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Collection name McCann Collection: United Kingdom (1950)
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Description A collection of two boxes of programmes from the McCann collection, from 1950. The collection contains programmes from concerts given in the United Kingdom. The programmes were collected by the concert agent Norman McCann (1920-1999).

The majority of collection consists of programmes from London (particularly the Royal Albert Hall), from the Usher Hall, Edinburgh and from the Edinburgh Festival. The contents of the collection are as follows:

Royal Albert Hall – 50 programmes
These include programmes from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, summer season (9 programmes; one prospectus) as well as two programmes from the winter season of Promenade Concerts. There are four programmes from BBC Symphony Concerts. There are three programmes from concerts organised by the Henry Wood Concert Society and two programmes from concerts organised by the Royal Philharmonic Society. There are six programmes from concerts given by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and four programmes from concerts given by the Royal Choral Society.

Other London venues:
Wigmore Hall (4); St. Paul’s Cathedral; London Coliseum; Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; Council Chamber, Town Hall, Croydon; All Saints’ Church, Ealing Common; Civic Hall, Croydon (2); Guthrie House, Cadogan Gate, Sloane Street; R.B.A. Galleries; Royal Academy of Music (9); Central Hall, Westminster (4); Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Polish Embassy, 43 Portland Place; Royal College of Music (2); Town Hall, Upper Street [Islington]; Concert hall, Broadcasting House; Archway Central Hall, Highgate.

Edinburgh:

Usher Hall – 29 programmes
These programmes are from concerts given by the Scottish National Orchestra.

Edinburgh Festival – 24 concert programmes; 1 festival programme
Programmes are from concerts that took place in a wide variety of venues, including the Usher Hall.

Reid School of Music – 1 programme

Other provincial venues:
Rialto, York; Civic Hall, Wolverhampton; Parish Church of Sutton Coldfield; Concert Hall, Leyton Super Baths; Civic Hall, Wolverhampton; Greenacres Hall [Oldham]; Assembly Hall, Worthing; Gaumont Theatre, Oldham; Town Hall, Wednesbury; Court Royal Theatre, Horsham; Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone (2); Hermon Baptist Church, Nantyglo; News Theatre Lecture Hall [Tyneside]; King’s College Chapel [Cambridge]; Royal Hall, Harrogate (2); Winter Gardens, Bournemouth (2); Central Hall, Newport (3); Town Hall, Morley; City Hall, Sheffield; Town Hall, Birmingham (5); Albert Hall, Nottingham (5); City Hall, Truro; King’s Hall, Derby (2); St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich; Church House, Fareham; Town Hall, Cheltenham (3); Dome, Brighton (6); Town Hall, High Wycombe; St. Mathew’s Church, Cheltenham (part of the Cheltenham Musical Festival); Brangwyn Hall, Swansea; Cheltenham Ladies’ College (3); Under King’s College Bridge, Cambridge; City Hall, Hull; Broadway Baptist Church, Chesham; Alma Theatre, Luton; Town Hall, Sutton Coldfield.

There are festival programmes for the following festivals: Cheltenham Festival of British Contemporary Music; Amersham, Chesham and District Schools Music Festival; Brighton Musical Festival. In addition, there is prospectus of concerts given by the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra. The majority of these concerts took place in Leeds and the surrounding towns/cities.

There is a programme from a venue entitled “Concert Hall, Gas Works Road”, where the geographic location is not specified. This venue is highly likely to have been situated in Reading for the following reasons: there is a road of this name located in Reading; the concert was given by the Huntley & Palmers Choral Society, which is likely to have been the choral society of the biscuit manufacturer “Huntley & Palmers” who were based in Reading.

There are two programmes where the venue is not printed, but there is a pencil annotation indicating that the concert took place at the “Russell Hill School”. There is one programme where a pencil indication indicates that the concert took place at the London School of Economics, though no venue has been printed. There is a programme from a concert which has the venue printed as “Grammar School Hall, Keith”, but this venue has been crossed out.

There are two programmes from the Painswick Music Society, though no venue has been indicated. There is a programme from “King Edward VI School”, where the geographic location of the school has not been identified. There are nine programmes from concerts where either the venue has not been specified, or the concert forms part of a multi-venue tour.
Date range 1950 - 1950
Associated People and Organisations Amersham, Chesham and District Schools Music Festival - BBC Symphony Concerts - Brighton Music Festival - Cheltenham Festival of British Contemporary Music - Edinburgh Festival - Henry Wood Concert Society - Huntley & Palmers Choral Society - London Philharmonic Orchestra - Painswick Music Society - Promenade Concerts (winter series) - Promenade concerts - Royal Choral Society - Royal Philharmonic Society 1813 - Scottish National Orchestra - Yorkshire symphony orchestra 1947 - 1955
Associated Places 43 Portland Place Albert Hall, Nottingham All Saint's Church, Ealing Common Alma Theatre, Luton Central Hall, Archway Assembly Hall, Worthing Brangwyn hall, Swansea Broadcasting House, London: Concert Hall Broadway Baptist Church, Chesham Central Hall, Newport Central Hall, Westminster Cheltenham Ladies' College Church House, Fareham City Hall, Hull City Hall, Sheffield City Hall, Truro Civic Hall, Croydon Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Concert Hall, Gas Works Road (location unknown) Court Royal Theatre, Horsham Dome, Brighton Greenacres Hall, Oldham Guthrie House, 3 Cadogan Gate Hermon Baptist Church, Nantyglo King Edward VI School (location unspecified) King's College Bridge, Cambridge King's College, University of Cambridge King's Hall, Derby Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone Leyton Super Baths: Concert Hall London Coliseum London School of Economics News Theatre (town unspecified) Parish Church, Sutton Coldfield Polish Embassy RBA Galleries Reid School of Music, Edinburgh Rialto, York Royal Academy of Music Royal Albert Hall Royal College of Music Royal Hall, Harrogate Royal Opera House Russell Hill School, Purley St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich St. Matthew's Church, Cheltenham St. Paul's Cathedral Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Birmingham Coliseum (afterwards Gaiety) Town Hall, Cheltenham Town Hall, Croydon: Council Chamber Town Hall, High Wycombe Town Hall, Islington Town Hall, Morley Town Hall, Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, Wednesbury Usher Hall, Edinburgh Wigmore Hall Winter Gardens, Bournemouth
Associated Times 20th century - mid 1931-1970
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