strub. Concert Hall Fund.
26/10/61: Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin: Dr. John Dykes Bower (organ).
22/11/61: Pocket Theatre, Dublin: A concert for St. Cecilia's Day.
8/2/62: [location unknown - Overend Hall crossed out]: Trostan Singers. Concert for the Cheshire Homes.
11/2/62: Aberdeen Hall, Gresham Hotel: Herb Moulton with Jeannie Reddin.
11/3/62: Eblana Theatre: Mercedes Bolger and Gráinne Ní Éigeartaigh. 'My Gentle Harp'.
19/4/62: Knockmaroon House, Castleknock: Gráinne Ní Éigeartaigh, Elizabeth Colclough, Ingrid Hannon, Rosemary Ellison and Angela Brown. Concert in aid of the Castleknock & Districk Nursing Association.
[29/4/62]: Adelphian Concert Choir Tour, Spring 1962.
6/5/62: Shelbourne Hotel: Claude Helffer.
21/12/62: St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin: Carols.
[date unknown]: Ballroom, Farmeligh: Recital by Louis Kentner.
[date unknown]: Hazelhatch (13th) Lock, Grand Canal, Straffan: Dowland Consort.
[date and location unknown]: The Gay Tyrolese, Toni Praxmair's Kitzbühel Singers and Dancers.


Collection includes press releases; competition programme (+ addenda) and syllabus; programmes from musicals and theatrical events; tourist leaflets; programmes for gramaphone concerts; dancing recital programmes; film programmes
Date range 1961 - 1962
Associated People and Organisations Acton, Charles - Adelphian Concert Choir - Allister, Jean - Los Angeles, Victoria de 1923 - 2005 Bayliss, Jack - BBC Symphony Orchestra - Benthien String Quartet - Bolger, Mercedes - Börner, Klaus - Bower, John Dykes - Bream, Julian 1933 - Breech, Patricia - Brown, Angela - Bunney, Herrick 1915 - 1997 Cáirde na Cruite - Carroll, Angel - Castleknock & District Nursing Association - City of Dublin VEC Irish College Of Music - City of Dublin VEC Municipal School of Music Senior String Students - Colclough, Elizabeth - Cor Radio Eireann - Cork Ballet Company - Cork orchestral society - Deutsches Kulturinstitut Dublin - Diez, Hugo - Dowland Consort - Dublin Charter Boat Company - Dublin Grand Opera Society - Dublin International Festival of Music and the Arts - Dublin Orchestral Players - Dublin University Choral Society - Dunkerley, Patricia - Ellison, Rosemary - English Consort of Viols - Equale String Quartet - Feis Ceoil (later Siemens [Nixdorf] Feis Ceoil) - Fleet, Edgar - Freiser, Erika - Galassi, Domenico - Goethe Institute (German Institute for Cultural Relations) - Groocock, Joseph - Grümmer, Elisabeth - Hague Philharmonic Orchestra - Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra - Hannon, Ingrid - Helffer, Claude - Hoffman, Bruno - Hooton, Florence - Hughes, Anthony - Irish College of Music - Irish Theatre Ballet - Irish-German Society - John, Evan - Joseph Haydn Choir, Munich - Kentner, Louis 1905 - 1987 Klotz, Hans - Lane, David - Lee, David - Leinster Society of Organists & Choirmasters - Lillis, David - Mantel, Gerhard - Marshall, Rhona - McNulty, Deirdre - McPhee, George - McSwiney, Veronica - Mooney, Brighid - Moore, Gerald - Moulton, Herbert - Music Association of Ireland - Ní Eigeartaigh, Gráinne - Nissen, Anneliese - O'Byrne, Carmel - O'Sullivan, John - Our Lady's Choral Society - Parry, Wilfrid - Queen's University of Belfast Music Society - Queen's University Renaissance Group Chamber Orchestra - Radio Éireann Light Orchestra - Radio Eireann String Quartet - Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra - Reddin, Jeannie - RIAM Academy Choral Class - Robbins, Tessa - Ronayne, John - Royal Irish Academy of Music - Schuermann, Werner - Seeber, Helmut - Shanahan, Gerard - St. George's Brass Band - St. James's Gate Musical Society - St. Patrick's College, Maynooth Choir - Stedfast Brass Band - Stich-Randall, Teresa - Strub, Elgin - Studio Opera Group - Sullivan, Betty - Templemore Avenue Band - Toni Prazmair's Kitzbuhel Singers and Dancers - Trinity College Chamber Ensemble - Trinity College Chamber Orchestra, Dublin - Trinity College Singers, Dublin - Trostan Singers - Tureck Bach Players - Tureck, Rosalyn - UCC University Arts Society - Vanecek, Jaroslav - Warren, Raymond - Watson, William J. - Wood, Robin - Wrixon, Tomás de - Yon, Keith - Zsigmondy, Dénes -
Associated Places Abbey Lecture Hall, Lower Abbey Street Gresham Hotel: Aberdeen Hall Auditorium, Cork Municipal School of Music Aula maxima, University college Cork Ballroom, Farmeligh Building Centre, Dublin Christ Church, Rathgar Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin City hall, Cork City of Dublin VEC Irish College of Music Croke Park, Dublin Danum, Zion Road, Rathgar Eblana Theatre, Dublin Ely Hall, 7 Ely Place, Dublin Examination Hall, Trinity College Dublin Extra-Mural Department, Queen's University of Belfast Goethe Institute, 37 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 Hazelhatch, 13th Lock, Grand Canal, Straffan Knockmaroon House, Castleknock Marian Hall, Milltown, Dublin Methodist Centenary Church, St. Stephen's Green Metropolitan Hall, Lower Abbey Street National Concert Hall, Earlsford Terrace, Dublin National Stadium, South Circular Road, Dublin Nullamore University Residence, Milltown, Dublin Olympia Theatre Óstán Ibeirneach Overend Hall, Upper Leeson Street, Dublin Phoenix Hall, Dublin Pocket Theatre, Dublin Public Theatre, Trinity College Dublin Rathgar Methodist Church Royal College of Physicians, Kildare Street Royal Hibernian Hotel, Dublin Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin Second Church of Christ Scientist, Rathmines Park, Dublin Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin Sir William Whitla Hall, Queen's University Belfast St. Francis Xavier Hall, Upper Sherrard Street St. George's Church, Temple Street, Dublin St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin Town Hall, Cavan
Associated Times 20th century - mid 1931-1970
Associated Content Historical Notes Ballet Word books Press Cuttings Flyers
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