St James's Hall
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St. James's Hall was a concert hall in London that opened on 25 March 1858, designed by architect and artist Owen Jones, who had decorated the interior of the Crystal Palace. It was situated between t
Interior of St. James's Hall, 1858
Musicians, from left to right: Lindsay Sloper, Arthur Sullivan, Louis Ries, Henry Webb, Joseph Joachim, Arabella Goddard, Charles Hallé, Arthur Chappell, Prosper Sainton and Alfredo Piatti
1868 Program book for the series of Dickens readings
The Philharmonic Hall (originally the new St James's Hall) in Great Portland Street as it appeared in 1917.
Symphony No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)
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The Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, was completed by Camille Saint-Saëns in 1886 at the peak of his artistic career. It is popularly known as the Organ Symphony, since, unusually for a symphony of
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…soloists were Tivadar Nachéz, Fanny Davies, Lillian Nordica, Ella Russell, Emma Nevada, Józef Hofmann and František Ondříček. Most notably Saint-Saëns's Symphony No. 3 (Saint-Saëns) written at the behest of the Society, and premiered there on 19 May 1886. F. H. Cowen succeeded Sullivan as conductor from 1888–92. In his first season…
Camille Saint-Saëns ca. 1880
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