Cadogan Hall/kəˈdʌɡən/is a 950-seat capacity[1]concert hallin Sloane Terrace inChelseain theRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea,London, England.
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| Type | Concert hall |
| Architectural style | Byzantine Revival architecture |
| Address | Sloane Terrace,Chelsea,Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea,London |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Completed | 1907 (as a church); 2004 (as a concert hall) |
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| Architect(s) | Robert Fellowes Chisholm(original building); Paul Davis and Partners Architects (2004 conversion) |
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The resident music ensemble at Cadogan Hall is theRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra(RPO), the first London orchestra to have a permanent home. Cadogan Estates offered the RPO the use of the hall as its principal venue in late 2001.[2]The RPO gave its first concert as the resident ensemble of Cadogan Hall in November 2004.[3]Since 2005, Cadogan Hall has also served as the venue forThe Proms' chamber music concerts during Monday lunchtimes[4][5]and Proms Saturday matinees; it is also one of the two main London venues of theOrpheus Sinfonia.[6]
Cadogan Hall has also been used as a recording venue. In February 2006, a recording ofMozartsymphonies withJohn Eliot Gardinerand theEnglish Baroque Soloistswas produced and made available immediately after the performances.[7][8]In 2009, art rock bandMarillionrecorded a concert there which was released on the albumLive from Cadoganin 2011.
Building
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The building is a formerChurch of Christ, Scientistchurch, completed in 1907 to designs in theByzantine Revival styleby architectRobert Fellowes Chisholm,who also designed theNapier Museumin Kerala, India.[9]The stained glass is by the Danish sculptor and stained-glass artistArild Rosenkrantz.[10]The building waslisted Grade IIon theNational Heritage List for Englandin April 1969.[11]
Organ
editThe church had a three-manualpipe organbuilt byJ. W. Walker & Sons Ltdin 1907 and installed in 1911.[12]It was on a raised position on the platform. The organ was removed in 2004, and the pipes in 2006.[12]The original intention had been to install the organ in a church in the Midlands,[10]but instead, in 2009-10, it was installed inChrist the King Catholic ChurchinGothenburg,Sweden.[12]Walker's organ case remains in place in the concert hall.[13]
Conversion to a concert hall
editBy 1996, the congregation had diminished dramatically and the building had fallen into disuse.[14]Mohamed Fayed,then owner ofHarrods,had acquired the property, but was unable to secure permission to convert the building to a palatial luxury house on account of its status as alisted building.Cadogan Estates Ltd(the property company owned byEarl Cadogan,whose ancestors have been the main landowners in Chelsea since the 18th century; the nearbyCadogan SquareandCadogan Placeare also named after them) purchased the building in 2000.[2]It was refurbished in 2004 by Paul Davis and Partners Architects at a cost of £7.5 million.[15]The changes included new lighting and sound systems and bespoke acoustic ceiling modules in the performance space.[14]
See also
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edit- ^"About us".Cadogan Hall.Retrieved28 January2022.
- ^abLouise Jury (8 January 2002)."London Philharmonic gets a concert centre".The Independent.Retrieved9 August2008.[dead link]
- ^Annette Moreau (5 November 2004)."Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Bliss, Cadogan Hall, London".The Independent.Retrieved9 August2008.
- ^"Proms Chamber Music at Cadogan Hall"(PDF)(Press release).BBC Proms.27 April 2005.Retrieved9 August2008.
- ^Duchen, Jessica(18 July 2008)."BBC Proms: Everything you wanted to know (but were afraid to ask)".The Independent.Retrieved9 August2008.
- ^"Orpheus Sinfonia".Orpheus Foundation.Retrieved28 January2022.
- ^Charlotte Higgins (7 February 2006)."Look sharp: chance to buy live CD straight after the concert".The Guardian.Retrieved18 September2010.
- ^Andrew Clements (17 February 2006)."Mozart: Symphonies No 39 and 41, English Baroque Soloists/ Gardiner".The Guardian.Retrieved18 September2010.
- ^"Napier Museum".The Hindu.12 December 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 27 February 2014.Retrieved28 July2013.
- ^ab"BBC: Cadogan Hall".Retrieved11 September2021.
- ^Historic England(15 April 1969)."First Church of Christ Scientist (1226700)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved14 November2021.
- ^abc"National Pipe Organ Register Entry No N17971".Retrieved11 September2021.
- ^"Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Building Control News, No 3, 2004"(PDF).Retrieved11 September2021.
- ^ab"Our History: A brief history of Cadogan Hall".Cadogan Hall. 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 17 May 2019.Retrieved17 May2019.
- ^"Cadogan Hall".Paul Davis and Partners Architects.Retrieved20 August2012.
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