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Collection name
Bradford Festival Choral Society Scrapbook (1857-1926)
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DB39/C5/1
Description
A scrapbook which contains the following programmes for concerts given by the Bradford Festival Choral Society:
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 18/10/1858 - 'Grand Dress Concert'
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 23/12/1858 - 'Messiah'
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 26/7/1858 - Grand Full Dress Concert
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 14/10/[1859] - Soiree for the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 19/11/1860 - 'Christmas'
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 11/5/1857 - First Public Concert
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 16/9/1861 - Beethoven's Grand Mass in C
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 6/10/1870 - First Concert for the year1870
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 19/10/1871 - Gounod's 'Messe Solennelle' and Mendelssohn's 'Walpurgis Night'
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - [30/3/1871] - Complimentary Performance to Mr John Burton
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 31/3/1873 - 'Creation'
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 22/12/1880 - 'Messiah'
* The programme for the opening of Bradford Technical School by The Prince and Princess of Wales, 23/6/1882
* Bradford Techinical School Lecture Hall - 30/9/1882 - Concert - (With timings)
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 4/5/1883 - Complimentary concert given by the Mayor of Bradford
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 24/2/1885 - Handel Festival - Selection Concert
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 24/2/1885 - 'Judas Maccabeus'
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 14/12/1894 - 'Der Freischutz'
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 12/9/1900 - Invitation Concert - has duplicate
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 7/3/1902 - Wagner's 'Flying Dutchman'
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 6/12/1907 - Special Grand Concert - The Scottish Orchestra's first visit to Bradford
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 20/3/1908 - 'Damnation of Faust'
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 12/2/1909 - 'Mass in B Minor'
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 15/12/1911 - Berlioz' 'Faust'
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 1/11/1912 - 'Flying Dutchman'
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 22/2/1918 - Miscellaneous Choral Concert
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 7/3/1919 - 'The Song of Hiawatha' and other miscellaneous items
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 21/11/1919 - 'Damnation of Faust'
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 5/3/1920 - Miscellaneous Choral Concert
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 12/11/1920 - 'The Dream of Gerontius'
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 11/2/1921 - Third Concert
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 3/3/1922 - 'Acis and Galatea', 'The Hymn of Jesus' and 'Jerusalem'
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 11/11/1921 - 'Songs of the Sea', 'Alto Rhapsody' and Miscellaneous items
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 3/11/1922 - Brahm's 'Requiem' and Bach's 'Blessed is the Man'
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 9/3/1923 - 'A Sea Symphony' and 'Blest Pair of Sirens'
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 16/11/1923 - 'Creation' (parts one and two), 'Song of Destiny' and 'Two Psalms'
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 28/3/1924 - 'Flying Dutchman'
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 31/10/1924 - 'Parry' Concert
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 15/12/1924 - 60th Season Souvenir Programme - The Messiah
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 13/3/1925 - Stanford 'Stabat Mater', 'Irish Rhapsody', 'Mystical Songs'
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 6/11/1925 - Bach 'Mass in B Minor'
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 19/2/1926 - 'Der Freischutz'
* St. George's Hall, Bradford - 12/3/1926 - The Halle Orchestra
Date range
1857 - 1926
Associated People and Organisations
Bradford Festival Choral Society -
Burton, John -
Hallé Orchestra -
Handel Festival -
Mayor of Bradford -
Scottish orchestra -
Associated Places
Bradford
Bradford Technical School
Bradford Technical School Lecture Hall
St. George's Hall, Bradford
Associated Times
19th century - late Victorian 1876-1899
19th century - mid Victorian 1851-1875
20th century - early 1900-1930
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West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford
Prince's Way Bradford BD1 1NN United Kingdom Open Map
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http://www.archives.wyjs.org.uk/
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Records of the Bradford Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
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