Bach at St Cecilia's Hall 1974

Date: 
Saturday, June 1, 1974
Time: 
8.30 pm.
Season/No: 
1974 season, 2nd concert

Second of a series of six concerts entitled 'Bach at St Cecilia's Hall', given at St Cecilia's Hall in the summer of 1974.
Art of Fugue, 1 (c. 1748/50).

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Quartetto Esterhazy (Amsterdam)
Jaap Schröder - baroque violin, viola
Alda Stuurop - baroque violin
Wiel Peeters - baroque viola
Wouter Möller - baroque cello
Colin Kingsley - clavichord

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

Art of Fugue ... J. S. Bach
Strings
Contrapunctus I (fugue à 4)
Contrapunctus III (fugue à 4, inverted subject)
Contrapunctus II (fugue à 4)
Contrapunctus IV (fugue à 4, inverted subject)
Contrapunctus XIIa (fugue à 4, rectus)
Contrapunctus XIIb (fugue à 4, inversus)
Contrapunctus XI (fugue à 4, broken subject)

INTERVAL

Clavichord
Contrapunctus IV (fugue à 4)
Contrapunctus XVI (canon at the tenth)
Contrapunctus XIV (canon at the octave)
Contrapunctus VIII (fugue à 3)

Strings
Contrapunctus XV (canon à 2, per augmentationem in contratio motu)
Contrapunctus XVI (canon à 2, at the third)
Contrapunctus IX (fugue à 4, at the twelfth)

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Performance Type:

Programme: 
Series brochure: 8 pages
Programme Notes: 

There are no programme notes.

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Tickets 65p
Publicity and Reviews: 

On p.7 of the brochure there is a list of lectures given in support and in advance of the concerts at 7pm as follows: Hans Gal, 'The Art of Fugue' (1 June), Rita McAllister, 'Schönberg, composer and painter' (8 June), and Peter Williams, 'The Goldberg Variations' (9 June).

[Reid] Professor: 
Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988

Promoter:

Printer(s): 
The Summerhall Press Limited, 12a West Newington Place, Edinburgh
Notes: 

The clavichord used in the concert was by J. A. Hass (Hamburg), 1763, and the pitch is given as 'low pitch (a'=c.415Hz). It is also recorded that the contrapunctus numbering is per the Bärenreiter edition.

In advance of the concert Dr Hans Gal gave a lecture at 7 pm on 'The Art of Fugue' followed at 7.45 pm by refreshments in the Laigh Room .  Tickets for the lecture and refreshments 60p.