Bach at St Cecilia's Hall 1976

Date: 
Saturday, May 29, 1976
Time: 
8.00 pm.
Season/No: 
1976 season, 2nd concert

Second of a series of seven concerts entitled 'Bach at St Cecilia's Hall', given mostly at St Cecilia's Hall in the summer of 1976.

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Peggie Sampson - viola da gamba
Peter Williams - harpsichord

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

Sonata in G major for viola da gamba and cembalo obbligato, BWV 1027 ... J. S. Bach
     Adagio
     Allegro ma non tanto
     Andante
     Allegro moderato

Solos for viol ... Tobias Hume
     Captain Hume's Galliard
     The Spirit of Gambo
     Soldier's March
     Hark, Hark

Sonata in D major for viola da gamba and cembalo obbligato, BWV 1028 ... J. S Bach
     Adagio
     Allegro
     Andante
     Allegro

INTERVAL

Solos for viol (Pièces de Viole, 1685) ... De Machy
     Prélude
     Sarabande
     Gavotte
     Gavotte en rondeau
     Menuet

Sonata in G minor for viola da gamba and cembalo obbligato, BWV 1029 ... J. S. Bach
     Vivace
     Adagio
     Allegro

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Low pitch (a'=415Hz)
Harpsichord by Pascal Taskin 1769
Johan Joachim Tielke, Hamburg 1695, bass-viol from the chest of viols belonging to Hart House, University of Toronto, lent to Peggie Sampson for her visit

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Instrument / Organ Specification: 
Taskin, Pascal (double-manual harpsichord), 1769

Performance Type:

Programme: 
12-page booklet on grey paper outlining all seven concerts
Programme Notes: 

There are no programme notes.

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Tickets 75, (Season ticket for any 6 concerts, £4)
Publicity and Reviews: 

Publicity posters in two sizes on grey paper with orange print, outlining all seven concerts with details of ticket prices.  Tickets on sale at the Edinburgh Bookshop, George Street, Edinburgh.
Several advertisements in the press in advance of the series (1 May 1976) and in advance of each concert.  Review in The Scotsman, 31 May 1976.

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

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On p.10 of the brochure there is a list of lectures given in support and in advance of the concerts at 7pm as follows: Edward Harper, 'The Piano Music of Bartok' (30 May), Hans Gal, 'The Violin/Harpsichord Concertos' (5 June), and Michael Chibbett, 'French and Italian Elements in Bach' (12 June). There is also an advert for a recording of the harpsichord used on 5 and 6 June, and a note of some of the items to be performed at the 'Bach at St Cecilia's Hall 1977' series.

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

Promoter:

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

During the interval of the concert coffee and biscuits on sale in the Laigh Room.

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The French harpsichord has been recently restored and is being heard for the first time at the concerts on 29 May and 12 June; work on it includes a cleaning of the floral decorations on the soundbord.Harpsichord maintenance by John Barnes and Grant O'Brien.