The Queen's Hall was a classical music concert hall in Central London, opened in 1893 but is best known for being where The Promenade Concerts were founded in 1895. Classical music is music considered classical, as sophisticated and refined, in a regional tradition. ... A Concert hall is a cultural building, which serves as performance venue, chiefly for classical instrumental music. ... Greater London and the Regions of England. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... A Promenade concert in the Royal Albert Hall, 2004. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Situated in Langham Place, although having a total of 17 entrances and exits on three streets (the other two being Riding House Street and Great Portland Street), it had seating for up to 3,000 within a floor area of 21,000 square feet (2,000 m²). It was considered to have a 'perfect acoustic' and was designed by Thomas Edward Knightley. Internal alterations, completed in 1919 reduced the capacity to 2,400. 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

It closed in 1941 after the auditorium was gutted by fire after a single incendiary bomb hit the building during a massive air raid in which the chamber of the House of Commons and many other buildings were also destroyed. 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... An auditorium is the area within a theatre, concert hall or other performance space where the audience is located in order to hear and watch the performance. ... Incendiary bombs are bombs designed to start fires or destroy sensitive equipment using materials such as napalm, thermite, or white phosphorus. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ...

. In 1954-55 a report was commissioned, chaired by Lord Robbins, into the feasibility of a replacement, the 'New Queen's Hall' but which concluded: On musical grounds it is desirable to replace the destroyed Queen's Hall by another large hall of good acoustic qualities, but it is doubtful if there is a potential demand which would enable it to run without subtracting from the audiences of subsidised halls already in existence. 1954 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Its former site is now the St Georges Hotel.

External link

• New Queen's Hall Orchestra Official Website (http://www.nqho.com/)