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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 largely from orchestral concerts. There are also a few programmes from vocal concerts including “Songs from the Shows”, a choir concerts, madrigal concerts and a vocal/instrumental ensemble.

The majority of orchestral programmes are from concerts given by the British Concert Orchestra. Conductors included the following: Vilem Tausky, Norman McCann (a late substitution for Tausky on 2/10/1966, in Torquay), Stanford Robinson, Neil Feiling, Maurice Miles, John Matheson and Marius Dods.

There are also programmes from concerts given by the following ensembles: Dunav Balkan Group of Musicians, Rumanian Madrigal Choir (a leaflet from their tour of Wales, 1967), Prague Chamber Orchestra (two leaflets and programmes from their tour of Wales, 1963), Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra, Philomusica of London, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Morriston Orpheus Choir and the band of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Court Ensemble [chamber/Baroque group].

Programmes are from concerts given in the United Kingdom, at the following venues: Fairfield Hall, Croydon; Town Hall, Wembley; Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead; Music Hall, Shrewsbury; De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea; Town Hall, Loughborough; Parr Hall, Warrington; Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone; Battersea Town Hall [Lavender Hill]; Lewisham Concert Hall; Princess Theatre, Torquay; Llantarnam School Hall; Congress Theatre, Eastbourne; King’s Hall, Derby; Ealing Town Hall; Queen Elizabeth Room, Agriculture House, Knightsbridge; Guildhall, Portsmouth; Wigmore Hall.

There is one programme from the Harlow Festival, where the venue is unspecified. There is also a leaflet from the American and Canadian tour of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
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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