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Collection name
Ernst Henschel collection: London: Church of All Souls', Langham Place (1951-60)
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Henschel
Description
A collection of programmes and handbills for performances given at the Church of All Souls', Langham Place between 1951 and 1960, held loosely and arranged chronologically within the Ernst Henschel collection (1892-1966).
For an introduction to this collection see Ernst Henschel collection: General.
26 May and 2, 9 and 16 June 1951: Four Recitals (40th series) by the Organ Music Society, given by William H. Harris, Ralph Downes, Philip Dore and Arnold Richardson (31/ii).
20 June 1951: Seventh Concert of Music by English Composers, 1300-1750 (31/ii).
27 March 1952: Third Recital (42nd series) by the Organ Music Society, given by George Thalben-Ball (box 32/i).
4 April 1952: Choral and Organ Music by Franz Liszt, presented by the Liszt Society and given by Arnold Richardson (organ) and the Dorian Singers, conducted by Matyas Seiber (box 32/i).
8 December 1953: Music for Voices and Brass presented by the Morley College Concerts Society and given by the Goldsbrough Orchestra and Morley College Choir, directed by Peter Racine Fricker (box 32/ii).
30 March 1954: Harry Danks (viola d’amore/viola) and James Lockhart (organ) with the Morley College Choir, directed by Peter Racine Fricker, presented by Morley College Concerts Society (box 33/i).
17 April 1958: A Concert to celebrate the Fourth Centenary of the Birth of … Giovanni Gabrieli, given by the Elizabethan Singers and the Wind Music Society, conducted by Bryan Fairfax (box 34/iii).
13 November 1958: Orchestra of the Wind Music Society (conducted by Bryan Fairfax) and the Elizabethan Singers (conducted by Louis Halsey) (34/iii).
7 December 1959: Elizabethan Singers, conducted by Louis Halsey, with Richard Popplewell (organ) (35/i).
20 October 1960: Elizabethan Singers, conducted by Louis Halsey, with Alan Harverson (organ) (35/ii).
Date range
1951 - 1960
Associated People and Organisations
Wind Music Society -
Seiber, Mátyás -
Richardson, Arnold -
Popplewell, Richard -
Organ Music Society -
Morley College -
Morley College Concerts Society -
Lockhart, James -
Liszt, Franz -
Henschel, Ernst -
Harverson, Alan -
Harris, William H. -
Halsey, Louis -
Goldsbrough Orchestra -
Gabrieli, Giovanni -
Fricker, Peter Racine -
Fairfax, Bryan -
Elizabethan Singers -
Downes, Ralph -
Dorian Singers -
Dore, Philip -
Danks, Harry -
Ball, George Thalben -
Associated Places
All Souls' Church, Langham Place
Associated Times
20th century - mid 1931-1970
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British Library
The British Library
St Pancras
,96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB Open Map
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