Erection date: 11/8/2013
The British Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, commissioned by the Philharmonic Society of London, was given on 21 March 1825 in the Argyll Rooms Concert Hall on this site.
Royal Philharmonic Society
City of Westminster
W1, Regent Street, 252, NatWest Bank
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Beethoven's 9th
The 'Argyll Rooms' venue opened in 1806. A new building was designed, as par...
Composer. Born (we only have his baptism date) in Bonn (now Germany). His nin...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Beethoven's 9th
Created as the Philharmonic Society of London, it had an orchestra which init...
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
The plaque on the brick wall in the picture reads: The BBC Star Terrace, "Bring me fun, bring me sunshine, bring me love" Sylvie Dee. De...
The plaque is a one-off in a delicate serif typeface. The off-set string course suggests that the plaque was designed into the building. ...
See Davison's page for an explanation of this plaque. While still thinking about how to arrange a 'site visit' to capture this important...
Frank Gilbert Crichlow, 1932 - 2010, human rights campaigner, community organiser and restauranteur. Founded Mangrove Restaurant. Co-fo...
Richard Tauber, 1891 - 1948, lyric tenor, lived here in flat 297, 1947 - 1948. English Heritage