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Collection name McCann Collection: United Kingdom (1944)
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Description A collection of one box of programmes from the McCann collection, from 1944. The collection contains programmes from concerts given in the United Kingdom. The programmes were collected by the concert agent Norman McCann (1920-1999).

A number of programmes are in a noticeably smaller format. These still frequently include programme notes, however. The contents of the collection are as follows:

London:
Royal Albert Hall – 38 programmes; 3 prospectuses
The prospectuses are from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. Though the prospectuses cover a season from 10th June till 12th August, the season was in fact curtailed and partially moved to Bedford halfway through – allegedly due to the risk of unmanned rocket bombs in London (Arthur Jacobs, Henry Wood: Maker of the Proms (London: Methuen, 1994), p. 391-393).

National Gallery – 51 programmes
The programmes are from “National Gallery Concerts”, the war-time concert series organised by Myra Hess.

Other London venues:
Royal Adelphi Theatre (2); Central Hall, Westminster (4); Cambridge Theatre (3); Town Hall, Wembley; Town Hall, Wimbledon; Chiswick Empire; Town Hall, Walthamstow; King’s Theatre, Hammersmith; Dorchester, Park Lane; Archway Central Hall, Highgate; Rudolf Steiner Hall; Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate; Friends House, Euston Road (2); Wigmore Hall.

Edinburgh:
Usher Hall – 18 programmes
The collection includes seven programmes from the Reid Symphony Orchestra and Reid Orchestra.

Other Edinburgh venues:
Pollock Memorial Hall; St. Giles’ Cathedral.

Birmingham Town Hall – 32 programmes.
These programmes are from performances given by the City of Birmingham Orchestra.

Other provincial venues:
Theatre Royal, Bolton; St. Nicholas’ Church, New Romney; National Gallery of Scotland; Theatre Royal, Exeter; Civic Hall, Wolverhampton; Feoffment School Hall, Bury St. Edmunds; Castle Cinema, Merthyr Tydfil; Houldsworth Hall, Deansgate [Manchester] (2); Odeon Theatre, Luton (2); Corn Exchange, Bedford (2); Caird Hall, Dundee; Winter Gardens Pavilion, Weston-super-Mare; Palace, Wellingborough; Empire Theatre, Cardiff (3); Town Hall, Watford (4); King’s Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester; De Montford Hall, Leicester (3); Midland Hotel, Bradford; Minister Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Reading; Colston Hall, Bristol (5); Rothesay Pavilion; Public Hall, Ipswich; New Theatre, Oxford (3); Bodringallt Chapel, Ystrad-Rhondda; City Hall, Sheffield (2); Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford (2); Albert Hall, Nottingham (6); Drill Hall, Redruth; Eastbrook Hall, Bradford; Town Hall, Reading; Dome, Brighton; New Opera House, Blackpool (2); Central Hall, Newport; Town Hall, Huddersfield; Laing Art Gallery and Museum, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; St. Peter’s Hall, Bournemouth; Town Hall, Cheltenham; Pavilion, Bath; Crane Theatre, Liverpool; Central Hall, Grimsby; Kings Theatre, Southsea; Town Hall, Leeds; Victoria Hall, Hanley; Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool (2); Pavilion, Bournemouth (9 programmes, plus two incomplete items which for stylistic and typographical reasons, are probably also from this venue).

In addition there are items from the following organisations, where a venue has not been specified: Ainfield Plain Arts Club; Slough Philharmonic Society; Crowborough Music Club. There are also another two programmes where a venue has not been specified.
Date range 1944 - 1944
Associated People and Organisations Ainfield Plain Arts Club - City of Birmingham Orchestra - Crowborough music club - Hess, Myra - National Gallery Wartime concerts - Promenade concerts - Reid Orchestra - Reid Symphony Orchestra - Slough Philharmonic Society -
Associated Places Albert Hall, Nottingham Central Hall, Archway Bodringallt Chapel, Ystrad-Rhondda Caird Hall, Dundee Cambridge Theatre Castle Cinema, Merthyr Tydfil Central Hall, Grimsby Central Hall, Newport Central Hall, Westminster Chiswick Empire City Hall, Sheffield Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Colston Hall Corn Exchange, Bedford Crane theatre, Liverpool (Was Crane Hall until 1938; Became Neptune Theatre) De Montford Hall, Leicester Dome, Brighton Dorchester Hotel, The Drill Hall, Redruth Eastbrook Hall, Bradford Empire Theatre, Cardiff Feoffment School Hall, Bury St. Edmunds Friends House, Euston Road Houldsworth Hall Kings Hall, Belle Vue Gardens King's theatre, Hammersmith Kings Theatre, Southsea Laing Art Gallery and Museum, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Mercury Theatre Midland Hotel, Bradford National Gallery National Gallery of Scotland New Opera House, Blackpool New Theatre, Oxford (Became Apollo, late 1970s; reverted to New Theatre, early 2000s) Odeon Theatre, Luton Pavilion, Bath Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Pollock Memorial Hall, Edinburgh Public Hall, Ipswich Rothesay Pavilion Royal Adelphi Theatre (became Adelphi Theatre) Royal Albert Hall Rudolf Steiner Hall Sheldonian Theatre St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh St. Mary the Virgin, Reading St. Nicholas Church, New Romney St. Peter's Hall, Bournemouth Theatre Royal, Bolton Theatre Royal, Exeter Birmingham Coliseum (afterwards Gaiety) Town Hall, Cheltenham Town Hall, Huddersfield Town Hall, Leeds Town Hall, Reading Town Hall, Walthamstow Town Hall, Watford Town Hall, Wembley (became Town Hall, Brent) Town Hall, Wimbledon Usher Hall, Edinburgh Victoria Hall, Hanley Wigmore Hall Winter gardens pavilion, Weston-super-Mare
Associated Times 20th century - mid 1931-1970
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