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Gerald Finzi Collection, 1879-1977.
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Mus. 335 c.10
Description
79 concert programmes from the Gerald Finzi collection. Given here in reverse date order.
While other programmes are noted separately below, most of these programmes are single sided loose a4 sheets for concerts by the Newbury String Players, Conducted by Christopher Finzi. These tend to include brief programme notes. The primary locations for these concerts are Newbury Parish Church and the surrounding area. The dates are given here, alongside any notable features of the programmes:
30/04/1977.
11/12/1976. Includes performance of Gerald Finzi's In Terra Pax.
11/12/1976. Included in programme is performance of Finzi's In Terra Pax.
25/09/1976.
20/06/1976.
20/06/1976. Poster for the above concert.
10/01/1976. Programme includes Gerald Finzi's 'My Spirit Sang all day', but there are no programme notes.
20/12/1975. Included in programme is performance of Finzi's In Terra Pax.
14/12/1975. Included in programme is performance of Finzi's In Terra Pax.
08/03/1975.
29/06/1974.
08/06/1974.
22/03/1974.
02/03/1974. Includes performance of C. Finzi's Adagio with programme notes by the composer.
08/12/1973. Includes Gerald Finzi's Prelude for String Orchestra Op 25, with brief note.
14/07/1973.
24/06/1973. Includes separate poster.
?/02/1973. Letter to members of North Wiltshire orchestra from the secretary announcing pans for the summer session, conducted by Christopher Finzi.
13/01/1973. With Japanese pianist Yuriko Murakami.
19/02/1972.
20/07/1969.
11/05/1969.
29/10/1967.
11/06/1966. Includes performance of Gerald Finzi's Dies Natalis.
16/03/1963.
6-7/04/1954. Newbury String Players concerts conducted by Gerald Finzi.
21/10/n.d.
14 further undated programmes from the Newbury String Players.
39 of the programmes are not associated with the Newbury String Players. The general nature of each is listed here:
20/05/1959. Brahms' Requiem and Howard Ferguson's Amore Langueo at Salisbury Cathedral by Salisbury Musical Society.
06/09/1956. Gloucester Music Meeting of The Three choirs Festival. Incl. Howard Ferguson's Amore Langueo.
27/01/1955. Royal Opera House programme. The Midsummer Marriage (Tippet).
6-7/04/1954.
20/11/1951. Programme from The Madrigal Society, including Jer. Saville's Fa La La notated on the reverse.
26/04/1951. Royal Opera House programme. The Pilgrim's Progress.
>/04/1949. Advertsiment for new series of works by Vivaldi by Ricordi. ed. Malipiero (In Italian). 2 versions included.
04/05/1948 - Winchester and county musical festival. All Hubert Parry programme.
4-5/05/1948. Newbury and District Musical Festival. 2 programmes.
?/?/1946. 2 page extract from E.H. Fellows, "Memoires of an Amateur Musician".
05/07/1946. Monteverdi vespers of 1610 at Central Hall, London.
17/06/1946. Series of Six Concerts by the Boyd Neil Orchestra. At Chelsea Town Hall.
14/051946. Monteverdi Vespers at Central Hall.
12/07/1945. National Gallery Concerts - Canterbury Cathedral Choir.
26/03/1945. National Gallery concerts. Mewton-Wood (Piano)
08/05/1944. Advertisement for weekly Music and the Piano lectures at he University of London.
19/03/1944. Advertisement for first performance of A Child of Our Time by Tippett.
13/04/1938. Ivor Gurney: First Performance of Twenty Songs.
13/07/1934. Royal Academy of Music. The Corregidor (Hugo Wolf). The first complete performance in England.
25/03/1930. Recital of Orrea Pernel and Kathleen Long at the Grotrian Hall.
03/04/1919. Third Meeting of British Music Society. Chamber music by Elizabethan and Jacobean composers.
01/12/1905. Programme of entertainment. Playbill. Place unclear.
01/12/1904. Royal Choral Society, Scenes from the Song of Hiawatha. By H.W. Longfellow.
23/10/1891. Grand concert at the Colston Hall.
11/03/184. Order of Service for Cherubini's Requiem at Christ Church Cathedral.
11/01/1879. Moses in Egypt, Rossini's Oratorio, at Exeter Hall.
9 further undated misc. programmes.
n.d. Published programme notes by Arthur Bliss on his Meditations on a Theme by John Blow (London: Novello), including detailed notes and musical examples by the author.
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Gerald Finzi -
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Newbury String Players -
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Newbury Parish Church
Gloucester Cathedral
Royal Opera House
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Bodleian Library, Music Library
Broad Street,Music Library Oxford OX1 3BG Open Map
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The collection has very strong holdings of British music and related material acquired in part by legal deposit. Many collected editions and scholarly series. Very strong periodical coverage, including major 19thC European journals. Largest collection of American song material in UK.
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