Concerts Collection

WPA. concerts of unusual music Pre-Bach to moderns : 8 consecutive wednesday evenings. Poster for Federal Music Project presentation of concert series free to the public

Jullien at Covent Garden
Jullien conducts a concert at Covent Garden Theatre, featuring not only his own concert orchestra but no less than four military bands !

Mrs Henry J. Wood
MRS HENRY J. WOOD - Princess Olga Ourousoff, the first wife of Sir Henry Joseph Wood, the English conductor, forever associated with the Proms Concerts

A Concert behind the Lines by Fortunino Matania
Somewhere in France - a concert behind the lines. A concert troupe or divisional entertainment company often made up of a mix of professional and amateur actors

Queens Hall, Langham Place, London. Date: circa 1910

String quartet, 1872
Mr.L.Ries, Madame Norman-Neruda, Herr Straus and Signore Piatti performing at one of the Monday popular concerts at St Jamess Hall. Date: 1872

Sir Henry Joseph Wood - English Conductor
Sir Henry Joseph Wood (1869 - 1944) - English conductor and composer, associated with the Promenade Concerts (Proms). 1926

Jullien / Cruikshank / 1852
LOUIS-ANTOINE JULLIEN Satire on the popularity of the French musician and the concerts which he conducted in Britain from 1840 to 1859

SPAIN. Amaral is an award-winning music group. 20/04/2012

Concerts at the Front: Miss Lena Ashwell
A concert party, including Miss Lena Ashwell(sixth figure from the left), at the Indian Y.M.C.A hut. Lena Ashwell, British actress and actor-manager, OBE(1872-1957)

Dame Myra Hess DBE, born Julia Myra Hess (1890-1965), British pianist, celebrated for organising lunchtime concerts at the National Gallery during World War II

Opening of the Albert Palace in Battersea, London in 1885. Engravings show views of the palace from the lake, the band stand (kiosque)

Music cover, Salut a Vous, Rois des Airs! WW1
Music cover, Salut a Vous, Rois des Airs! Marche des Aviateurs (We Salute You, Kings of the Air, March of the Aviators), words by Marius Gay, Academy Officer, music by Joseph Paget

Westminster Abbey, London, The Handel Festival
Westminster Abbey, London, for The Handel Festival, Commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the composer's death, with five concerts including Messiah, 26 May to 5 June 1784. Date: 1784

Poster advertisement for Cannes, South of France, for winter holidays, with flowers, a children's carnival, concerts, golf, cricket, and pigeon shooting. Date: 1892

Presentation to Mr. S. Arthur Chappell, director of the St. James's Hall series of Popular Concerts, receiving a presentation after the thousandth Popular Concert. Date: 1887

Felicia Sorel and Senia Gluck in a pose from their
Felicia Sorel and Senia Gluck (Gluck Sandor) in a pose from their Geometric Charleston, who will be giving a series of concerts in New York, 1927 Date: 1927

Belsize House
View of Belsize House in 1800. Belsize House was rebuilt in 1663 in the restoration style. In 1720 it opened as a pleasure garden with concerts, dancing, fishing, hunting and racing

Music cover (detail), The Pantomime Quadrille, performed at Julliens Promenade Concerts, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. circa 1849

Music cover, The Pantomime Quadrille, performed at Julliens Promenade Concerts, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. Including music for Girls and Boys Come Out to Play

Music cover, The Sewing Machine, sung at London and provincial concerts by Fred Buckingham and Fred Callingham and the author, Frank Bell circa 1860

Music cover, Yours Always! by A Gwyllym Crowe, dedicated to Miss Fannie Leslie. A new waltz as performed at the Promenade Concerts, Covent Garden, London. Date: late 19th century

Music cover, The See-Saw Waltz, composed by A G Crowe, performed at Covent Garden Promenade Concerts. 19th century

The Pavilion, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales, opened in April 1951. Pop concerts by entertainers such as Cliff Richard have been held here, plus sporting events. Date: 1951

Poster for Concerts Ysaye Date: 1895

SIR HENRY JOSEPH WOOD (1869 - 1944), English conductor and composer, associated with Promenade Concerts Date: 1907

Bandstand in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris France 1856
A bandstand in the Pre Catelan, in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, with people gathered round to hear a concert. Date: 1856

Miss Nellie Rennisons Swiss Ladies Orchestra, with a programme of music including pieces by Rossini, Nilssen and Sullivan. Also including four solo female singers. circa 1905

Ruins of Queens Hall, Langham Place, London, WW2
Ruins of the Queens Hall, a concert hall in Langham Place, London, following a WW2 air raid. 1941

Webster & Waddington, theatre ticket agents, London
Webster & Waddington Ltd, theatre, opera and concert ticket agents, Regent Street, London, with posters advertising concerts and productions. Date: 1906

Kathleen Bruckshaw (1877-1921), British composer and pianist, pictured at the time she had played at the Albert Hall Fair in aid of the Concerts of the Front Fund

GUILLESPIE, John Birks (1917 - 1993). Dizzy Gillespie. American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer and occasional singer. 1989

Ground floor plan, Queens Hall, Langham Place, London
Ground floor plan for the Queens Hall, a concert hall in Langham Place, London. It opened in 1893, and was burnt down in 1941, following a WW2 air raid. Date: 1890s

A Turkey Glide by William Heath Robinson
The latest Christmas family gliders fitted with listening in equipment for hearing Dutch concerts during dinner. One particularly large family flies through the air while using hot water bottles or

SPAIN. La Oreja de Van Gogh. 08 / 02 / 2012
SPAIN. La Oreja de Van Gogh. 08/02/2012

Advertisement, Ministry of Labour Munition Concerts, WW2
Advertisement, Ministry of Labour Munition Concerts, organised by ENSA. circa 1940s

Cartoon, Wilhelm Kuhe, German musician
Cartoon, Wilhelm Kuhe (1823-1912), German pianist, piano teacher, composer, administrator, and promoter of concerts, including an annual festival, in Brighton -- Brightons Grand (Pianoforte) Old Man

Cartoon, Edward Lloyd, British tenor
Cartoon, Edward Lloyd (1845-1927), British tenor, particularly in concerts and oratorios. 1883

Music cover, The Owl Quadrille, by Charles Coote. circa 1870

Sir Henry Wood, English musician
Sir Henry Wood (1869-1944), English musician and conductor, associated with the Promenade Concerts in the Royal Albert Hall. circa 1900s

Caricature of Mr A Austin, St Jamess Hall, London
Caricature of Mr A Austin, who ran the ticket office of St Jamess Hall, 28 Piccadilly, London. 1882

Great Orchestra at C. Pal
The Palace lends itself to mighty musical occasions : orchestral concerts are held in the Great Orchestra of the Central Transept. Date: circa 1856

Paris Conservatoire 1843
A concert - it looks like a violin concerto in progress - at the Salle des Concerts of the Paris Conservatoire Date: 1843

Jullien / Pound / Mayall
LOUIS-ANTOINE JULLIEN French musician who conducted highly popular concerts in Britain from 1840 to 1859 Date: 1812 - 1860

JULLIEN / ILN / 1843
LOUIS-ANTOINE JULLIEN French musician who conducted highly popular concerts in Britain from 1840 to 1859 Date: 1812 - 1860

Henry Wood
Henry Joseph Wood (1869-1944), musician, associated with Promenade Concerts

The Last Night of the Proms. Stanford Robinson conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. The television camera can be seen on the right

Ellaline Terriss entertaining soldiers at Boulogne hospital
The theatrical trip to France - the concert party organised by Mr Seymour Hicks. Ellaline Terriss singing, Thank you for all you are doing, to the soldiers and nurses in the hospital at Boulogne

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