Royal Festival Hall

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Royal Festival Hall. Concert-hall built in London (by London County Council) on S. Bank of River Thames as part of Fest. of Brit. 1951. Designed by R. H. Matthew, with org. by Harrison and Harrison, Durham. Seating capacity 3,200. Prin. home of London orch. concerts. Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room are part of S. Bank concert-hall ‘complex’.

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