Annual Reid Concert 1959

Date: 
Thursday, February 12, 1959
Time: 
7.30 pm.
Season/No: 
1958-59 season, 7th concert

Reid memorial concert

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Dr John Fairbairn - leader of the orchestra
Ian Whyte - guest conductor

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

1. March ... General John Reid

2. Overture: "Il Seraglio" ... Mozart

3. Suite for string orchestra ... Ian Whyte

           Prelude
           Berceuse
           Evening song
           Valse lente
           Finale

4. Symphony no. 5 in B flat ... Schubert

           Allegro
           Andante con moto
           Minuetto
           Allegro vivace

INTERVAL

5. From "Rosamunde" ... Schubert

            (a) Entracte in B flat
            (b) Movement in G major from the ballet music

6. Symphony no. 1 in C ... Beethoven

            Adagio molto leading to
            Allegro con brio
            Andante cantabile con moto
            Menuetto: allegro molto e vivace
            Adagio leading to allegro molto e vivace

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Group/Ensemble: 
The Reid Orchestra

Performance Type:

Programme: 
4-page programme
Programme Notes: 

Programme notes by M.G. [Mary Grierson] except for Whyte's "suite for string orchestra" which bear the initials of the composer I.W.

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Programme price: one shilling
Brochure: 
1958-1959 Reid Concerts
[Reid] Professor: 
Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971

Promoter:

Notes: 

It is unclear which March by General Reid was performed at the start of the programme; it is likely to have been the March of the 42nd or old highland regiment, "the garb of old gaul", but this is not certain.