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Albi Rosenthal Collection - Oxford (1980 - 2004, and Boar's Hill Association)
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Mus. 333 c.1
Description
The third in a collection of 7 boxes of concert programmes from the Albi Rosenthal collection. The vast majority of programmes from the collection are from performances in and around Oxford, including various organisations, such as Oxford University Orchestra, Oxford Bach Choir, Oxford Subscription Concerts, and Lincoln College concert series. There are also a few programmes from London and abroad (France, Switzerland and Germany) held within their own separate box. The boxes in this collection are organised as follows:
1. Oxford programmes (1920 - 1949)
2. Oxford programmes Misc. 1 (1950-1979)
3. Oxford programmes Misc. 2 (1980-2004, Boars Hill Association and Oxford Posters)
4. Oxford University Opera Club (1925 - 1987)
5. Churchill Memorial Concerts (1968 - 1998)
6. Oxfordshire, GB, London and the Rest of the world (1926 - 2018)
7. Undated Oxford programmes
This box contains programmes from Oxford between 1980 and 2004 and a small collection of material relating to the Boars hill Association concerts. There are also a number of Oxford subscription concerts tickets from the 1980’s included in an envelope.
The following programmes are programmes for multiple events across a season or festival and are as follows:
Handel in Oxford, 1980 June 26 - 28. Three performances of works by Handel.
Oxford Subscription concerts. 1983 October 27 - 1984 May 3.
Oxford Pro Musica. 20th Anniversary Season Concert Diary and Subscription Information.
Oxford University Musical society. 1986 Michaelmas term. Leaflet of events.
Music at Oxford. 1989 September 9 to 1990 February 3.
Oxford Music Festival. 1990 January 27 - February 10. 1990 Syllabus.
City of Oxford Orchestra Summer Season. 1991 programme.
City of Oxford Orchestra, Autumn Season of discovery programme. 1992 October 15 - October 29.
City of Oxford Orchestra, Autumn Season. 1993 September 18 - November 11.
The Hambro Visiting professor of opera 2000-2001. Sir Thomas Allen. A Season of Masterclasses, Lectures & Performances. Various Venues.
The following programmes in this series are sorted by alphabetical location/college and then by date:
All souls College
1982 July 1. The Codrington Library. Celebrity Concert given by Manoug Parikian.
Apollo Theatre
1982 September 4. Vladimir Ashkenazy & Vovka Ashkenazy. Oxfam’s Anniversary Concert. + advertising poster.
1989 April 5-8. Peter Pan: The Ballet.
2000 November 28. Don Giovanni. Glyndebourne Touring Opera.
Balliol College
1981 February 8. Balliol Hall. Jeremy Menuhin (Pianoforte). The Ernest Walker Memorial Concert.
1985 October 20. Smetana String Quartet of Prague. Centenary Concert. The Balliol concerts, Centenary Concerts.
Christ Church Cathedral
1985 Christmas. A Service of Nine Lessons and Carols.
1990 August 10. Wood Magic. An evening of Words and Music by Sir Edward Elgar.
Examination Schools
1983 May 18. A Musical Entertainment. The Schola Cantorum and Endymion ensemble
Holywell Music Room
1983 May 30. Jan Zak. Piano Recital Dedicated to Poland.
1987 March 25. Zodiac Ensemble. + Large Poster
1991 August 9. Zodiac Duo.
1992 March 8. An evening of Gershwin by Jack Gibbons (Piano).
1994 November 28. A concert of works by Egon Wellesz.
Queen’s College
2000 January 20 - June 22. Bach at Queen’s.
Sheldonian Theatre
1980 January 16. The Beaux Arts Trio. Oxford Subscription Concerts. [Signed by the Trio]
1980 February 27. Gidon Kremer (Violin) and Elena Kremer (Piano) [Signed]
1980 November 16. Emil Gilels (Piano) [Signed]
1981 February 26. The Songmakers Almanac. ]Signed by] Artistic Director: Graham Johnson.
1981 November 19. Felicity Lott (Soprano) and Geoffrey Parsons (Piano).
1982 February 25. Shura Cherkassky (Piano).
1982 November 11. Radu Lupu (Piano).
1983 January 11. Heinz Holliger (Oboe).
1983 March 17. Imogen Cooper (Piano). Oxford Subscription Series
1983 June 7. Oxford University Orchestra
1984 January 12. Alfred Brendel (Piano)
1984 May 3. Mayumi Fujikawa (Violin) and David johns (Piano). [Signed by both musicians].
1985 November 27. Academy of St Martin in the Fields Octet. Oxford Subscription Concerts.
1986 October 30. In Memoriam Denis Arnold.
1986 November 6. Radu Lupu (Piano). [Signed by the Pianist]
1987 March 11. Berlin Philharmonic Octet. Oxford Pro Musica.
1987 May 14. Imogen Cooper (Piano). [Signed by the Pianist]
1987 November 12. Tamas Vasary (Piano).
1989 January 26. Julian Bream (Guitar and Lute).
1993 November 27. Isaac Stern (Violin) and Yefim Bronfman (Piano).
1995 July 1. Pictures at an Exhibition. City of Oxford Orchestra.
1995 September 26. Béla Bartók. Oxford Orchestra da Camera.
1998 June 3. Sir Isaiah Berlin Memorial Concert.
St. Edward’s School Hall
1982 March 28. A Concert “Pieces of Eight.” The Berkshire and Oxfordshire Kidney Research Fund.
Town Hall
1983 March 15. Oxford Pro Musica.
1988 June 25. Patricia Goddard (Clarinet) and Mary Hodges (Mezzo-Soperano). Oxford Studio Orchestra.
1989 March 21. BBC Radio Oxford Gala Concert. The City of Oxford Orchestra.
1991 March 23. Tchaikovsky. Oxford Studio Orchestra.
University Church of St. Mary the Virgin.
1982 July 25 - August 13. The International Music Festival of Oxford. Kata Havas Summer School for Strings.
Wesley Memorial Church
1985 June 29. Concert by the Oxford Studio Orchestra. Solo Cello: Rohan de Saram.
1989 December 2. Michael Hill (Piano). Oxford Studio Orchestra.
No Location
1984 March 1. Oxford University Orchestra [Signed]
1998 June 3. Memorial concert, Sir Isaiah Berlin. Oxford Orchestra da Camera.
Boars Hill Association (Boars Hill)
The majority of material collected here does not have clear dates on them as to which year they took place. As a result, only a small amount of material is listed below, but this is a very small amount in comparison to the wider collection of concert programmes from the Boars Hill Association.
1959 May 21. Pasquier Trio and Kathleen Long.
1974 December 15. Christmas concert.
1979 March 3. Double-bass (Rodney Slatford) & Brian Kelly (Piano)
1980 February 24. Lynn Binstock (Flute) and Nathan Wang (Flute)
1980 June 1. Four Centuries of Bassoon.
1980 August 10. Acis and Galatea. Including tickets and handwritten programme.
1982 July 25. Elizabethan Words and Music. Robert Spencer (Lute).
1985 March 10. Piano Recital by David Elwyn.
1985 August 18. The Cambridge Musick.
1991 May 5. Albi Rosenthal Benefit concert.
1995 May 14. Song recital with Rhonda Bachmann and Peter Gellhorn (Piano).
1999 October 24. A Recital of Baroque Chamber Music.
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1980 - 2004
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Bodleian Library, Music Library
Broad Street,Music Library Oxford OX1 3BG Open Map
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http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk
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Collections Overview
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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