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	Royal Festival Hall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Festival Hall is a concert, dance and talks venue within the South Bank Centre in London.
		It was the contribution toward the Festival of Britain by London County Council, and was officially opened on 3 May 1951.
		The Hall's design is unashamedly Modernist, the Festival's commissioning architect (Hugh Casson) having taken the decision to only appoint young architects.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Festival_Hall (489 words)

	The Royal Festival Hall Sound (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Royal Festival Hall was one of only a few large concert halls in the world to be designed in the first half of the 20th century.
		At the time when the Royal Festival Hall plans were developed, it was most unusual for the acoustics of a hall to be considered from the outset of the design process.
		The Festival Hall was one of the first concert halls in the world to be built using the application of scientific principles, both theoretical and experimental.
	www.coxt.freeserve.co.uk /rfh_sound.html (364 words)

	Royal Festival Hall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Royal Festival Hall in a venue in Lambeth, London.
		Martin designed the structure as an 'egg in a box', a term he used to describe the separation of the curved auditorium space from the surrounding building and the noise and vibration of the adjacent railway viaduct.
		When the Greater London Council (LCC's successor) was abolished in 1986, the Hall was taken over by the Arts Council.
	www.wikiverse.org /royal-festival-hall (351 words)

	Royal Festival Hall at 50 - A hollow-sounding birthday bash
		The festivities kick off on May 3 with a gala concert, conducted by Valery Gergiev, to raise funds for renewal.
		The hall, as it stands, is a national embarrassment and an international joke.
		As the novelty wore off, the hall aged alarmingly, a process accelerated by the addition, in grim Sixties concrete, of the ancillary Queen Elizabeth Hall and Hayward Gallery.
	www.scena.org /columns/lebrecht/010411-NL-festivalhall.html (776 words)

	The urinals of the Royal Festival Hall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Royal Festival Hall is a famous concert hall in London, U.K. These pictures were submitted by PT.
		he Royal Festival Hall was opened in 1953 and is arguably London's best-known concert hall situated on the south bank of the River Thames.
		The foyer of the hall is light and airy with tall windows with stunning views over the city.
	www.urinal.net /royal_festival (86 words)

	From Here To Modernity Buildings - Royal Festival Hall
		The Festival's commissioning architect Hugh Casson had made the bold decision that he would commission from only the new generation of architects- none of the fifty who worked on the South Bank were over forty-five years old.
		Many concert halls in Europe at the time were like palaces, or cathedrals, and the LCC's young team was determined that their concert hall should be a democratic building, as befitted the post-war era.
		The exterior of the Royal Festival Hall was bright white, intended to contrast with the flened city surrounding it.
	www.open2.net /modernity/3_8.htm (603 words)

	Royal Festival Hall and London Eye, London
		A central element of the 1951 Festival of Britain (billed as a 'Tonic to the Nation' after the ravages of the Second World War), this 2,900 seater concert hall was opened on 3 May 1951.
		The area between Waterloo and Hungerford railway bridge had long been associated with London's working river, but after receiving major damage during the war, much of the area fell derelict.
		The Festival development also involved reclaiming land from the Thames, the construction of a new river wall and walkway and the demolition of the famous Lion Brewery.
	www.urban75.org /photos/london/lon382.html (141 words)

	Royal Festival Hall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Royal Festival Hall in London is planning to shed about 180 jobs when it closes for refurbishment next July.
		The Royal Festival Hall in London is expected to select a preferred bidder for a £45m refurbishment project in June.
		The Royal Festival Hall in London is to receive £15m of lottery funding for a refurbishment project, and the venue will be closed for more than a year.
	www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk /rol98581.htm (68 words)

	Hotels near Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London SE1
		The hall, designed by Sir Robert Matthew and Sir Leslie Martin, was the only structure of the 1951 Festival of Britain designed to be permanent, and was the first major public building to be erected in London after World War II.
		The Royal Festival Hall will remain but other buildings will be demolished and replaced by a new film complex.
		The Royal Festival Hall stages mainly concerts and popular musical events, and the greatest figures of the music world have performed here including the cellist Jacqueline du Pré and the conductor George Solti.
	www.guidetorichmond.co.uk /places/royal_festival_hall.html (357 words)

	Royal Festival Hall and Hayward Gallery
		To counteract this mood and to lift the spirits of the nation The Festival of Britain was conceived.
		The focus of the Festival was the South Bank of the Thames in London.
		New buildings, including the Royal Festival Hall, were constructed and inside the story of Britain and its achievements were told.
	london.allinfo-about.com /features/festival.html (347 words)

	Royal Festival Hall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Royal Festival Hall is one of London's major venues for classical music, with regular performances by the Philharmonic and London Philharmonic.
		The Royal Festival Hall is part of The South Bank Centre - the large concrete complex on the south side of the river.
		The Royal Festival Hall is sandwiched between the bridges of Hungerford and Waterloo.
	www.tiptown.com /london/royal-festival-hall.html (134 words)

	londondance.com : Royal Festival Hall
		It is situated on the South Bank along with the Purcell Room and the Queen Elizabeth Hall facing the River Thames.
		The Royal Festival Hall presents an extremely diverse programme covering the whole range of music and performing arts.
		The Royal Festival Hall opened in 1951 as part of the Festival of Britain and the concert halls were originally funded and managed by the London County Council and their successor, the Greater London Council.
	www.londondance.com /content/100/royal_festival_hall (548 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Arts news \| £71m refit to improve sound of classics at Festival Hall
		But London's Royal Festival Hall, one of the jewels in the South Bank's artistic crown, has long had a slight problem - its acoustics just aren't up to much.
		His concern for the comfort of the musicians is underlined by his decision to push the hall's organ back by one metre to give the players a larger space.
		The work is due to begin next July and the overhauled hall is scheduled to reopen in January 2007.
	www.guardian.co.uk /arts/news/story/0,11711,1269998,00.html (447 words)

	Royal Festival Hall Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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	Ceremonies - Royal Festival Hall
		Please note the Royal Festival Hall is within the congestion charging zone that operates from Monday - Friday, 07.00 - 18.30.
		Graduates are advised to arrive at the Royal Festival Hall in good time as you will need to register, be robed and photographed before the ceremony commences.
		On arrival at the Royal Festival Hall please enter using the Riverside Entrance which is located on Level 2 and where both the OU Enquiries Desk and main cloakroom are situated.
	www3.open.ac.uk /ceremonies/ceremonies/LD05C.aspx (965 words)

	Brian Wilson / Feb. 20, 2004 / London (Royal Festival Hall)
		In the wrong hands at the wrong time, Brian Wilson's decision to exhume his abandoned "life's work" of 1966 and represent it half a lifetime later could have desecrated the memory of one of rock's greatest fables.
		The band is now performing "Smile," topped and tailed by a generous helping of hits and other favorites that didn't fit on previous tours, six times at the Royal Festival Hall at the front of a 16-date European tour.
		The show was choreographed with a delightful touch from start to finish, playing up Wilson's continuing strengths: his continuingly evocative and generally reliable vocals, and his very aura -- and diluting his timidity with the sheer vibrancy of the performance.
	www.billboard.com /bb/livereviews/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000442212 (563 words)

	Ceremonies - Royal Festival Hall
		The Royal Festival Hall forms part of the South Bank Centre and is situated alongside the River Thames, between the Waterloo and Hungerford Bridges.
		For general information regarding access to the Royal Festival Hall for people with disabilities there is a Disability Access Line 020 7921 0926 which is available daily from 10:00 until 18:00.
		The Royal Festival Hall Stewards are all trained in evacuation procedures.
	www.open.ac.uk /ceremonies/print/LD04E.shtm (1304 words)

	Royal Festival Hall Recitals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		William McVicker, the curator of the RFH organ, explained that the problem had been caused by the recent spell of very cold dry weather and subsequent drop in relative humidity.
		The RFH organ was not the only one to be effected, as the lunchtime recital that day on the new Klais organ at St. Lawrence Jewry had been cancelled.
		Needless to say, the delay was accepted with typical British good humour, but it did mean that the Saint-Saens had to be abandoned, and the recital ended with a performance of the rather forbidding Middelschulte Passacaglia in D minor.
	users.breathe.com /kcoa/0803/0803royal.htm (536 words)

	Ute Lemper @ The Royal Festival Hall
		And what a truly wonderful voice this woman has, her strong contralto resounding off the walls of the Royal Festival Hall.
		Her strong performance was slightly spoilt, though, by the amateurish set-up of the concert.
		This was a mostly great gig, and Ute must be particularly congratulated for doing her best to keep the band playing together.
	www.musicomh.com /gigs/ute-lemper.htm (259 words)

	AIM25: Royal Festival Hall: Royal Festival Hall
		Responsibility for the RFH design was given to a team at the LCC architectural department.
		RFH events diaries, 1951-1993, 1998-1999; Planning diary of events held outside the Hall and in the foyer, 1985; records of attendance and ticket sales, 1957-1970s;
		Archival history: The Royal Festival Hall Archive was established in the Marketing Development section of the Commercial Department in 1993 and began to assemble surviving materials from internal and external sources including some artefacts, relating to the Royal Festival Hall.
	www.aim25.ac.uk /cats/88/7271.htm (1070 words)

	Royal Festival Hall Concert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Anouncer (MP) : Good eveing, welcome to the Festival Hall for the first of three concerts given by Emele Guilbear to celebrate the one hundred thirty first anniversary of the birth of Tchkosky.
		I have certainly never seen this happen before in the Festival Hall and the leader of the Orcestra is not looking very pleased.
		This is the first time at the Festival Hall that I have seen a violinist of Guilbear’s calibre poked with a stick.
	arago4.tn.utwente.nl /stonedead/albums-cds/sketches/another-monty-python-record/royal-festival-hall-concert.html (604 words)

	Beethoven, Lutoslawski: Mikhail Pletnev; Philharmonia Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnanyi, Royal Festival Hall, Tuesday, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This was a special occasion indeed: the Philharmonia Orchestra was celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Musician’s Benevolent Fund’s Royal Concert.
		Security was at a premium because of the presence of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh (bags were searched as one entered the RFH and there was a police presence around the hall).
		The Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music lent a sense of pomp to the concert: the performance of Gordon Jacob’s arrangement of the National Anthem generated an impressive sense of occasion before the ‘real’ concert got underway.
	www.theclassicalsite.com /SandH/2001/Nov01/Pletnev_Beethoven.htm (709 words)

	Royal Festival Hall Tickets
		Whether you are looking for Royal Festival Hall tickets, sold out event tickets or Royal Festival Hall corporate hospitality, My Ticket Market.com has a wide selection of Royal Festival Hall tickets, concert tickets, sports tickets and London theatre tickets.
		The delivery address for your Royal Festival Hall tickets must be the same as the address at which you receive your credit card billing statement.
		The Royal Festival Hall is centrally located in London and is easily accessable via the underground.
	www.soldouteventtickets.com /listings/276/276/8452/Venues/royal-festival-hall (427 words)

	Carthalia - London: Royal Festival Hall
		Concert hall, built 1949-1951 by Sir Robert H. Matthews and Leslie Martin with E. Williams and Peter Moro (acoustics consultants: Hope Bagenal with H. Humphreys, P. Parkin, and W. Allen) as a contribution of the London County Council to the Festival of Britain 1951.
		Royal Festival Hall was the first part of the Southbank Centre to be opened.
		Other concert halls, theatres, and museums like Queen Elizabeth Hall (917 seats), Purcell Room (370 seats), Royal National Theatre, National Film Theatre, Hayward Gallery, Museum of the Moving Image, and Saison Poetry Library followed, making Southbank Centre one of the largest cultural centres in the world.
	www.andreas-praefcke.de /carthalia/uk/uk_london_royalfestivalhall.htm (291 words)

	indielondon.co.uk - going out - World Press Photo 2002, Royal Festival Hall
		Yet a new exhibition at the Royal Festival Hall reflects on some of the other events which occurred throughout the world last year.
		The exhibition at the Royal Festival Hall is sponsored by Canon and TIME magazine.
		Entrance to the exhibition is free and the Royal Festival Hall is open from 10am to 10.30pm, daily.
	www.indielondon.co.uk /events/out_world_press_photo02.html (686 words)

	Huun Huur Tu @ Royal Festival Hall, London
		I first heard Huun Huur Tu way back in 1996 when my flatmate, an ex-gamekeeper, swordmaster, buddhist, eater of seaweed and political activist, parked himself in a corner of my room, threw a CD at me and proceeded to smoke de nice 'erb.
		Lo, miracles do happen, and they returned to the South Bank Centre, this time the Royal Festival Hall, a couple of months later.
		Neither hell nor high water could have kept me away and while the venue, nestled deep inside the most ugly building on the banks of the Thames, was not at all intimite, Kaigal-ool, Anatoly, new member Alexei and Sayan simply spellbound their audience.
	www.musicomh.com /gigs/huun-huur-tu.htm (540 words)

	Acoustics of the Royal Festival Hall
		Many of its interior spaces have recently been restored to their original appearance, and there is now in place a further refurbishment programme, in which particular attention is being paid to the acoustics of the auditorium.
		The acoustic behaviour of the seats were measured and tested in a laboratory to enable more exacting design.
		The material maybe re-used provided a link to the website is provided and a clear acknowledgement to the curators given.
	www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk /acoustics_world/concert_hall_acoustics/rfh_sound.html (384 words)

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