Bach at St Cecilia's Hall 1979

Date: 
Sunday, May 27, 1979
Time: 
8 pm
Season/No: 
1979

Third in a series of six concerts entitled 'Bach at St Cecilia's Hall' given mostly at St Cecilia's Hall in the summer of 1979.

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Henry Purcell (1659-95)

Participant(s): 

Gerald Hendrie - virginals, organ, harpsichord

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

Orlando Gibbons

virginals
Pavan (Musica Britannica xx, ed. Gerald Hendrie, 17)
The Italian Ground (MB 27)
Prelude (MB 1)

organ
Prelude (MB 1)
Fantasia (MB 10)

virginals
Fantasia (MB 10)
Coranto (MB 39)
Pavan and Galliard 'Lord Salisbury' (MB 19,20)

organ
Fantasia (MB 49)

Interval

Henry Purcell

Suite no. 1 in G major
  Prelude   Almand   Corant   Menuet

Suite no. 2 in G minor
  Prelude   Almand   Corant   Saraband

Theatre & other Pieces
  A new Ground
  A new Irish Tune (Lilliburlero)
  Riggadoon
  Hornpipe
  Air
  A Ground in gamut

Suite no 5 in C major
  Prelue   Almand   Corant   Saraband

Performer(s):

Programme: 
8-page booklet on green paper
Programme Notes: 

No programme notes

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Tickets £1 (season ticket £5 for six concerts), Student tickets 50p, on sale at the Edinburgh Book Shop, George Street
Publicity and Reviews: 

Poster on green paper giving outline details of the six concerts

[Reid] Professor: 
Printer(s): 
Summerhall Press, Edinburgh
Notes: 

Lecture by Gerald Hendrie at 7 pm in the Laigh Room, on the Keyboard Music of Gibbons and Purcell.  
Refreshments in the Laigh Room after the talk, tickets £1.

Acknowledgements:
Presented by the Faculty of Music, University of Edinburgh, which acknowledges the financial assistance of the Scottish Arts Council for the two concerts on 12 and 13 May.
During the interval coffee and biscuits will be on sale in the Laigh Room by kind assistance of the Friends of St Cecilia's Hall.
Harpsichord restoration by John Barnes.  
  Virginals by S. Keene 1668 (a' = 415Hz),  Chamber organ and Anonymous Italian harpsichord (a' = 440Hz)