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Collection name Keith Falkner: Box 2 (1922-69)
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Description A miscellaneous collection of handbills and programmes for performances given by the bass-baritone Keith Falkner (1900–94) at a range of venues in England, 1922–69, and North American, 1952–60. Also, two programmes for performance given in Wellington, New Zealand in 1956.

The English performances took place both in London and at various provincial venues. Those in North America were typically given at University venues, principally Cornell University.

All documents are held loosely within the last of 3 boxes to contain material relating to Falkner. Also contained here are a number of press cuttings and some correspondence, including documentation for Oxford University Encaenia of 25 June 1969 at which Falkner was awarded an honorary D.Mus.

The majority of the performances featured Falkner himself. Certain additional performers are cited below.

Programmes are listed here by venue, with the English venues followed by the American ones and then by the New Zealand programmes.

1. England
- London venues
- English provincial venues
2. North American
- Cornell University
- McGill University, Montreal
- Miscellaneous American venues
3. Wellington, New Zealand.


1. England
- London venues (1933–69)
Grotrian Hall
7 December 1933: Song Recital, accompanied by Michael Mullinar (with words).

Royal Albert Hall
Programmes for both concerts include words, notes and photographs)
20 January 1954: United Hospitals Festival Choir Mozart Concert given by the Philharmonia Orchestra with Pauline Brockless, Norma Procter, David Galliver and Keith Falkner (vocal), conducted by Colin Ratcliffe (plus handbill).
8 April 1969: Sir Adrian Boult 80th Birthday Concert given by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with Yehudi Menuhin (violin), the London Philharmonic Choir, Bach Choir, BBC Choral Society, Croydon Philharmonic Choir, Goldsmiths' Choral Union, Ripley Choir, Bromley and Ralph Downes (organ) (with a list of the orchestral ensemble).

Royal College of Music (handbills)
17 June 1955: Royal College of Music Union 'At Home'.
10 January 1962: Royal College of Music Professors' Concert no. 2054.

Wigmore Hall
7 and 12 January 1954: Keith Falkner (vocal) with John Hunt (piano) (single handbill with photograph plus individual programmes with words, multiple copies).
23 June 1955: Six Concerts of English Song, no. 5, with Sophie Wyss, Flora Nielson and Wilfred Brown (vocal), Eric Gritton (piano) and Marie Korchinska (harp) (handbill).


- English provincial venues
Unless otherwise stated, documentation for each concert consists of a handbill/single-sheet programme

9 March 1922, Guildhall, Cambridge: Cambridge University Student Christian Movement Ballad Concert, with Doris Tomkins (soprano), Phyllis Hutchinson and Alex McCredie (vocal).
23 May 1940, Denstone College, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire: Song Recital, accompanied by Eric Gritton.
14 November 1945 [Durham]: Durham Music Society 2nd Concert, accompanied by Norman Suckling (programme with words).
24 November 1945, High School for Girls, Bridlington: Bridlington Music Circle concert, accompanied by Norman Suckling.
[no date] 1946, [no venue]: C.E.M.A. Northern Ireland with Florence Hooton (cello) and Eric Gritton (piano).
6 January 1946, [Hastings?]: with Joan and Valerie Trimble (piano).
14 February 1946, [Nottingham]: 297th Meeting of the Music Club, Nottingham, given by Keith Falkner (vocal).
5 March 1946, Newbury: Newbury Musical Festival with the Newbury String Players, conducted by Dr Cyril Winn.
19 March 1946, [Chester]: Chester Schools Music Society concert, accompanied by Ernest Lush (piano).
20 March 1946, Town Hall, Chester: Vocal Recital for Chester and District Music Society, accompanied by Ernest Lush.
11 April 1946, Town Hall, Banbury: Song Recital for Banbury Concert Committee, accompanied by Ernest Lush.
Monday 15 April [1946], Foresters' Hall, Barnstaple: Richard Russell's 50th Musical Event, featuring Keith Falkner.
2 May 1946, St. Swithin's Church, Lincoln: Summer Festival of Music, with Colin Horsley (piano).
21 June 1948, [no venue]: with Trefor Jones and Kathleen Cooper (vocal), Isolde Menges (violin) and Frank Merrick and Kathleen Long (piano). The document is headed C.H.H.P 1848–1948) (two copies).
24 January 1954, Balliol College: Schumann Programme given as the 1177th Concert of Balliol College Musical Society, accompanied by John Hunt (with words, two copies).


2. America
- Cornell University
Alice Statler Auditorium
5 December 1959: Christmas Concert given by the Cornell University Men's Glee Club and Women's Glee Club (with lists of the choral ensembles).

Bailey Hall
14 April 1957: Bach, St. Matthew Passion, with Adele Addison, Carol Smith, Eugene Conley, Norman Farrow and Keith Falkner (vocal) conducted by Donald J. Grout (with words and notes).
9 November 1954: Concert of Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the composer (handbill and programme).

Barnes Hall Auditorium
14 April–5 May 1954: 8th Festival of Contemporary Art (single document). This event also included performances in the White Museum and in the Sage Chapel. Also held is an individual programme with words for Honegger, King David given by the Sage Chapel Choir as the 4th Programme (25 April).
15, 17 and 22 April 1956: Festival X Contemporary Arts (single document).
7 May 1957: Faculty Concert (handbill).
27 September 1959: A. E. Housman, a Centennial Programme of Words and Music of A. E. Housman, with Morris Bishop and William Austin (handbill).

Martha van Rensselaer Auditorium
Tuesday 6 April [no year]: (handbill, 2 copies)

Sage Chapel
20 September 1953: Cornell University: Service
18 December 1955: Service of Christmas Music with the Sage Chapel Choir (handbill with words).
20 March 1955: Concert of Sacred Music (handbill).
26 May 1957: Order of Worship (handbill with words).
20 September 1959: Chapel Service
12 May 1960: conducted by Karel Husa (handbill with words and a list of the orchestral ensemble, two copies)

Willard Straight Memorial Room (handbills)
17 July 1952: Summer Session Concert, accompanied by Christabel Falkner (handbill)
23 November 1952 and 15 March 1953: Sunday Afternoon Concert Series, accompanied by John Hunt (two copies for each date).
22 November 1953 and 14 November 1954: Sunday Afternoon Concert Series/Words and Music, with Morris Bishop (3 copies for 1953).
27 April 1957: Student-Faculty Variety Show.

[Andrew D.] White Museum
27 May 1954 and 27 May 1955: Friends of Music at Cornell (handbills, two copies for 1954).


- McGill University, Montreal (handbills)
16 March 1954, 26 October 1954 and 8 February 1960: handbills for the McGill Chamber Music Society, conducted by Dean Douglas Clarke (March 1954) and Alexander Brott, given in the Moyse Hall (1954) and Redpath Hall (1960). Also held is a prospectus for the Chamber Ensemble Concerts of the 1954–55 season.


- Miscellaneous American venues
Saturday 16 May [1953/59], Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Sixth May Festival Concert with Jeannette Vreeland, Rose Bampton, Giovanni Martinelli and Keith Falkner (vocal), the Philadelphia Orchestra and University Choral Union, conducted by Earl V. Moore (handbill).
21/22 November 1954, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra 4th Pair of Concerts, with Falkner and Milford Fargo (vocal), conducted by Josef Krips (single document with notes, biographical notes with photographs and lists of the choral and orchestral ensembles).
22 January 1955, [no venue]: The Seasons in Poetry and Song given by Professor and Mrs Keith Falkner (handbill).
29 April 1956, [no venue]: Concert Sunday Afternoon given by Professor and Mrs Keith Falkner (handbill).
20 November 1959, Memorial Chapel, Wooster, Ohio: The Vocal Music of Henry Purcell, given as part of the College of Wooster Department of Music Handel Festival (with words).
10 April 1960, Saint Paul's Church, Columbia University, New York City: Concert of Sacred Choral Music given by Sage Chapel Choir of Cornell University, conducted by Thomas A. Sokol
25 April 1960, Helen Fairchild Smith Auditorium: Keith Falkner (bass) and William Austin (piano) (handbill, 2 copies)


3. Wellington, New Zealand
20 November 1956, Town Hall: Choral Concert/Subscription Series, no. 8 given by the National Orchestra of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service with Sybil Phillipps, Mary Pratt, Robin Gordon and Donald Munro (vocal), Keith Falkner (narrator) and the Phoenix Choir, conducted by James Robertson and Harry Brusey (with words, biographical notes, photographs and a list of the orchestral ensemble).
6 September 1956, Teachers' College, Wellington: Dr Thornton Lofthouse (piano) (handbill, two copies).
Date range 1922 - 1969
Associated People and Organisations Wyss, Sophie - Winn, Cyril - Vreeland, Jeannette - Vaughan Williams, Ralph - Trimble, Valerie - Trimble, Joan - Tomkins, Doris - Suckling, Norman - Sokol, Thomas A. - Smith, Carol - Sage Chapel, Cornell University - Royal College of Music - Robertson, James - Ripley Choir, Bromley - Ratcliffe, Colin - Procter, Norma - Pratt, Mary - Phoenix Choir - Philharmonia Orchestra 1945 - Philadelphia Orchestra - Nottingham Music Club - Newbury String Players - Newbury musical festival - National Orchestra of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service - Munro, Donald - Mullinar, Michael - Moore, Earl V. - Merrick, Frank - Menuhin, Yehudi - Menges, Isolde 1893 - 1976 McGill University - McGill chamber music society - McCredie, Alex - Martinelli, Giovanni - Lush, Ernest 1908 - 1988 Long, Kathleen - London Philharmonic Orchestra - London Philharmonic Choir - Lofthouse, Charles Thornton - Krips, Josef - Korchinska, Maria - Jones, Trefor - Hutchinson, Phyllis - Husa, Karel - Hunt, John - Horsley, Colin - Hooton, Florence - Grout, Donald J. - Gritton, Eric - Gordon, Robin - Goldsmiths' Choral Union - Galliver, David - Farrow, Norman - Fargo, Milford - Falkner, Keith - Falkner, Christabel - Durham music society - Downes, Ralph - Croydon Philharmonic Choir - Cornell University Glee Club and Chorus - Cooper, Kathleen - Conley, Eugene - College of Wooster - Clarke, Dean Douglas - Chester Schools Music Society - Chester and district music society - C.E.M.A. Northern Ireland - Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - Brusey, Harry - Brown, Wilfred - Brott, Alexander - Brockless, Pauline - Bridlington music circle - Boult, Adrian - Bishop, Morris - BBC Choral Society - Banbury Concert Committee - Bampton, Rose - Balliol College Musical Society - Bach Choir - Austin, William - Addison, Adele -
Associated Places Balliol College, University of Oxford Chester Cornell University Cornell University: Alice Statler Auditorium Cornell University: Bailey Hall Cornell University: Barnes Hall Cornell University: Martha van Rensselaer Auditorium Cornell University: Sage Chapel Denstone College Durham Foresters' Hall, Barnstaple Grotrian Hall (was Steinway Hall until 1924) Guildhall, Cambridge Hastings Helen Fairchild Smith Auditorium High School for Girls, Bridlington Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor Kleinhans Music Hall Memorial Chapel, Wooster McGill University: Moyse Hall Newbury [Berkshire] Nottingham Redpath Hall, McGill University Royal Albert Hall Royal College of Music St. Paul's Church, Columbia University St. Saviour and St. Peter's Church, Eastbourne St. Swithins' church, Lincoln Teachers' College, Wellington Town Hall, Banbury Town Hall, Chester Town Hall, Wellington
Associated Times 20th century - early 1900-1930 20th century - mid 1931-1970
Associated Content Correspondence Press Cuttings Photographs Word books Handbills List of orchestral players Programme notes List of chorus members
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