Tag Archives: concert programmes

Bygone concert venues no. 5: Willis’s Rooms

Posted on 18 May 2012 by

Willis’s Rooms began life in 1765 as Almack’s, a suite of fashionable Assembly Rooms in King Street, St. James’s (not far from the St. James’s theatre demolished in the 1950s) built for the eponymous William Almack. They included a ballroom … Continue reading →

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Concert programmes: University and College music societies

Posted on 13 April 2012 by

Music has always played a central role in the life of the University and its Colleges both as a practical art form and a subject of study (it has been a part of the syllabus since 1463). As a result, a rich variety of … Continue reading →

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Walter Bache’s Liszt concerts

Posted on 18 November 2011 by

To accompany the Liszt exhibition currently running in the University Library and as a little extra to the recent blog post, I thought it would be interesting to look a little more closely at the volume of Walter Bache’s concert … Continue reading →

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Concert programmes in the Deryck Cooke archive

Posted on 4 November 2011 by

In a previous blog post, Mark Doran introduced Deryck Cooke’s archive and wrote about his work on Mahler’s tenth symphony. Since then, work to document the concert programmes in the archive has been completed and I thought it would be … Continue reading →

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Bygone concert venues no. 1: Exeter Hall

Posted on 30 September 2011 by

This post is the first in a series about bygone concert venues all featuring in the programme archives here at the University Library. Where to start? Pick a place at random….Exeter Hall which stood from 1831 to 1907 on the … Continue reading →

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The Entertainer: John Orlando Parry

Posted on 10 August 2011 by

Tackling my folder of problem programmes last week, I came across two items undated, with no venue, featuring the Victorian entertainer John Orlando Parry (1810 – 1879). Undaunted by the paucity of useful information, and wanting to find out more, … Continue reading →

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Rain (almost) stopped play: Cambridge and the 1951 Festival of Britain

Posted on 13 July 2011 by

In a previous post, I wrote a little about the Festival of Britain and the Festival Hall. This follow-on post looks at the musical celebrations for the Festival in Cambridge which took place in late July and early August of … Continue reading →

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Draw on sweet night: singing on the river

Posted on 9 June 2011 by

It’s dusk on a warm, languid, midsummer’s evening on the Backs by the Cam. The water is calm, the swans are roosting and the occasional swift swoops low over the water to collect a tasty morsel. Breaking gently into the stillness can … Continue reading →

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1951 Festival of Britain: a dip into the concert programme collection

Posted on 19 May 2011 by

May 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Festival of Britain, cannot be allowed to pass without a quick look in the concert programmes collections here at the University Library. Gerald Barry, Festival Director, described it as “a tonic to the nation” … Continue reading →

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Monster concerts

Posted on 6 May 2011 by

This little blog post has been prompted by a find in the miscellaneous London venues boxes of concert programmes here at the UL. Whilst searching to see if there were any Exeter Hall programmes for concerts conducted by Berlioz (there weren’t), I came … Continue reading →

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