SearchGetRecordMcCann Collection: United Kingdom (1945)
Collection Description
Collection Title
McCann Collection: United Kingdom (1945)
Description
A collection of one box of programmes from the McCann collection, from 1945. 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 – 63 programmes; 3 prospectuses
The collection includes three prospectuses (two annotated) and 14 programmes from Henry Wood Promenade Concerts.
Coliseum – 25 programmes
The majority of the programmes are from concerts given by the London Philharmonic Orchestra; these concerts were given during April.
National Gallery – 41 programmes; 1 press cutting
The programmes are from “National Gallery Concerts”, the war-time concert series organised by Myra Hess.
Other London venues:
Stoll Theatre; 12, Wederburn Road, Belsize Park; Wigmore Hall (3); Archway Central Hall; Cambridge Theatre (4); Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage; Cowdray Hall; Town Hall, Acton; Town Hall, Chelsea (2); Civic Hall, Croydon; Central Hall, Westminster; County School for Boys, Bromley; Fyvie Hall.
Birmingham:
Town Hall, Birmingham – 30 programmes
The majority of these programmes are from concerts given by the City of Birmingham Orchestra. The concerts were part of two series; a Thursday night and Saturday night series of concerts.
Other Birmingham venues:
Central Hall, Birmingham.
Edinburgh:
Usher Hall – 19 programmes
The majority of programmes are from concerts given by the Reid Symphony Orchestra or Reid Orchestra.
Other provincial venues:
Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich; Town Hall, High Wycombe (3); Rialto Cinema, York; Devonshire Street Congregational Church, Keighley (3); Ashington Central Hall; Market Square Church, Merthyr Tydfil; St. John Street Methodist Church, Chester; Sir John Wilson Town Hall [Airdrie] (2); Workmen’s Hall, Tredegar; Opera House, Manchester; Central Hall, Swindon; Pavilion, Bath; City Hall, Sheffield (2); Empire Theatre, Burnley; Victoria Hall, Hanley (2); Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford; Town Hall, Cheltenham Spa; Gaumont Cinema, Chester; Concert Hall, Huntley; Chester Cathedral; Buxton Pavilion Gardens; Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool (7 programmes – of which two are from the Liverpool Philharmonic Society, but do not explicitly describe the venue of the concerts as Philharmonic Hall); Central Hall, Bristol; Club Concert Hall, Ardeer; Town Hall, Cheltenham; Civic Hall, Exeter; Methodist Church [Mansfield]; Empire Theatre, Morecambe; Concert Hall, Orpington; King’s Hall, Barrow; King’s Theatre, Portsmouth; St. Peter’s Hall, Bournemouth; Town Hall, Watford (4); New Theatre, Oxford (4); Younger Graduation Hall, St. Andrew’s; Volunteer Hall, Galashiels; Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester; Town Hall, Leeds; Central Hall, Bristol; Town Hall, Ashby-de-la-Zouch; Empire, Cardiff (2); Shirehall, Hereford; Central Hall [Grimsby]; Pier Pavilion, Llandudno (5); Hippodrome, Aldershot; New Theatre, Oxford; Town Hall, Middlesbrough; Odeon, Luton; Ritz, Southend; Queen Street Central Hall [Scarborough]; Gaumont Palace, Chester; Eastbrook Hall, Bradford; Albert Hall, Nottingham; Guild hall, Preston.
There are five programmes from concerts where the venue is not specified on the programme. These include two programmes from concerts likely to have taken place in Bodmin.
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 – 63 programmes; 3 prospectuses
The collection includes three prospectuses (two annotated) and 14 programmes from Henry Wood Promenade Concerts.
Coliseum – 25 programmes
The majority of the programmes are from concerts given by the London Philharmonic Orchestra; these concerts were given during April.
National Gallery – 41 programmes; 1 press cutting
The programmes are from “National Gallery Concerts”, the war-time concert series organised by Myra Hess.
Other London venues:
Stoll Theatre; 12, Wederburn Road, Belsize Park; Wigmore Hall (3); Archway Central Hall; Cambridge Theatre (4); Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage; Cowdray Hall; Town Hall, Acton; Town Hall, Chelsea (2); Civic Hall, Croydon; Central Hall, Westminster; County School for Boys, Bromley; Fyvie Hall.
Birmingham:
Town Hall, Birmingham – 30 programmes
The majority of these programmes are from concerts given by the City of Birmingham Orchestra. The concerts were part of two series; a Thursday night and Saturday night series of concerts.
Other Birmingham venues:
Central Hall, Birmingham.
Edinburgh:
Usher Hall – 19 programmes
The majority of programmes are from concerts given by the Reid Symphony Orchestra or Reid Orchestra.
Other provincial venues:
Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich; Town Hall, High Wycombe (3); Rialto Cinema, York; Devonshire Street Congregational Church, Keighley (3); Ashington Central Hall; Market Square Church, Merthyr Tydfil; St. John Street Methodist Church, Chester; Sir John Wilson Town Hall [Airdrie] (2); Workmen’s Hall, Tredegar; Opera House, Manchester; Central Hall, Swindon; Pavilion, Bath; City Hall, Sheffield (2); Empire Theatre, Burnley; Victoria Hall, Hanley (2); Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford; Town Hall, Cheltenham Spa; Gaumont Cinema, Chester; Concert Hall, Huntley; Chester Cathedral; Buxton Pavilion Gardens; Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool (7 programmes – of which two are from the Liverpool Philharmonic Society, but do not explicitly describe the venue of the concerts as Philharmonic Hall); Central Hall, Bristol; Club Concert Hall, Ardeer; Town Hall, Cheltenham; Civic Hall, Exeter; Methodist Church [Mansfield]; Empire Theatre, Morecambe; Concert Hall, Orpington; King’s Hall, Barrow; King’s Theatre, Portsmouth; St. Peter’s Hall, Bournemouth; Town Hall, Watford (4); New Theatre, Oxford (4); Younger Graduation Hall, St. Andrew’s; Volunteer Hall, Galashiels; Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester; Town Hall, Leeds; Central Hall, Bristol; Town Hall, Ashby-de-la-Zouch; Empire, Cardiff (2); Shirehall, Hereford; Central Hall [Grimsby]; Pier Pavilion, Llandudno (5); Hippodrome, Aldershot; New Theatre, Oxford; Town Hall, Middlesbrough; Odeon, Luton; Ritz, Southend; Queen Street Central Hall [Scarborough]; Gaumont Palace, Chester; Eastbrook Hall, Bradford; Albert Hall, Nottingham; Guild hall, Preston.
There are five programmes from concerts where the venue is not specified on the programme. These include two programmes from concerts likely to have taken place in Bodmin.
Format
Date range of collection
1945 - 1945
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
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Associated Places
- 12 Wedderburn Road, Belsize Park
- Albert Hall, Nottingham
- Central Hall, Archway
- Bromley County School for Boys
- Cambridge Theatre
- Central Hall, Ashington
- Central Hall, Birmingham
- Central Hall, Bristol
- Central Hall, Grimsby
- Central hall, Scarborough
- Central hall, Swindon
- Central Hall, Westminster
- Chester Cathedral
- City Hall, Sheffield
- Civic Hall, Croydon
- Civic Hall, Exeter
- Club Concert Hall, Ardeer
- Concert Hall, Orpington
- Cowdray Hall
- Devonshire park, Eastbourne: Winter garden
- Eastbrook Hall, Bradford
- Embassy Theatre
- Empire theatre, Burnley
- Empire Theatre, Cardiff
- Empire Theatre, Morecambe
- Fyvie Hall, University of Westminster
- Gaumont Cinema, Chester
- Gaumont Theatre, Chester
- Guild Hall, Preston
- Hippodrome, Aldershot
- Huntley (county unspecified)
- King's Hall, Barrow
- King's Theatre, Portsmouth
- London Coliseum
- Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich
- Market Square Church, Merthyr Tydfil
- Methodist Church, Mansfield
- Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester
- National Gallery
- New Theatre, Oxford (Became Apollo, late 1970s; reverted to New Theatre, early 2000s)
- Odeon Theatre, Luton
- Opera House, Manchester
- Pavilion gardens, Buxton
- Pavilion, Bath
- Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
- Pier Pavilion, Llandudno
- Rialto, York
- Ritz, Southend
- Royal Albert Hall
- Sheldonian Theatre
- Shirehall, Hereford
- Sir John Wilson Town Hall, Airdrie
- St. John Street Methodist Church, Chester
- St. Peter's Hall, Bournemouth
- Stoll Theatre (was London Opera House)
- Town Hall, Acton
- Town Hall, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
- Birmingham Coliseum (afterwards Gaiety)
- Town Hall, Chelsea
- Town Hall, Cheltenham
- Town Hall, High Wycombe
- Town Hall, Leeds
- Town Hall, Middlesbrough
- Town Hall, Watford
- University of St. Andrews: Younger graduation hall
- Victoria Hall, Hanley
- Volunteer Hall, Galashiels
- Wigmore Hall
- Workmen's Hall, Tredegar
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Royal Academy of Music Museum
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