Annual Reid Concert 1996

Date: 
Tuesday, February 13, 1996
Time: 
1.10 pm
Season/No: 
1995-1996

Reid Memorial Concert 1996

This concert commemorates the 275th annivesary of the birth of General Reid.

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Christopher Field - violin
Elizabeth Ann Field - harpsichord/piano

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

Programme

Solo no. 5 in G major (A second Sett of Six Solos, 1762) ... General Reid
  Largo
  Allegro moderato
  Largo
  Minuetto


Piano Sonata in G minor ... John Donaldson 
(first movement)

Violin Sonata op. 10 ... John Thomson
(second movement)

Sonata no. 1 for violin and piano, opus 4 (1949) ... Kenneth Leighton
  Allegro molto e appassionato
  Lento e espressivo, ma liberamente
  Presto energico

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Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Performance Type:

Programme: 
3-page turquoise A4 staples
Programme Notes: 

Detailed programme notes by Christopher Field.

All the works in this programme are by Professors of Music at the University of Edinburgh.  Composed in 1834 and 1835, the Thomson sonata in four movements and dedicated to Moscheles, has been edited for today's performance from the composer's autographed score in the Reid Library.

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Admission free
[Reid] Professor: 
Osborne, Nigel 1948-

Promoter:

Printer(s): 
Faculty of Music
Notes: 

General Reid was born 275 years ago on 13 February 1721.  John Thomson was Professor of Music at the University of Edinburgh from 1839 to 1841, John Donaldson from 1845 to 1865, Kenneth Leighton from 1970 to 1988.

Forthcoming concerts listed at the end of the printed programme