Bach at St Cecilia's Hall 1983

Date: 
Saturday, May 28, 1983
Time: 
8 pm
Season/No: 
1983, third concert

Third in a series of five concerts entitled 'Bach at Saint Cecilia's Hall', given in the summer of 1983.

Venue:

Participant(s): 

John Hsu - viola da gamba
Peter Williams - harpsichord
David Blackwell - organ

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

Programme
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach

Sonata in D major for Viola da gamba and Harpsichord, BWV 1028
  Adagio-Allegro
  Andante
  Allegro

Sonata in G major for Viola da gamba and Harpsichord, BWV 1027
  Adagio-Allegro ma non tanto
  Andante
  Allegro moderato

INTERVAL

Aria variata alla maniera italiana, BWV 989
  Air and 10 variations in A minor for keyboard

Sonata in G minor for Viola da gamba and Harpsichord, BWV 1029
  Vivace
  Adagio
  Allegro

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Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Instrument / Organ Specification: 
English anonymous, Chamber organ, c.1680
Goermans, Jean/Taskin, Pascal (double manual harpsichord) 1764/1784

Performance Type:

Programme: 
8-page turquoise series booklet
Programme Notes: 

No programme notes.

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Tickets £1.50 (season ticket [5 concerts] £6), Student tickets £1
Publicity and Reviews: 

Turquoise poster with outline details of each of the five concerts.

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

Promoter:

Printer(s): 
Faculty of Music, University of Edinburgh
Notes: 

Viola da gamba by Kazuya Sato, Chiba (Japan 1976); kindly loaned to John Hsu for this visit by Julie Anne Sadie.
Harpsichord by Goermans-Taskin (Paris, 1764, 1783) from the Russell Collection, restored by Grant O'Brien.

Concert tickets available from: The Music Faculty, 12 Nicolson Square; The Usher Hall Box Office, Lothian Road and at the door.
Interval refreshments by kind assistance of the Friends of St Cecilia's Hall.
Harpsichord restoration by John Barnes and Grant O'Brien.