Bach at St Cecilia's Hall 1978

Date: 
Saturday, May 20, 1978
Time: 
8.00 pm.
Season/No: 
1978 season, 1st concert

First 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.
Transcriptions for piano of music by J. S. Bach.

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Peter Evans - piano

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

Transcriptions for piano of music by J. S. Bach

Programme

Chaconne in D minor (for left hand) ... Brahms

Bourrée from the Partita in B minor for solo violin ... Saint-Saëns
Andante from the Sonata in A minor for solo violin ... Saint-Saëns

French suite no. 6 in E major ... J. S. Bach
     Allemande
     Courante
     Sarabande
     Gavotte
     Polonaise
     Bourrée
     Menuett
     Gigue

Chorale prelude, 'Ich ruf zu dir' (Orgelbüchlein) ... Busoni

INTERVAL

Prelude from Cantata no. 29, 'Wir danken dir, Gott' ... Siloti

Chorale preludes
      Herzlich thut mich verlangen ... William Walton
      Der tag, der ist so freundenreich ... Constant Lambert
      Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn (Magnificat) ... John Ireland

Chaconne in D minor ... Busoni

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Performer(s):

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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.
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).

Tickets on sale at the Edinburgh Bookshop, George Street, Edinburgh

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

Promoter:

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

The Lecture at 7 pm by Hans Gal given in the Laigh Room at St Cecilia's Hall, followed by refreshments at 7.30 pm