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Collection name Concert Organizers Office: Concert Programmes (1930-69)
Unique identifier R79/130/1
Description A miscellaneous collection of programmes for performances given under the auspices of the British Broadcasting Corporation – many including BBC ensembles and a number given for the BBC Third Programme – held at various venues in London, at a range English provincial venues and at Wellington Hall, Belfast between 1930 and 1969.

Also, a brochure for the Welsh tour undertaken by the BBC Singers in September/October 1943 (conducted by Leslie Woodgate) and programmes for performances given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris (18 June 1947) and in the Grote Zaal of the Concertgebouw, Den Haag (25 June 1947).

Many of these documents include words and programme notes (some with musical examples) and carry detailed information regarding the performers, including lists of the choral and/or orchestral ensemble and photographs.

All items are held loosely within a single folder. Programmes are listed here by venue, with London venues followed by provincial ones.


1. London venues
In addition to the programmes listed below, this folder includes leaflets/handbill prospectuses for the BBC Symphony Concerts of 1930–31 and for the London Musical Festival of 1935.

- Concert Hall, Broadcasting House
16 June 1933: Opening of the Organ, given with a BBC Orchestra, conducted by Adrian Boult (two copies, plus multiple copies of a printed document regarding the instrument).

- Goldsmiths' Hall
24, 26 and 28 June 1968: Shostakovich String Quartets given by the Borodin String Quartet (single document).

- Queen's Hall
Wednesdays 14/15/18 March [no year]: first English performances of Berg, Wozzeck/Hindemith, Mathis the Painter/Shostakovich, The Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Albert Coates/Adrian Boult/Clarence Raybould (handbills).
Sunday 7 March 1937: Queen's Hall Sunday Concerts with the Queen's Hall Orchestra, conducted by Henry Wood.

- Queen Elizabeth Hall
21 October and 18 November 1967 and 20 January 1968: BBC Third Programme/Nine Concerts.
10 April, 8 May and 12 June 1967: BBC Third Programme Chamber Concerts.
5 November 1967: BBC Music Programme Sunday Series/Beethoven by the Tatrai String Quartet.
27 November 1967: 1st International Concert Season of the European Broadcasting Union, Opening Concert with the English Chamber Orchestra.
12 October and 9 November 1968 and 4 January, 1 February, 1 and 29 March, 26 April and 24 May 1969: BBC Third Programme Eight Concerts.
20 January 1969: Twentieth-Century Music by the Vesuvius Ensemble with Jane Manning (reciter).

- Royal Albert Hall
All of the following concerts featured the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
21 February 1943: Salute to the Red Army (leaflet).
15 May 1943: conducted by Henry Wood.
11 March 1945: Harold Holt Sunday Concert, conducted by Adrian Boult.
11 December 1946: Delius Festival.

- Royal Festival Hall
3 June 1953: Eight Coronation Concerts no. 6, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent.
14 February 1966: BBC Third Programme Chamber Concert by the Amadeus String Quartet.
22 February 1965, 14 November 1966 and 27 March 1967: BBC Third Programme Chamber concerts/International Quartet Series by the Quartetto Italiano (February 1965 and November 1966) and Guarneri String Quartet (March 1967).

- Central Hall, Westminster
September-October 1947: Brahms-Schubert Commemoration (single document)


2. Provincial venues
- Bedford, Grand Cinema: 30 August 1942 (BBC Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Stanford Robinson)
- Belfast, Wellington Hall: 13 and 20 November 1942 (BBC Military Band).
- Bristol, Colston Hall: 6 April 1941 (BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus).
- Cosford, RAF Cosford Station Cinema: Monday 28 August [no year] (ENSA-BBC Music Festival with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, two copies).
- Kidderminster, Town Hall: 24 August 1943 (BBC Midland Light Orchestra).
- Leicester, De Montfort Hall: 15 August 1943 (BBC Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Stanford Robinson).
- Manchester, King's Hall, Belle Vue: 26 February 1943 (Massed Brass Bands Concert).
Date range 1930 - 1969
Associated People and Organisations Woodgate, Leslie - Wood, Henry - Vesuvius Ensemble of London - Tatrai String Quartet - Shostakovich, Dmitri - Schubert, Franz - Sargent, Malcolm - Robinson, Stanford - Raybould, Clarence - Queen's Hall Orchestra 1895 - 1915 Quartetto Italiano - Manning, Jane - London Musical Festival - Hindemith, Paul - Guarneri String Quartet - European Broadcasting Union - Delius, Frederick - Coates, Albert - British Broadcasting Corporation - Brahms, Johannes - Boult, Adrian - Borodin String Quartet - Berg, Alban - Beethoven, Ludwig van - BBC Third Programme - BBC theatre orchestra 1931 - 1949 BBC Symphony Orchestra - BBC Symphony Concerts - BBC Singers - BBC Military Band - BBC Midland Orchestra - BBC Chorus - Amadeus String Quartet -
Associated Places Broadcasting House Central Hall, Westminster Colston Hall Concertgebouw, Den Haag De Montford Hall, Leicester Goldsmiths' Hall Grand Cinema, Bedford Kings Hall, Manchester Queen Elizabeth Hall Queen's Hall, London RAF Cosford Station Cinema Royal Albert Hall Royal Festival Hall Théatre des Champs-Élysées, Paris Town Hall, Kidderminster
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Associated Content Leaflets Brochures Photographs Analytical Notes Musical Examples Word books First performances Handbills List of orchestral players Programme notes List of chorus members
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