Annual Reid Concert 1955
Venue:
Eldon Fox - solo violoncello
Sidney Newman - conductor
Dr John Fairbairn - leader of the orchestra
1. March: "The Garb of old Gaul" ... General Reid
2. Symphony no. 100 in G (The Military) ... Haydn
3. Overture: Leonora no. 2 ... Beethoven
interval
4. Concerto in C major, op. 40 for violoncello and full orchestra ... Tovey
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Review of the concert in "The Scotsman", 18th February, 1955
"Sidney Newman could have paid no greater tribute to the memory of his predecessor than by his inclusion of the concerto in yesterday's Reid Memorial Concert and by conducting it with such conspicuous care and sympathy". In Eldon Fox it has an interpreter with the best recommendations, study under Casals who played it here and in London ... It was a most distinguished performance."