Identity area
Reference code
DBE-239678/4/1
Title
Solo and Orchestral Performance
Date(s)
- 1958-2002 (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-series
Extent and medium
377 pages
Context area
Name of creator
(1935-2002)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letters, rehearsal schedules, performance invitations, concert programmes, reviews, articles, posters and ephemera relating to Bell’s solo and orchestral career. Material dates from Bell’s time performing with the BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra and the City of Belfast Orchestra in the 1950s and 1960s. Bell’s successful international solo career performing on a range of musical instruments including the piano, oboe, pedal and Irish harp, cor anglais and cimbalom is also in evidence in this subseries.