Henry Wood Hall

Coordinates: 51°29′55″N 0°5′38.02″W / 51.49861°N 0.0938944°W / 51.49861; -0.0938944 Henry Wood Hall is the name of two orchestral performance halls named after the conductor Sir Henry Wood, located in London and Glasgow.

Henry Wood Hall, London

Henry Wood Hall in Southwark

The Henry Wood Hall in London, formerly the Holy Trinity Church, located in Southwark, London is an orchestral rehearsal and recording studio, named after the conductor Sir Henry Wood.

In 1970, The London Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestras, carried out an assessment of various churches in London with a view to creating a new permanent orchestral rehearsal studio in London. Following their research into disused churches, the Holy Trinity Church in Southwark was identified and subsequently opened in 1975.

The hall was named after Sir Henry Wood, an English conductor best known for his association with London's annual series of promenade concerts, informally known as the Proms, after receiving a substantial donation from the Henry Wood Fund (set up to rebuild the blitzed Queen's Hall).^[1]

Visiting orchestras include the St Petersburg Philharmonic and the Japan Philharmonic which have recorded and rehearsed at the venue with many others.

Sir Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

The Sir Henry Wood Hall in Glasgow is located in the city's fashionable West End, and is a distinctive feature on the landscape with its Gothic Victorian spire.

The hall is the main base, rehearsal and recording studio for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scotland's national symphony orchestra, for over thirty years, though most performances in the city now take place in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.

The orchestra originally played in the city's St. Andrew's Hall, until the hall was destroyed by fire in 1962, then the SNO played in a series of venues of varying suitability. Finally in 1979, the redesign of the Trinity Church in Claremont Street gave the SNO a permanent home of its own: the SNO Centre and Sir Henry Wood Hall.^[2]

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