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Collection name Léon Goossens: Provinces R-S (1930-1982)
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Description Concert programmes for provincial programmes given in places beginning "R" to"S".

Radlett: Aldenham lodge hotel (1954-1955: Goossens concert, 16/3/55; Radlett music club); unknown venue, Radlett music club (19/2/38; 11/1/67).
Radley: Radley college (8/3/36, 28/11/50, 10/2/79 (also with Radley college string orchestra): Radley college musical society).
Ramsgate: St. Lawrence college (14/10/54; 4/10/61: St. Lawrence college music society).
Reading: Town hall (5/9/43: Holidays at home; 24/2/66; Friday 13/10, year unknown: New London orchestra); University of Reading, Great hall (11/3/56); Unknown venue, reading music club (5/1/, unknown year).
Redhill: Central hall (12/5/45; 15/2/47: Holmesdale fine arts club; 30/11/57 (2 copies): Redhill society of instrumentalists); Market hall (11/12/65, 12/12/70: Redhill society of instrumentalists).
Reigate: Unknown venue, Reigate philharmonic society (17/11/74).
Repton: Repton parish church (11/3/70, 23/6/77: Mercia singers); Repton school (1949 festival list, Goossens concert 24/3/49: Bach festival; 30/10/56, 6/2/62, 2/3/76: Repton school subscription concerts).
Retford: Venue unknown, Retford music club (4/12/46; unknown date).
Rhyl: unknown venue, Rhyl music club (18/10/67).
Ripley: Ripley county senior girls’ school (18/3/55; 17/11/55 (2 copies).
Rochdale: Town hall (5/12/50: Rochdale and district arts association).
Rochester: Avon theatre (28/1/29: R. Sharp musical club; Rochester little symphony); Unknown venue (31/1/28: Rochester little symphony).
Romsey: Romsey abbey (7/9/82; Friday 24/5, year unknown).
Rugby: Rokeby room, Benn memorial hall (18/11/75: Apollo society of Rugby); Temple speech room (10/10/54).
Ruthin: Town hall (unknown date: Ruthin music club); Unknown venue, Ruthin music club (Monday 14/10, year unknown).
Ryde: Town hall (24/11/66: Dunford orchestra (augemented).
Rye: Multiple venues, Rye festival (30/8/80 to 6/9/80).
St. Albans: Cathedral and abbey church of St. Albans (31/3/62: St. Albans Bach choir; Jacques orchestra; Tuesday 5/6, year unknown: St. Albans cathedral choir); Town hall (13/8/43: St. Albans holidays at home); unknown venue, St. Albans school music club (13/2/47); unknown venue, St. Albans chamber concerts (16/12/43; 31/8/44).
St. Andrews: St. Leonards school (14/3/46); Younger graduation hall (26/11/52).
St. Annes-on-Sea: Hotel majestic (17/1/51: Flyde chamber music society; 18/1/56: Flyde concert society).
St. Austell: Carylon bay hotel (30/11/55 (2 copies): St. Austell society music club).
St. Davids: Cathedral (13/11/54 (3 copies)).
St. Fagans: Welsh folk museum, National museum of Wales (16/7/51 to 21/7/51, Goossens concert 20/7/51: Festival of Britain).
St. Helens: Grange park school (11/11/47: Grange park society for music and arts).
St. Ives: Guildhall (16/2/50).
Saintbury: St. Nicholas [church?] (29/7/41).
Salford: Royal college of advanced technology (14/11/63).
Salisbury: Assembly rooms (1/11/50: Salisbury and district society of arts); Guildhall (season brochure for 1966 to 1967, Goossens concert 2/11/66: Salisbury Guildhall winter concerts).
Saltram: Multiple venues, Saltram Serenade (1976, Goossens concert 20/6/76 in the Saloon, Saltram house).
Sandhurst: Academy library (4/3/47: RMAS music club).
Scarborough: Central hall (14/3/56: Concertgoers’ society); Grand hall, the Spa (30/3/53: Concertgoers’ society; Lemare orchestra); Queen Margaret’s hall school (20/10/30).
Seaford: Clinton hall (16/12/48 (2 copies), 8/12/55, 2/2/61: Seaford music club); Queen’s hall (19/9/51 (2 copies): Seaford music club; Festival of Britain; 25/3/65: Seaford music club).
Seascale: Seascale county school (1/10/55: SASRA music and arts group; Lemare string orchestra).
Seaton: Town hall (season brochure for 1969 to 1970, Goossens concert 28/11/69: Seaton and district music club).
Sedbergh: Sedbergh school (23/11/38, 9/11/45, 1/11/49 (2 copies); unknown venue, possibly Sedbergh school (13/11/42).
Sevenoaks: Cornwall hall (5/10/61: Sevenoaks music club); Sevenoaks music centre (14/10, year unknown); venue unknown, Sevenoaks music club (date unknown).
Sheffield: City hall (1 season brochure 1937-1938, 1 concert programme for 15/10/37: Sheffield philharmonic society (Goossens concert 15/10/37 with the London philharmonic orchestra); 10/10/42: Sheffield philharmonic chamber music club; 1 brochure for 10/3/43 to 13/3/43, 1 programme for 10/3/43 (signed by conductor and soloist): National philharmonic orchestra [multiple orchestras with that title]; 27/12/45: Sheffield philharmonic listeners’ club; members of the Hallé orchestra; 3/12/47: Sheffield philharmonic society; Royal philharmonic orchestra; 6/2/48, 10/4/48: Sheffield philharmonic society; Hallé orchestra; 10/11/50: Sheffield philharmonic society; Boyd Neel orchestra); Cutlers’ hall (3/7/59: New Sheffield symphony society); Sheffield cathedral (26/6/68: Sheffield festival); University of Sheffield (23/1/51); University of Sheffield, Firth hall (18/1/57, 7/10/60: Sheffield university music committee); Multiple venues, Sheffield philharmonic society listener’s club (season brochure 1952 to 1953, Goossens concert 2/10/52 in Memorial hall, City hall).
Sherborne: Sherborne abbey (3/12/30); Sherborne girls’ school (28/2/42: Sherborne girls’ school musical society); Sherborne school (1/3/52, 30/1/54, 30/11/68: Sherborne school concert club).
Shotton: Alhambra theatre (16/7/52: Deeside schools’ music festival).
Shrewsbury: Shrewsbury school (26/1/52); Shrewsbury technical college (11/1/45: Walker hall concerts).
Slough: Orchard school (10/11/52: Orchard concert club); St. Mary’s parish church (29/9/73 (1 poster, 1 programme): Broadheath singers; Windsor sinfonia).
Snape: Snape maltings (brochure for 1975, programme for 9/11/75).
Solihull: Assembly hall, council house (26/11/45: Solihull society of arts); Solihull school (16/3/49: Solihull society of arts); Tudor grange boys’ school (21/10/72: Warwickshire symphony orchestra).
Sonning common: Chiltern edge school (11/10/68: South Oxfordshire concert society).
Southampton: Central hall (30/4/47: Southampton and district music club); Guildhall (17/10/57: John Lewis partnership music society; Jacques orchestra); Polygon hotel, ballroom (9/3/48, 17/11/53 (3 copies): Southampton and district music club); Multiple venues, Southampton chamber music club (season 1930-1931: Goossens concert 14/2/31, Assembly room, University college).
Southend-on-Sea: Cliffs pavilion (11/11/68: English sinfonia); Palace theatre (Sunday 5/11, year unknown: Southend-on-Sea music club).
Southport: Multiple venues, conference of North west association for the arts (Goossens concert: 14/5/49, Cambridge hall).
Southwold: Parish church (16/9/70: English Sinfonia).
Spalding: Gleed girls school (3/11/67: Gleed girls music society).
Spenborough: Venue unknown, Spenborough and district music society (9/11/53).
Stafford: Multiple venues, festival Stafford (24/3/73 to 14/4/73: Goossens concert 14/4/73, Borough hall).
Stamford: Stamford school (25/5/50; Monday 17/2, year unknown: Stamford school music club).
Stevenage: St. George’s church (18/11/67: Handel concerts of London; Stevenage arts guild; Handel orchestra); Stevenage college of further education (8/10/65).
Steyning: County secondary school (21/2/53: Southern orchestral concert society).
Stirling: Albert hall (3/4/62: Scottish national orchestra; 14/5/68: Stirling festival); MacRobert centre (29/10/74 (1 programme, 1 letter from Goossens (to pianist?) with music list); unknown venue (unknown date).
Stonehaven: unknown venue (3/11/55 (2 copies): Stonehaven chamber music club).
Stonyhurst: Academy room (4/5/61; Sunday 8/12, year unknown: Stonyhurst subscription concerts).
Stornoway: Town hall (18/10/61: Arts association of Lewis).
Stowe: Stowe school (14/12/38: Stowe school subscription concerts).
Stratford-upon-Avon: Holy trinity church (28/2/71: Cheltenham chamber orchestra); Shakespeare memorial theatre (24/8/47); Town hall (14/6/51: Festival of Britain).
Stroud: High school for girls (23/6/58: Laurence Hudson string orchestra); Stroud high school (5/10/50: Stroud high school concert society); unknown venue (20/3/47).
Sunderland: Venue unknown, Sunderland art gallery concerts society (13/10/66).
Sutton Coldfield: Town hall (27/10/52, 3/12/56: Sutton Coldfield philharmonic society; City of Birmingham symphony orchestra).
Swanage: Church hall (23/3/50: Isle of Purbeck arts club); Grosvenor Hotel (6/5/48 (2 copies)).
Swansea: Brangwyn hall (31/1/39: Swansea festival orchestra); Guildhall (25/10/48 to 30/10/48: Swansea festival of music; Goossens concert 25/10/48 with London philharmonic orchestra); St. James’s church hall (28/10/61: Swansea music and arts club).
Swindon: Arts centre (9/4/47; 11/3/61: Newbury string players); Central hall (25/6/59: North Wiltshire orchestra); Methodist central hall (4/10/58: Swindon male voice choir); St. Paul’s church (2/5/45).
Sydmonton: St. Mary’s church (5/8/77 to 6/8/77, Goossens concert on 5/8/77: Sydmonton festival).

Arrangement:
Organised alphabetically by place name, then alphabetically by venue name, then chronologically.
Date range 1930 - 1982
Associated People and Organisations Apollo society of Rugby - Arts association of Lewis - Boyd Neel Orchestra - Broadheath singers 1971 - Cheltenham chamber orchestra 1968 - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra - Concertgoers' society, Scarborough - Deeside schools' music festival - Dunford orchestra - English sinfonia - Festival of Britain - Festival Stafford - Flyde chamber music society - Flyde concert society - Gleed girls music society - Goossens, Léon - Grange park society for music and the arts, St. Helens - Hallé Orchestra - Handel concerts of London - Handel orchestra - Holidays at home - Holmesdale fine arts club - Isle of Purbeck arts club - Jacques Orchestra - John Lewis partnership music society - Laurence Hudson string orchestra - Lemare orchestra - Lemare string orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra - Mercia singers - New London orchestra (1941-) - New sheffield symphony society 1958 - Newbury String Players - North Wiltshire orchestra 1966 - Orchard concert club - Radlett music club - Radley college musical society - Radley college string orchestra - Reading music club - Redhill society of instrumentalists - Reigate philharmonic society - Repton school subscription concerts - Retford music club - Rhyl Music Club - RMAS music club - Rochdale and district arts association - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Ruthin music club - Rye festival - Salisbury and district society of arts - Saltram serenade - Saltram serenade - SASRA music and arts group - Scottish National Orchestra - Seaford music club - Seaton and district music club - Sevenoaks music club - Sheffield festival - Sheffield philharmonic chamber music club 1943 - Sheffield philharmonic listeners' club - Sheffield philharmonic society 1935 - Sherborne girls' school musical society - Sherborne school music club - Solihull society of arts - South Oxfordshire concerts society - Southampton and district music club - Southampton chamber music club - Southend-on-Sea music club - Southern orchestral concert society - Spenborough and District Music Society - St. Albans Bach Choir - St. Albans cathedral choir - St. Albans chamber concerts - St. Albans school music club - St. Austell society music club - St. Laurence college music society - Stamford school music club - Stevenage arts guild - Stirling festival - Stonehaven chamber music club - Stonyhurst subscription concerts - Stowe school subscription concerts - Stroud high school concert society - Sunderland art gallery concerts society - Sutton Coldfield philharmonic society - Swansea festival of music - Swansea festival orchestra 1932 - Swansea music and arts club - Swindon male voice choir 1919 - Sydmonton festival - University of Sheffield music committee - Walker hall concerts, Shrewsbury - Warwickshire symphony orchestra 1940 - Windsor sinfonia -
Associated Places Academy room, Stonyhurst Albert hall, Stirling Aldenham lodge hotel, Radlett Alhambra theatre, Shotton Arts centre, Swindon Assembly Rooms, Salisbury Borough hall, Stafford Brangwyn hall, Swansea Cambridge hall, Southport Carylon bay hotel, St. Austell Central hall, Redhill Central hall, Scarborough Central hall, Southampton Central hall, Swindon Chiltern edge school, Sonning common City Hall, Sheffield City hall, Sheffield: Memorial hall Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea Clinton hall, Seaford Cornwall hall, Sevenoaks Council house, Solihull: Assembly hall Firth hall, University of Sheffield Gleed girls school, Spalding Grange park school, St. Helens Grosvenor hotel, Swanage Guildhall, Salisbury Guildhall, Southampton Guildhall, St. Ives Guildhall, Swansea Hotel majestic, St. Annes-on-Sea Market Hall, Redhill Methodist central hall, Swindon Orchard school, Slough Palace theatre, Southend-on-Sea Parish Church, Repton Parish Church, Southwold Polygon hotel, Southampton Queen Margaret's hall school, Scarborough Queen's hall, Seaford Radley College Repton School Ripley county senior girls' school Romsey Abbey Royal college of advances technology, Salford Royal military academy Sandhurst Saltram house: Saloon Seascale county school Sedbergh School Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Sheffield cathedral Sherborne Abbey Sherborne School Sherborne Girl's School Shrewsbury School Shrewsbury Technical College Snape Maltings Solihull school Spa, Scarborough: Grand hall St. Albans Abbey St. David's Cathedral St. george's church, Stevenage St. James's church hall, Swansea St. Leonards School, St. Andrews St. Mary's church, Sydmonton St. Mary's Parish Church, Slough St. Nicholas Church, Saintbury St. Paul's church, Swindon Stamford School Stevenage College of Further Education Steyning County Secondary School Stowe School Stroud Girls' High School Stroud High School Rugby School: Speech Room Town Hall, Reading Town Hall, Rochdale Town hall, Ruthin Town Hall, Ryde Town Hall, Seaton Town Hall, St. Albans Town Hall, Stornoway Town Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon Town Hall, Sutton Coldfield Tudor Grange Boys' School, Solihull University college, Southampton (became University of Southampton 1952; was Hartley university college, Hartley institute to 1919) University of Reading: Great Hall University of Sheffield University of St. Andrews: Younger graduation hall University of Stirling: MacRobert Arts Centre, Welsh Folk Musuem (became Museum of Welsh life)
Associated Times 20th century - early 1900-1930 20th century - late 1971-1999 20th century - mid 1931-1970
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