London: Royal Albert Hall

Country: England, United Kingdom
City: London
Borough: City of Westminster
Location: Kensington Gore

Concert hall, built 1867-1871 by Lt. Col. Henry Y. D. Cole (using designs by Captain Francis Fowke) for the "Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences Corporation", on the former site of Gore House. Opened 29 March 1871 by Queen Victoria. Named in honour of Queen Victoria's late husband, Prince Consort Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-1861). The Royal Albert Hall Organ (9779 pipes) is the second-largest organ in the U.K. (second only to the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral Organ). 1995-2003 major renovation. Used for political and religious meetings, exhibitions, banquets, sports tournaments, balls, and classical and pop concerts, including the BBC's annual "Proms" summer concert series. Capacity: up to 5266 persons, depending on the nature of the respective event.

Notable world premieres:

  • Richard Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder (22 May 1950)

Links: www.royalalberthall.co.uk, www.bbc.co.uk/proms, Wikipedia

London - Royal Albert Hall Front Text: "Albert Hall - London - Albert Memorial"
Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons; "View" Postcard No. 8;
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Glasgow to Saltcoats, 1903

London - Royal Albert Hall Front Text: "London - Albert Hall"
Publisher: Peacock; 1008 L
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

London - Royal Albert Hall Front Text: "Albert Hall - London"
Publisher: Printed in Saxony
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

London - Royal Albert Hall Front Text: "Albert Hall - London"
Publisher: Samuels Ltd., Strand, London; J. S. 61
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

London - Royal Albert Hall Front Text: "Auditorium. Royal Albert Hall, London."
Publisher: Kingsway Real Photo Series; 12255
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Not sent.

London - Royal Albert Hall Front Text: "The Royal Albert Hall"
Publisher: Woburn Studios Ltd.
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Not sent.

London - Royal Albert Hall Front Text: "The Royal Albert Hall"
Publisher: Woburn Studios Ltd.
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Not sent.

London - Royal Albert Hall Front Text: "London. Royal Albert Hall & Albert Memorial."
Publisher: Almquist & Coster, Helsingborg (Sweden)
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Not sent.

London - Royal Albert Hall Front Text: "The Royal Albert Hall from the Albert Memorial, London"
Reverse Text: "One of the world's largets concert halls, the Royal Albert Hall, built to commemorate the Prince Consort, was completed in 1871. The Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens, part of which can be seen in the foreground of this photograph, was completed in 1876 after 12 years of work."
Publisher: Photo Precision, Huntingdon; PT9972
Size: Modern
Not sent.

London - Royal Albert Hall Front Text: "London Postal Region Postcard"
Reverse Text: "New K-type pillar box in Prince Consort Road, behind the Royal Albert Hall"
Publisher: London Postal Region Postcard; LPR 1
Size: Modern
Not sent (but stamped on first day of sale, 11 Oct 1982).

London - Royal Albert Hall Reverse Text: "London - Kensington - The Royal Albert Hall"
Publisher: Nutshell Cards
Size: Modern
Sent: from Twickenham to Mülheim/Ruhr (Germany), 1987

London - Royal Albert Hall Front Text: "Royal Albert Hall in Kensington"
Publisher: Harenberg, Dortmund; from the postcard calendar "London 2020 Sehnsuchtskalender"
Size: Modern
Not sent.

London - Royal Albert Hall Picture: Royal Albert Hall lit in the colours of the Ukrainian flag
Front Text: "Royal Albert Hall", "London"
Reverse Text: "Korolivsky Albert-hol, London, Angliya. The Royal Albert Hall, London, England", "Stand with Ukraine"
Publisher: EJ Studio Eugene July; 2022
Size: Modern
Not sent.

For another picture of this concert hall, see London: "The Theatres of London".

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