Queen's Hall Henry Wood

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# The Promenade Concerts' Birthplace Standing at Langham Place, you are at the precise coordinates where Henry Wood revolutionized classical music accessibility in Britain. The Queen's Hall, which occupied this very site from 1893 until its destruction during the Blitz in 1941, was not merely a con...

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Henry Wood House, Langham Place

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The Queen's Hall 1893-1941. Site of Britain's leading concert hall where Sir Henry Wood founded The Promenade Concerts in 1895. The Queen's Hall was destroyed in The Blitz of 1941.