Bach at St Cecilia's Hall 1975

Date: 
Tuesday, June 3, 1975
Time: 
8 pm
Season/No: 
1975, Concert 7 of 7

A jazz invention - The new Bach sound

Participant(s): 

Circle
Bob Wishart - piano, electric piano, vibes, tenor sax, flute
Robin McLeod - bass guitar
Roy Sneddon - drums
Catherine Brawley - vocalist

The Raymond Monelle Trio
Raymond Monelle - piano
Philip Redfern - double bass
Andrew Shivas - drums

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

Programme

1.  Getting in the groove - Circle

2.  Prelude and Fugue in C major ... Bach
     - The Trio

3.  Hits from radio and tv - Circle

4.  Two part inventions ... Bach
      No. 5 in E flat
      No. 2 in C minor
    - The Trio

5.  Keeping their cool - Circle

6.  Suite no. 3 in D ... Bach
      Overture
      Air
      Gavotte
      Bourrée
      Gigue

  - the Trio

7. The grand finale - Circle

    

Programme: 
12-page booklet on yellow paper, plus single white sheet
Programme Notes: 

"Circle" the new Scottish jazz group, have been heard on STV's "A Touch of Jazz", on BBc Radio's "Jazz Club" as well as on Radio Clyde.  Their leader, the versatile Bob Wishart, is a composer too, having written the score for Andrew Mitchell's "A Play for Today" n BBC1.  Drummer Roy Sneddon backed the BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra before joining the present group.  RM.

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Tickets 60p (Season Ticket for any 6 concerts, £4)
Publicity and Reviews: 

Publicity posters in two sizes on yellow paper, outlining all seven concerts with details of ticket prices.   Special poster for this jazz concert, A4 on yellow paper.   Tickets on sale at the Edinburgh Bookshop, George Street, Edinburgh.
Several advertisements in the press in advance of the series and in advance of each concert.

Advertisement The Scotsman, 31 May 1975, Review by Conrad Wilson, 'A Jazz Invention' in The Scotsman, 4 June 1975. 

Programme is in the form of a brochure with details of all seven concerts.

[Reid] Professor: 
Printer(s): 
Summerhall Press Ltd.; Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh, Faculty of Music