Bach at St Cecilia's Hall 1983

Date: 
Saturday, June 4, 1983
Time: 
8 pm
Season/No: 
1983, fifth concert

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

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Peter Williams - harpsichord

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

Programme

Keyboard-Practice, consisting of Preludes, Allemandes, Courantes, Sarabandes, Gigues, Minuets and other Galanteries, prepared for the recreation of the souls of music lovers by Johann Sebastian Bach ... Opus 1.  Published by the Composer, 1731. 

Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829
  Praeambulum
  Allemande
  Courante
  Sarabande
  Tempo di menuetto
  Passepied
  Gigue

Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827
  Fantasia
  Allemande
  Courante
  Sarabande
  Burlesca
  Scherzo
  Gigue

INTERVAL

Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828
  Ouverture (prelude and fugue)
  Allemande
  Courante
  Aria
  Sarabande
  Menuetto
  Gigue

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Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Instrument / Organ Specification: 
Ruckers, Ioannis (single-manual harpsichord), (Antwerp) 1637
Taskin, Pascal (double-manual harpsichord), 1769

Performance Type:

Programme: 
8-page turquoise series booklet
Programme Notes: 

No programme notes.
Lecture by Michael Tilmouth on 'The Partitas of Bach' in advance of the concert at 7 pm in the Laigh Room.

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: 

Harpsichords by Ruckers (re-built in the 18th-century) and Taskin (Paris, 1769), restored by John Barnes.

Concert tickets available from: The Music Faculty, 12 Nicolson Square; The Usher Hall Box Office, Lothian Road and at the door.
Refreshments in the Laigh Room after the lecture, tickets £1.50. 
Interval refreshments by kind assistance of the Friends of St Cecilia's Hall.
Harpsichord maintenance by John Barnes and Grant O'Brien.