Bach at St Cecilia's Hall 1978

Date: 
Sunday, June 4, 1978
Time: 
8.00 pm.
Season/No: 
1978 season, 6th concert

Sixth of a series of nine concerts entitled 'Bach at St Cecilia's Hall', given mostly at St Cecilia's Hall in the summer of 1978.
Works for Lute.

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Nigel North - baroque lute
Lucy Carolan - harpsichord

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

Programme

Suite for solo lute in G minor, BWV 995 ... J. S. Bach
     (transcription of suite for cello, BWV 1011)
     Prélude
     Allemande
     Courante
     Sarabande
     Gavotte I & II
     Gigue

Fantasia in C minor for harpsichord, BWV 906 ... J. S. Bach

Prelude, fuga and allegro in E flat, BWV 998 ... J. S. Bach

INTERVAL

Capriccio on the Departure of a beloved brother, BWV 992 ... J. S. Bach
     Arioso—Andante—Adagissimo—Aria di Postiglione—Fuga all'imitazione della cornetta di Postiglione

Adagio and Fugue in G minor, BWV 1000 ... J. S. Bach
      (transcription from sonata for violin, BWV 1001)

Sonata in A minor ... J. S. Bach
     (transcription of sonata for violin, BWV 1003)
     Grave
     Fuga
     Andante
     Allegro

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Performance Type:

Programme: 
Series brochure: 12 pages
Programme Notes: 

There are no programme notes.

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Season ticket (any 7 concerts) £5; Tickets £1; Student tickets 50p. Lecture and light refreshments tickets £1
Publicity and Reviews: 

Poster on blue paper giving outline details of all nine concerts.  Tickets on sale at the Edinburgh Bookshop, George Street, Edinburgh.

On p.2 of the brochure there is a list of lectures given in support of the concerts as follows: Hans Gal, 'Piano transcriptions of Bach' (20 May at 7 pm); Peter Williams, 'The new organ in the Reid Concert Hall' (21 May at 8 pm); informal disucssion with Wouter Moller of questions arising from the performance of the Cello Suites on authentic instruments (27 May at 10 pm); and Peter Williams, 'The Goldberg Variations' (11 June at 7 pm).

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

Promoter:

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

Lute used in the concert: 13-course lute (D minor tuning) by Martin Bowers 1977, after Joachim Tielke (Hamburg, 1695). The harpsichord used by Lucy Carolan is not recorded.