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Collection name McCann Collection: Miscellaneous (1963-1968)
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Description One scrapbook of programmes from 1963 to 1968. The programmes are from the United Kingdom, Isle of Mann and Eire. The collection includes a number of programmes promoted by Norman McCann. There are also a number of programmes from concerts featuring Lucille Graham (wife of Norman McCann). The majority of the collection has one programme per leaf; occasionally there is one programme per page or even two programmes per page.

The collection includes a large number of opera and dance programmes, including a number of programmes from the dance event "Spanish Fiesta" and programmes from the Dublin Grand Opera Society from performances given in the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin.

The collection includes a significant number of concert programmes and programmes from entertainments which included concert items: Winter Gardens Pavilion Theatre, Blackpool; Greenford Hall [Ealing] (2 + 1 ballet); Hintlesham Hall, Ipswich; Putney Embankment, Leaders Gardens; Acton Town Hall [Ealing] (2); Battersea Central Library; Battersea Town Hall [Lavender Hill]; Music à la Carte, St. Martin’s Lane [“Opera Restaurant”]; Lewisham Concert Hall (7 - including Ballet etc.); De Montfort Hall, Leicester; Princess Theatre, Torquay (1 flyer including concert details; 6 programmes for opera or ballet); Fairfield Hall, Croydon (2); Brangwyn Hall, Swansea; Solihul Civic Hall; Gaiety Theatre, Douglas, Isle of Man; City Hall, Newcastle; Royal Albert Hall; Civic Hall, Wolverhampton; Paignton Festival Hall; Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone; Queen Elizabeth Hall (2); Lesser Free Trade Hall; Theatre Royal, St. Helens (4 items incl. flyers, programmes); Wigmore Hall (5); Purcell Room (6); Guildhall [London?]; Ealing Town Hall.

In addition, there are a number of programmes from the following tours: “A night in Vienna” (British Concert Orchestra, cond. Vilem Tausky); Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (including performances with the Copenhagen University Choir); Welsh tour by the London Philharmonic Orchestra (28/11-2/12 1963); Welsh tour by Bulgarian Svetoslav Obretenov a Capella Choir (10/11-17/11 1966); Welsh tour by Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra (1968); Welsh tour by Bulgarian National Choir (no year, but after 1966); Welsh tour by Budapest Symphony Orchestra.

There are prospectuses from the following festivals: Llangollen International Eisteddfod (3); Hintlesham Summer Festival; Annual Festival of Music [Nottingham Masonic Music Association – concerts held in the Masonic Hall, Goldsmith Street, Nottingham]; Wallasey Arts Festival. There is a concert programme from the Harlow Festival where the concert venue has not been specified.

There is a programme from a joint venue concert series held in Ealing Town Hall and Woodlands Hall, Crown Street, Acton. There is a concert diary from the District of Cwmbran (Sept. 1965 to May 1966). There is also a small amount of programmes where the venue has not been specified.
Date range 1963 - 1968
Associated People and Organisations Annual Festival of Music (Nottingham Masonic Music Association) - Band of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers - British Concert Orchestra - Budapest Symphony Orchestra - Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra - Bulgarian National Choir - Bulgarian Svetoslav Obretenov a Capella Choir - Copenhagen University Choir - Court Ensemble - Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra - Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra - Dods, Marius - Dublin Grand Opera Society - Dunav Balkan Group of Musicians - Feiling, Neil - Graham, Lucille - Harlow Festival - Hintlesham Festival - Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod - London Philharmonic Orchestra - Matheson, John - McCann, Norman - Miles, Maurice - Morriston Orpheus Choir - New Philharmonic Orchestra - Philomusica of London - Prague Chamber Orchestra - Robinson, Stanford - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Rumanian Madrigal Choir - Spanish Fiesta - Tausky, Vilem - Wallasey festival -
Associated Places Agriculture House, Knightsbridge: Queen Elizabeth Room Brangwyn hall, Swansea Central Library, Battersea City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Civic Centre, Solihull Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Congress Theatre, Eastbourne De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea De Montford Hall, Leicester Fairfield Halls, Croydon Festival Hall, Paignton Gaiety Theatre, Douglas Gaiety Theatre, Dublin Greenford Hall, Ealing Guildhall, City of London Guildhall, Portsmouth Hintlesham Hall, Ipswich King's Hall, Derby Leaders Gardens, Putney Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone Lesser Free Trade Hall Lewisham (Concert) Hall Llantarnam School: Hall Music à la Carte, St. Martin's Lane Music Hall, Shrewsbury Parr Hall, Warrington Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead Princess Theatre, Torquay Purcell Room Queen Elizabeth Hall Royal Albert Hall Theatre Royal, St. Helens Town Hall, Acton Town Hall, Battersea Town Hall, Ealing Town Hall, Loughborough Town Hall, Wembley (became Town Hall, Brent) Wigmore Hall Woodlands Hall, Acton
Associated Times 20th century - mid 1931-1970
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