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Collection name Charles Acton Collection: Box 72 (1965)
Unique identifier Acton Gift 72
Description Miscellaneous programmes collected by Charles Acton from 1965.

Irish Chamber Orchestra concerts:
23/7/65: [location unknown]: Dublin Chamber Orchestra [opposite side:] 30/7/65: Geraldine O'Grady and Eily O'Grady and Charles Lynch.
11/9/65: Ballinrobe: Irish Chamber Orchestra with Bernadette Greevy; part of the Season of Chamber Opera.

Irish Life Building concerts:
24/2/65: Auditorium, Irish Life Building: Dublin Chamber Orchestra with Jacob Thomas presented by the German Institute for Cultural Relations.
27/9/65-2/10/65: Irish Life Theatre, Mespil Road: Festival Ballad Concert '65.

Waterford concerts:
31/3/65: Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford: Waterford Singers. Wordbook.
20/5/65: Church of the Holy Family, Waterford: The Waterford Singers.

Irish Opera Group concerts:
[date unknown]/65: [location unknown]: Irish Opera Group.
[date unknown]: [location unknown]: Irish National Opera.

TCD concerts:
12/5/65: Dining Hall, Trinity College: 'Trial by Jury' by Gilbert and Sullivan; accompanied by 'for you delectation - a charming addition to the programme: Three songs by Ciro Pinsuti'.
13/11/65: Examination Hall, Trinity: Julian Bream presented by the Irish Opera Group.
Irish Chamber Orchestra concerts:
13/10/65: Metropolitan Hall: Irish Chamber Orchestra presented by the Irish Opera Group. Contains programme notes.
24/10/65: [location unknown]: Irish Chamber Orchestra presented by the Wexford Chamber of Commerce. Contains programme notes.
27/5/65: Examination Hall, Trinity College: Richard Cherry Cup Award [presented by the University of Dublin Choral Society].
3/3/65-4/3/65: Examination Hall, Trinity College: [presented by the University of Dublin Choral Society].

St. Bartholomew's Church concerts:
4/11/65-18/11/65 [plus 1 full and 1 partial duplicate]: St. Bartholomew's Church, Ballsbridge: The Organ Music of J.S. Bach (second series); John O'Sullivan, James Dalton and David Lee.
14/6/65-28/6/65 [plus 2 dupliates]: St. Bartholomew's Church, Ballsbridge: 'The Organ Music of J.S. Bach' Gerard Gillen, Robert Munns and David Lee.

Christchurch Cathedral concerts:
5/11/65-11/12/65 [plus one cut-up duplicate]: Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin: Organ Recitals: Nicolas Kynaston, Kamiel D'Hooghe and Gerard Gillen.
22/11/65: [Christ Church Cathedral Dublin]: Kamiel D'Hooge. Programme notes.
17/7/65: Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin: Dr. Frederick Tulan.

War Memorial Hall concerts:
24/11/[65]: War Memorial Hall, Waring Street: Olin String Quartet. First performance of Quartet No.1 by Raymond Warren.
[/65]: War Memorial Hall, Waring Street: Festival 65 'Vanessa, a play with music'. List of cast.

Miscellaneous programmes:
16/9/65: Irish Countrywoman's Association 'Ireland Night Ceili - 11th Triennial Conference Associated Countrywomen of the World'.
5/9/65: Gaiety Theatre: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.Contains programme notes and biographical notes.
28/5/65: Dun Laoghaire Town Hall: Stedfast Band Annual Concert with Jacqueline Pomeroy, Reginald Christian and Robert McCullagh.
29/5/65: Metropolitan Hall, Lower Abbey Street: Dublin Orchestral Players Siver Jubilee Concert 1940-1965.
30/5/65-6/6/65: Mars Theatre, Kilrush: Kilrush Opera Society 'A Week of Opera'.
10/6/65: Ely Hall: Philidor Ensemble.
13/6/65: Gaiety Theatre: Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra.
17/6/65: Central Hall, Academy Street, Cork: Locrian Consort.
[date unknown]: Hostess Club, Bray and District: Charles Lynch presentd by the Soroptimist International Association.
28/6/65: Aberdeen Hall, Gresham Hotel: Choral and Instrumental Concert by the Senior Students of the College of Music. Accompanied by a record of success by the students in the Feis Ceoil in 1965.
22/1/65: Royal Irish Academy of Music: France Clidat presented by the Alliance de Française de Dublin.
14/2/65-21/2/65: New Gymnasium, Curragh Camp: Cumann Cheoil an Churraigh.
1/4/65: Grafton Cinema: April Fools Concert.
5/4/65-21/6/65 [plus duplicate]: Royal College of Physicians, Dublin: Dowland Consort [plus 1 wordsheet]
14/4/65: National Stadium, Dublin: Our Lady's Choral Society.
21/4/65: St. Patrick's Cathedral: Flor Peeters.
19/5/65-23/5/65 [plus duplicate]: Twelfth Cork International Choral Festival programme booklet + 2 leaflets.
31/10/65: Dún Mhuire, Wexford: Irish National Opera. Flyer.
26/10/[65]: Hibernian Hotel Ballroom: Heinz Medjimorec presented by the Irish-Austrian Society.
28/10/65: Dublin: Martha Argerich presented by the Concert & Assembly Hall Ltd.
26/11/65: Ulster Hall, Belfast: City Of Belfast Orchestra.
1/12/65: Metropolitan Hall: Dublin Orchestral Players. Flyer.
2/12/65: Adelaide Road Presbyterian Church: Trostan Singers.
10/12/65: Methodist Centenary Church: Messiah.
13/12/65: Cork Opera House: Cork Orchestral Society.
[date and location unknown]: St. Mary's Junior College, Minneapolis, Minnesota Student Chorus: 'Wolcum Yole'.
[date and location unknown]: The Vassar Madrigal Singers.
13/3/65 [plus duplicate]: The Marian Hall, Milltown: Dublin Orchestral Players.
16/3/65: Aula Maxima, Newman House: Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra presented by the Coláiste na h-Ollscoil, Baile Átha Cliath Music Society [plus programme notes].


Collection contains singing competition judging programmes, programmes from musicals, theatrical events, the programme for Oireachtas 1965, miscellaneous programme notes and miscellaneous word-sheets.
Date range 1965 - 1965
Associated People and Organisations Acton, Charles - Alliance de Française de Dublin - Argerich, Martha - Bream, Julian 1933 - Christian, Reginald - City of Belfast Orchestra - City of Dublin VEC Municipal School of Music Senior Students - Clidat, France - Coláiste na h-Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath Music Society - Concert and Assembly Hall, Ltd. - Cork International Choral Festival (later Bord Gáis) - Cork orchestral society - Cumann Cheoil na Churraigh - Dalton, James - D'Hooghe, Kamiel - Dowland Consort - Dublin Chamber Orchestra - Dublin Orchestral Players - Feis Ceoil (later Siemens [Nixdorf] Feis Ceoil) - Gillen, Gerard - Goethe Institute (German Institute for Cultural Relations) - Greevy, Bernadette 1940 - Irish Chamber Orchestra - Irish Countrywoman's Association - Irish Opera Group - Kilrush Opera Society - Kynaston, Nicolas - Lee, David - Locrian Consort - Lynch, Charles - McCullagh, Robert - Medjimorec, Heinz - Munns, Robert - O'Grady, Eily - O'Grady, Geraldine - Oireachtas - Olin String Quartet - O'Sullivan, John - Our Lady's Choral Society - Peeters, Flor - Pinsuti, Ciro - Pomeroy, Jacqueline - Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - St. Mary's Junior College, Minneapolis, Minnesota Student Chorus - Stedfast Brass Band - Thomas, Jacob - Trostan Singers - Tulan, Frederick - University of Dublin Choral Society - Vassar Madrigal Singers - Warren, Raymond - Waterford Singers - Wexford Chamber of Commerce -
Associated Places Gresham Hotel: Aberdeen Hall Adelaide Road Presbyterian Church Auditorium, Irish Life (Assurance) Building, Mespil Road Aula Maxima, Newman House, 86 Stephen's Green, Dublin Ballinrobe, Mayo Central Hall, Academy Street, Cork Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin Church of the Holy Family, Waterford Dining Hall, Trinity College Dublin Dún Mhuire, Wexford Examination Hall, Trinity College Dublin Grafton Cinema Hibernian Hotel Ballroom, Dublin Irish Life (Assurance) Building, Mespil Road, Dublin Marian Hall, Milltown, Dublin Mars Theatre, Kilrush Methodist Centenary Church, St. Stephen's Green Metropolitan Hall, Lower Abbey Street National Stadium, South Circular Road, Dublin New Gymnasium, Curragh Camp Opera House, Cork Royal Irish Academy of Music St. Bartholomew's Church, Clyde Road, Dublin St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin Town Hall, Dun Laoghaire Ulster Hall and Annexe, Belfast War Memorial Hall, Waring Street
Associated Times 20th century - mid 1931-1970
Associated Content Word books Analytical Notes Flyers Leaflets
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