7-759: Cadogan Hall / k ə ˈ d ʌ ɡ ən / is a 950-seat capacity concert hall in Sloane Terrace in Chelsea in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea , London, England. The resident music ensemble at Cadogan Hall is the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO), the first London orchestra to have a permanent home. Cadogan Estates offered the RPO the use of the hall as its principal venue in late 2001. The RPO gave its first concert as
14-550: The English Baroque Soloists was produced and made available immediately after the performances. In 2009, art rock band Marillion recorded a concert there which was released on the album Live from Cadogan in 2011. The building is a former Church of Christ, Scientist church, completed in 1907 to designs in the Byzantine Revival style by architect Robert Fellowes Chisholm , who also designed
21-710: The Napier Museum in Kerala, India. The stained glass is by the Danish sculptor and stained-glass artist Arild Rosenkrantz . The building was listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England in April 1969. The church had a three-manual pipe organ built by J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd in 1907 and installed in 1911. It was on a raised position on the platform. The organ was removed in 2004, and
28-652: The pipes in 2006. The original intention had been to install the organ in a church in the Midlands, but instead, in 2009-10, it was installed in Christ the King Catholic Church in Gothenburg , Sweden. Walker's organ case remains in place in the concert hall. By 1996, the congregation had diminished dramatically and the building had fallen into disuse. Mohamed Fayed , then owner of Harrods , had acquired
35-464: The property, but was unable to secure permission to convert the building to a palatial luxury house on account of its status as a listed building . Cadogan Estates Ltd (the property company owned by Earl Cadogan , whose ancestors have been the main landowners in Chelsea since the 18th century; the nearby Cadogan Square and Cadogan Place are also named after them) purchased the building in 2000. It
42-590: The resident ensemble of Cadogan Hall in November 2004. Since 2005, Cadogan Hall has also served as the venue for The Proms ' chamber music concerts during Monday lunchtimes and Proms Saturday matinees; it is also one of the two main London venues of the Orpheus Sinfonia . Cadogan Hall has also been used as a recording venue. In February 2006, a recording of Mozart symphonies with John Eliot Gardiner and
49-405: Was refurbished in 2004 by Paul Davis and Partners Architects at a cost of £7.5 million. The changes included new lighting and sound systems and bespoke acoustic ceiling modules in the performance space. 51°29′37″N 0°09′27″W / 51.4936°N 0.1576°W / 51.4936; -0.1576 Concert hall A concert hall is a cultural building with a stage that serves as
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