Archive item of the month: January 2023

New Year’s Quiz

Can you help us to identify this image? RSM is incredibly fortunate to have extensive archives dating all the way back to our founding in 1738, but unfortunately, some of the materials we hold, we know very little about.

This photograph was placed in our archive with no accompanying notes or commentary, so we’re turning to you all to ask for help in identifying it.

Maybe you recognise the venue, the people featured, or even the occasion of the image. Can you tell who the conductor is, or perhaps the organist, or one of the orchestra members? Please take a close look and write to us at [email protected] with your observations and ideas!