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London: Halls: St. John’s Smith Square, programmes (1979-2003)
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A collection of seven boxes of programmes from St. John’s Smith Square, from 1979 to 2003. The collection also includes flyers and some press cuttings. However, concert diaries and concert series prospectuses are kept in a separate box, and are catalogued separately.
St. John’s, Smith Square was built in the early eighteenth-century, and was originally a church. The church was severely damaged in 1941, and reconstructed as a concert hall which re-opened in 1969. The collection only contains programmes from the venue’s existence as a concert hall, and also includes programmes from concerts held in the Crypt.
The collection is the densest for the years 1978, 1979 and 1980.The folders for October 1979 and January 1980 contain annotations indicating that these months are complete.
The majority of programmes are from orchestral concerts, choral concerts, chamber music concerts and solo recitals. Other events include opera performances, staged entertainments and lecture-recitals.
Numerous performers and performing groups are represented in the collection. These include the Orchestra of St. John’s Smith Square, Young Musician’s Symphony Orchestra and Midsummer Opera.
The collection contain programmes from concerts organised by the BBC: these include a significant number of programmes from “BBC Lunchtime concerts”. There are also numerous programmes from venue-organised series including “Lunchtime readings and recitals in the crypt” which later became “Lunchtime recitals in the crypt”.
Arrangement:
The programmes are arranged chronologically, as follows:
1969-1977
Jan-June 1978
July-Dec 1978
1979
Jan-March 1980
April-Dec 1980
1981-1982
1983-1986
1987-1992
1993-2001
2002 onwards
Undated programmes are at the end of the sequence, in the '2002 onwards' box.
Date range
1979 - 2005
Associated People and Organisations
BBC Lunchtime Concerts (St. John's, Smith Square) -
Lunchtime readings and recitals in the crypt (St. John's, Smith Square) -
Lunchtime recitals in the crypt (St. John's, Smith Square) -
Midsummer Opera -
Orchestra of St. John’s Smith Square -
Young Musician’s Symphony Orchestra -
Associated Places
London [England]
St. John's Smith Square
Associated Times
20th century - late 1971-1999
21st century
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Royal College Of Music, Library
London SW7 2BS Open Map
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