Bach at St Cecilia's Hall 1978

Date: 
Sunday, June 11, 1978
Time: 
8.00 pm.
Season/No: 
1978 season, 8th concert

Eighth 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.
The Goldberg Variations.

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Peter Williams - harpsichord

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

The Goldberg variations (Clavierübung IV, c.1742) ... J. S. Bach
      Aria
1    2-part invention, one manual 3/4 (polonaise?)        D
2    3-part invention, one manual 2/4                           A
3    Canon at the unison 12/8                                       C
4    3-part invention, one manual 3/8 (passepied?)       D
5    Two manuals 3/4                                                    A
6    Canon at the second 3/8                                         C
7    2-part invention 6/8 (siciliano?)                              D  
8    Two manuals 3/4                                                    A
9    Canon at the third 4/4                                            C
10  Fughetta 2/2 (gavotte?)                                           D
11  Two manuals 12/16                                                A
12  Canon at the fourth 3/4 (inverted canon)                C
13  Two manuals 3/4 (sarabande doublée?)                  D
14  Two manuals 3/4                                                    A
15  Canon at the fifth 2/4 (inverted canon, G minor)     C

INTERVAL

16  Ouverture (introduction and fugue)                         D
17  Two manuals 3/4                                                    A
18  Canon at the sixth 2/2                                            C
19  3-part invention 3/8 (minuet?)                                D
20  Two manuals 3/4                                                    A
21  Canon at the seventh 4/4 (G minor)                        C
22  3-part invention, alla breve (gavotte?)                     D
23  Two manuals 3/4                                                    A
24  Canon at the octave 9/8                                          C
25  Two manuals 3/4 (G minor)                                     D
26  Two manuals 18/16                                                A
27  Canon at the ninth 6/8                                            C
28  Two manuals 3/4                                                    D
29  One or two manuals 3/4                                          A
30  Quodlibet 4/4                                                          C
      Aria
      D = dance    A = arabesque     c = canon

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Instrument / Organ Specification: 
Goermans, Jean/Taskin, Pascal (double manual harpsichord) 1764/1784

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: 

Harpsichord used in the concert: Pascal Taskin (Paris, 1763/84); low pitch (a' = c415Hz).