| Ref No | PRG/HOLL/CON/ENG/OXF |
| Collection | Hollingsworth Collection |
| Title | Oxford concerts |
| Date | 1953-1954 |
| Extent | 2 items |
| Description | Two programmes for concerts held at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford.
* One programme for a concert on 7 June 1953, in which the Oxford Orchestral Society and Oxford Bach Choir (conducted by Dr. Thomas Armstrong) performed the following pieces of music: Coronation Concert: Overture, "Cockaigne" / Elgar -- Two pieces from the Fitzwiliam Virginal Book / arr. Granville Bantock: "The King's Hunt" / John Bull ; "Sellenger's Round" / William Byrd -- Concerto for Horn in E flat, K. 477 / Mozart -- The Rio Grande / Lambert -- March, "Crown Imperial" / Walton.
* One programme for the sixth concert on 25 February 1954 of the Thirty-Fourth Oxford Subscription Concert 1953-54 Season, which included the following pieces of music: Song Recital: Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten. Programme: Cantata K.619: Die ihr des unermesslichen Weltalls Schöpfer ehrt / Mozart -- As Freezing Mountains / Pelham Humphrey -- [3 pieces]: I attempt from love's sickness to fly ; There's not a swain ; Man is for the woman made / Purcell -- [5 pieces]: Sprache der Liebe (A. W. von Schlegel) ; Der Einsame (Carl Lappe) ; Du liebst mich nicht (Graf A. von Platen) ; Die Forelle (Christian Schubart) ; Der Musensohn (Goethe) / Schubert -- Song Cycle "Winter Words" / Benjamin Britten -- Folk Songs / arr. Benjamin Britten.
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| PhysicalDescription | Programmes |
| Arrangement | The concert programmes have been arranged first alphabetically by location, then venue, then date of production. |
| Category | Programmes (theatre) |
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| Level | SubSubSeries |