Queen's Hall, London

E764536

concert hall former building

Queen's Hall, London was a prominent early 20th-century concert venue renowned for hosting major classical music performances and premieres before its destruction in World War II.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Queen's Hall, London canonical	3
Queen’s Hall	2
Queen’s Hall, London	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	concert hall ⓘ former building ⓘ
architect	Thomas Edward Knightley NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	BBC Symphony Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	former concert halls in London ⓘ
causeOfDestruction	bombing in World War II ⓘ
city	London NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissionedBy	Francis Ravenscroft NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
demolished	1941 ⓘ
destroyed	1941 ⓘ
destroyedBy	Luftwaffe air raid ⓘ
district	Marylebone NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	late 19th and early 20th century ⓘ
hadFeature	galleries and balconies ⓘ large organ ⓘ
heritageStatus	not rebuilt after destruction ⓘ
hosted	Promenade Concerts NERFINISHED ⓘ The Proms NERFINISHED ⓘ
hostedPremiereOf	Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Elgar's First Symphony NERFINISHED ⓘ Gustav Holst's The Planets NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Vaughan Williams's A London Symphony NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	excellent acoustics ⓘ
location	Langham Place, London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Queen Victoria ⓘ
notableFor	classical music concerts ⓘ orchestral performances ⓘ world premieres of major works ⓘ
opened	1893 ⓘ
openingDate	25 November 1893 ⓘ
operatedBy	Queen's Hall Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ
preWarStatus	London's leading concert hall ⓘ
primaryUse	concert performances ⓘ
replacedBy	Royal Albert Hall as main Proms venue ⓘ
seatingCapacity	about 2,500 ⓘ
significance	central to London's musical life before World War II ⓘ
style	Victorian architecture ⓘ
tenant	London Symphony Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen's Hall Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Philharmonic Society NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	BBC for broadcasts ⓘ
usedFor	BBC Proms broadcasts ⓘ
war	World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Lark Ascending → firstPerformancePlace → Queen's Hall, London ⓘ

A London Symphony → premiereLocation → Queen's Hall, London ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queen’s Hall, London

Symphony No. 4 in F minor → premiereLocation → Queen's Hall, London ⓘ

Sir Henry Wood → employer → Queen's Hall, London ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queen’s Hall

Robert Newman → employer → Queen's Hall, London ⓘ

Fanny Davies → performedAt → Queen's Hall, London ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queen’s Hall