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Collection name Léon Goossens: Provinces I-L (1932-1979)
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Description Concert programmes for provincial programmes from concerts given in places beginning "I" to "L".

Ilkley: King’s hall (20/11/46, 9/11/49, 29/8/51, 16/11/55, 23/10/68: Ilkley concert club).
Inverness: Arts centre (17/10/52, 4/11/55: Inverness musical society).
Ipswich: Girls’ central school hall (16/9/44: Ipswich chamber music society); Public hall (28/6/46: Jacques string orchestra).
Jordans: Mayflower barn (18/6/55).
Kelso: Lesser tait hall (20/10/61: Kelso and district music society).
Keighley: unknown venue, Keighley music club(17/1/39).
Kendal: various venues, Mary Wakefield westmorland festival (1951; 1957; 1959); Levens hall (3/5/59; 28/12/60), Town hall (1955-1956 (season brochure), 28/3/56 (individual programme): Kendal midday concert club; 26/9/55; Lemare orchestra); unknown venue (9/4/67).
Keswick: Rawnsley hall (12/11/42; 11/11/53: Keswick music society; 28/9/55: Keswick music society; Lemare orchestra; Wednesday 15/3, year unknown).
King’s lynn: various venues, King’s lynn festival (1951 (1 brochure; 1 detailed festival programme); Goossens concert 26/7/51, Corn Exchange; 1952; Goossens concert 20/7/52, Guildhall; 1954; Goossens concert 29/7/54, Guildhall); Guildhall (17/3/67; King’s Lynn lunchtime concerts); St. Margaret’s church (13/12/67); Trinity hall (26/5/50: King’s Lynn lunch time concert society); unknown venue (24/2/50).
Kingswood: multiple venues (unknown year; possibly a competitive music festival). Kington: Church hall (10/3/59).
Kirkcaldy: Adam Smith hall (14/1/48; 2/2/50).
Kirkcudbright: Cochran memorial hall (8/3/62: audience club).
Kirkwall: Papdale school hall (17/10/60).
Knighton: unknown venue (unknown date, 1979).
Lancaster: Assembly hall, Royal grammar school (17/5/45: Lancaster music and arts club); Odeon cinema (17/11/46: Lancaster music and arts club).
Lancing: Lancing college (Sunday 1/12, year unknown: Lancing college concert club).
Launceston: Town hall (20/2/50: Launceston college; Launceston college orchestra).
Leamington spa: Royal spa centre (1972-1973 season brochure, Goossens concert 22/10/72: Warwickshire symphony orchestra); Town hall (19/2/51: Warwickshire orchestral society; 8/6/69: Warwickshire symphony orchestra).
Leatherhead: County secondary school (7/12/57: Surrey philharmonic society; Surrey philharmonic orchestra); Crescent cinema (11/12/55: Ashtead choral society); Thorndike theatre (15/10/72; 8/6/77-10/6/77, Goossens concert 8/6/77).
Leeds: Leeds institute gallery (17/3/72); Leeds empire (recurring programme commencing 25/11/40); Leeds girls’ high school (19/9/45); Leeds grand theatre and opera house (week commencing 1/6/59); Leeds parish church (Wednesday 30/9, unknown year); Temple newsham house (24/7/46); Town hall (6/3/54: Yorkshire symphony orchestra; 8/4/61); University of Leeds (brochure for 1931-1932, 1932-1933: Goossens concerts 4/2/32 and 1/12/32, Great hall); University of Leeds, Riley smith hall ( 4 concerts 1943, 4 concerts 1944, 25/5/49: Leeds concert society); University of Leeds, Great hall (28/10/53); multiple venues, city of Leeds college of music (Wednesday 9/10 – Thursday 10/10, year unknown); unknown venue, North Leeds music society (13/3/56); brochure for Leeds based string quartet “Leodian string quartet”.
Leicester: De Montford hall (15/12/32: Leicester symphony orchestra; Leicetser symphony orchestra subscription concerts; 30/3/54, 25/4/67: Leicetser symphony orchestra); Edward Wood hall (Thursday 3/4, year unknown: Leicester symphony orchestra); Museum and art gallery (monthly listings for January 1943, Goossens concert 20/1/43; 5/10/50, 8/11/51; listings from 24/9/53 to 17/12/53, Goossens concert 3/12/53; listings from 22/9/55 to 15/12/55, Goossens concert 22/9/55; listings from 20/9/56 to 13/12/56, Goossens concert 20/9/56); Ratcliffe college (unknown date: Ratcliffe college music society); YMCA hall (Wednesday 8/1, unknown year: Leicester music club); venue unknown, Leicester chamber music club (11/11/37, 18/1/51).
Leigh: Leigh girls’ grammar school (24/11/44).
Leominster: Priory church (3/4/76: Leominster choral society).
Lerwick: Garrison theatre (14/10/61).
Lewes: Forester’s hall (24/10/42: Lewes music club); Lewes corn exchange (4/10/30, 18/2/33, 1/12/34: Lewes music club); Town hall (7/5/38, 22/4/39: Lewes festival concert; 19/4/47: Lewes musical festival; Sunday 16/12, year unknown: Lewes singing club).
Lichfield: Lichfield cathedral (20/10/53 to 10/10/53: Lichfield coronation festival of music and drama).
Lincoln: Assembly rooms (3/2/33, 8/3/38: Lincoln music club); New co-operative hall, Free school lane (15/11/55: Lincoln society of arts); St. Swithins’ church (19/5/43; summer festival of music).
Little gaddesden: Little gaddesten house (24/11/51: Little gaddesten and district music club).
Littlehampton: St. Mary’s church (6/7/66: Southern orchestral concert society: Kathleen Merritt orchestra).
Liverpool: Bluecoat chambers concert hall (1/11/38: Merseyside chamber orchestra; 1968-1969 season brochure: Liverpool Mozart orchestra; Goossens concert 2/2/69); Central hall (5/3/35 (2 copies): Liverpool philharmonic society); Crane theatre (24/9/46 (1 copy of programme; 1 typed sheet): Liverpool lunch hour concerts society); Philharmonic hall (14/11/42: Rushworth Saturday afternoon concerts; 30/9/44: Liverpool philharmonic society; 18/11/44: Saturday afternoon Rushworth concert; Boyd Neel string orchestra; 17/1/46: Liverpool philharmonic orchestra; 19/1/47, 10/2/48: Liverpool philharmonic orchestra; 31/7/51: Liverpool festival; Royal philharmonic orchestra; 5/1/53 to 8/1/53; Merseyside industrial concerts; Liverpool philharmonic orchestra; 2/7/57; 26/9/61, 22/9/64: Rodewald concert society; brochure on history of philharmonic hall); Picton hall (22/1/32: Liverpool schools’ music circle); Rushworth hall (10/10/35: Liverpool music society; 8/12/32 (2 copies): British music society, Liverpool centre; Liverpool centre string orchestra; 7/12/33: Liverpool music society; Liverpool string orchestra); St. george’s hall concert room (17/11/72); Walker art gallery (1 brochure for 20/10/37 to 15/12/37 season, 1 individual programme for 20/10/37; Merseyside chamber orchestra; 1/8/51); Multiple venues, British music society Liverpool centre (1932-1933 season brochure; Goossens concert 8/12/32, St. George’s Hall); unknown venue (17/7/46; 26/10/49; 17/11, year unknown).
Llandudno: Town hall (27/11/46: Llandudno music club).
Long eaton: Grammar school hall (20/10/50; Long eaton and district music club).
Long-sutton: Peele school (3/5/68: East elloe music society).
Longton: Longton central hall (17/1/48).
Loughborough: Girls’ high school (Wednesday 12/3, year unknown); High school (25/10/50, 27/10/54: Loughborough music club).
Ludlow: unknown venue, Ludlow summer festival (10/7/66).
Luton: Savoy cinema (23/7/44: Boyd Need orchestra).

Arrangement:
Organised alphabetically by place name, then alphabetically by venue name, then chronologically.
Date range 1932 - 1979
Associated People and Organisations Ashtead choral society - Audience club - Boyd Neel Orchestra - Boyd Neel string orchestra - British music society: Liverpool centre - 1933 City of Leeds college of music - East elloe music society - Goossens, Léon - Ilkley concert club - Inverness musical society - Ipswich chamber music society - Jacques string orchestra - Kathleen Merritt Orchestra - Keighley Music Club - Kelso and district music society - Kendal midday concert club - Keswick music society - King's Lynn festival - King's lynn lunchtime concert society - King's lynn lunchtime concerts - Lancaster music and arts club - Lancing college concert club - Launceston college orchestra - Launceston college - Leeds concert society - Leicester chamber music club - Leicester music club - Leicester symphony orchestra subscription concerts - Leicester symphony orchestra - Lemare orchestra - Leodian string quartet 1979 - Leominster choral society - Lewes festival - Lewes festival - Lewes music club - Lewes singing club - Lichfield festival of music and drama - Lincoln music club - Lincoln society of arts - Little gaddesden and district music club - Liverpool centre string orchestra - Liverpool Festival - Liverpool lunch hour concert society - Liverpool Mozart orchestra 1951 - Liverpool music society 1933 - Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Liverpool Philharmonic Society - Liverpool schools' music circle - Liverpool string orchestra - Llandudno music club - Long eaton and district music club - Loughborough music club - Ludlow summer festival - Mary Wakefield westmorland festival - Merseyside chamber orchestra - Merseyside industrial concerts - North Leeds music society - Ratcliffe college music society - Rodewald concert society - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Rushworth Saturday afternoon concerts - Southern orchestral concert society - Summer festival of music, Lincoln - Surrey philharmonic orchestra - Surrey philharmonic society - Warwickshire orchestra society - Warwickshire symphony orchestra 1940 - Yorkshire symphony orchestra 1947 - 1955
Associated Places Adam Smith hall, Kirkcaldy Arts centre, Inverness Assembly Rooms, Lincoln Bluecoat Chambers, Liverpool: Concert Hall Central hall, Liverpool Central hall, Longton Church hall, Kington Cochran memorial hall, Kirkcudbright Corn Exchange, King's Lynn Corn Exchange, Lewes Crane theatre, Liverpool (Was Crane Hall until 1938; Became Neptune Theatre) Crescent cinema, Leatherhead De Montford Hall, Leicester Edward Wood Hall, Leicester Foresters' Hall, Lewes Guildhall, King's Lynn Ipswich Girls' central school King's Hall, Ilkley Lancing College Leatherhead County secondary school Leeds Empire Leeds Girls' high school Leeds grand theatre and opera house (became Grand Theatre, Leeds) Leeds institute gallery Leigh Girls' Grammar School Lesser tait hall, Kelso Levens hall, Kendal Lichfield Cathedral Little gaddesden house Long Eaton Grammar school Loughborough Girls' High School Mayflower barn, Jordans Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester New co-operative hall, Lincoln Odeon cinema, Lancaster Papdale school, Kirkwall Parish Church, Leeds Peele school, Long sutton Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Picton hall, Liverpool Priory Church, Leominster Public Hall, Ipswich Ratcliffe college, Leicester Rawnsley hall, Keswick Royal grammar school, Lancaster: Assembly hall Royal spa centre, Leamington spa Rushworth Hall, Liverpool Savoy Cinema, Luton St. George's Hall, Liverpool St. Margaret's Church, King's Lynn St. Mary's church, Littlehampton St. Swithins' church, Lincoln Temple newsham house, Leeds Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead Town Hall, Kendal Town hall, Launceston Town Hall, Leamington Spa Town Hall, Leeds Town Hall, Lewes Town Hall, Llandudno Trinity hall, King's Lynn University of Leeds: Great Hall University of Leeds: Riley Smith hall Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Associated Times 20th century - late 1971-1999 20th century - mid 1931-1970
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