Annual Reid Concert 1944

Date: 
Sunday, February 13, 1944
Time: 
2.30 pm.
Season/No: 
1943-44 season, Reid Sunday Concerts,16th concert

Reid Memorial Concert

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Sidney Newman - conductor
Dr John Fairbairn - leader of the orchestra
Myra Hess - solo pianoforte

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

Reid Memorial Concert

Programme

1. March: "The garb of old gaul" ... General Reid

2. Variations on a theme by Haydn, op. 56a ... Brahms

3. Pianoforte concerto in C major (K. 503) ... Mozart

        Allegro maestoso
        Andante
        Allegretto

INTERVAL

4. Concert overture: "The land of the mountain and the flood" ... MacCunn

5. Symphony no. 4 in G (op. 88) ... Dvorak

       Allegro con brio
       Adagio
       Allegretto grazioso
       Allegro ma non troppo

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Group/Ensemble: 
The Reid Symphony Orchestra

Performance Type:

Programme: 
4-page programme
Programme Notes: 

Programme notes by S.T.M.N.

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Series Ticket (10 concerts) Grand Tier, £2.10/-; Area (Reserved) £2; Area (unreserved) £1.10/-; Upper Tier £1; Single Tickets: 5/-, 4/-, 3/- & 2/- from Paterson Sons & Co. Ltd., 27 George St.Programme price: sixpence
Publicity and Reviews: 

On p.4:
Advert for the Edinburgh music club chamber music concert on 25 February 1944 at Freemasons' Hall, George Street (Griller string quartet).

On page 1:
ARP notice: 'There is complete Air Raid accommodation in the basement of the Hall and the corridors. Shelters are also available at the West End (St John's Church) and in Rutland Square. In the event of an air raid an announcement will be made from the platform.'

[Reid] Professor: 
Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971
Notes: 

The last in the 1943-44 season of Reid Sunday concerts