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Collection name McCann Collection: United Kingdom (1943)
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Description A collection of one box of programmes from the McCann collection, from 1943. The collection contains programmes from concerts given in the United Kingdom. The programmes were collected by the concert agent Norman McCann (1920-1999).

The contents of the collection are as follows:

London:
Royal Albert Hall – 31 programmes; 2 prospectuses
There are 11 programmes and two prospectuses from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts.

National Gallery – 42 programmes
The programmes are from “National Gallery Concerts”, the war-time concert series organised by Myra Hess.

Other London venues:
Cambridge Theatre (4); Central Hall, Westminster (3); Grand Theatre and Opera House, Croydon; Stoll Theatre, Kingsway (6); Archway Central Hall; Royal Exchange; Streatham Hill Theatre (2); Priory Church of St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield; Southwark Cathedral; Chiswick Empire; Wigmore Hall (4); City Literary Institute; Alexandra Theatre, Stoke Newington; Hornsey Central Hospital, Crouch End; Friends House, Euston Road.

Edinburgh:
Usher Hall – 15 programmes

Other Edinburgh venues:
University Music Classroom (2); National Gallery of Scotland; Reid School of Music (2); St. Giles’ Cathedral (2); Central Hall, Tollcross; St. John’s Church, Princes Street; Nelson Hall, McDonald Road; Lyceum Theatre (including Royal Lyceum Theatre) (4).

Birmingham:
Town Hall, Birmingham – 22 programmes
The majority (21) of these programmes are from concerts given by the City of Birmingham Orchestra.

Other Birmingham venues:
Botanical Gardens, Edgbaston

Other provincial venues:
Watford Town Hall (4); De Montfort Hall, Leicester (2); Royal Hall, Harrogate; Pavilion, Bournemouth (1 programme; 2 programmes which are incomplete, but stylistic and typographic information suggests these are also from this venue); City Hall, Sheffield (9); Longford Theatre, Stretford; Leatherhead Institute; Victoria Hall, Bolton; Prince’s Theatre, Bradford (4); Park Hall Cinema, Cardiff; St. Andrew’s Hall, Glasgow; Theatre Royal, Nottingham (3); New Town Hall, Worthing; Champness Hall, Rochdale; Garrison Theatre, Aldershot (2); Public Hall, Ipswich; Pier Pavilion, Llandudno; Empire, Cardiff; Albert Hall, Nottingham (2); Art Gallery, Derby; Colston Hall, Bristol (3); City Hall, Newcastle; Olympia, Reading; Dome, Brighton; New Theatre, Oxford (3); Opera House, Manchester; Town Hall, Huddersfield.

In addition there is a programme from a season of concerts given by the Luton Choral Society; venues included the Odeon Theatre, Luton Parish Church and the Methodist Church, Dunstable. There is a programme from a concert organised by the Liverpool Philharmonic Society, where the venue is unspecified. There is one programme where the venue is given – “St. Margaret’s Parish Church” – but the geographical location of this venue is not known.
Date range 1943 - 1943
Associated People and Organisations City of Birmingham Orchestra - Liverpool Philharmonic Society - Luton Choral Society - National Gallery Wartime concerts - Royal Albert Hall -
Associated Places Albert Hall, Nottingham Alexandra Theatre, Stoke Newington Central Hall, Archway Art Gallery, Derby Botanical Gardens, Edgbaston Cambridge Theatre Central Hall, Tollcross Central Hall, Westminster Champness Memorial Hall, Rochdale Chiswick Empire City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Hall, Sheffield City Literary Institute City Literary Institute Colston Hall De Montford Hall, Leicester Dome, Brighton Empire Theatre, Cardiff Friends House, Euston Road Garrison Theatre, Aldershot Grand Theatre and Opera House, Croydon Hornsey Central Hospital, Crouch End Leatherhead Institute Longford Theatre, Stretford Lyceum Theatre, London Methodist Church, Dunstable National Gallery National Gallery of Scotland Nelson Hall, McDonald Road, Edinburgh New Theatre, Oxford (Became Apollo, late 1970s; reverted to New Theatre, early 2000s) New Town Hall, Worthing Odeon Theatre, Luton Olympia, Reading Opera House, Manchester Parish Church, Luton Park Hall Cinema, Cardiff Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth Pier Pavilion, Llandudno Prince's Theatre, Bradford Public Hall, Ipswich Reid School of Music, Edinburgh Royal Albert Hall Royal Exchange Royal Hall, Harrogate Southwark Cathedral St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow St. Bartholomew the Great Church, West Smithfield EC1 St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh St. John's Church, Prince's Street, Edinburgh St. Margaret's Parish Chuch (location unspecified) Stoll Theatre (was London Opera House) Streatham Hill Theatre Theatre Royal, Nottingham Birmingham Coliseum (afterwards Gaiety) Town Hall, Huddersfield Town Hall, Watford University Music Classroom, Edinburgh Usher Hall, Edinburgh Victoria Hall, Bolton Wigmore Hall
Associated Times 20th century - mid 1931-1970
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