Edinburgh University Musical Society Concert

Date:

Wednesday, March 2, 1960

Time:

7.30 pm.

Season/No:

1959-60 season, 8th concert

Venue:

Usher Hall

Participant(s):

Edinburgh University Musical Society Choir
The University Singers
Cranley School Choir

The Reid Orchestra
Dr John Fairbairn - leader of the orchestra
Sidney Newman - conductor

John Carol Case - baritone soloist
James Miller - tenor soloist
Herrick Bunney - director, The University Singers
Patricia Lines - conductor, Cranley School Choir

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s):

1. Tragic overture (op. 81) ... Brahms

     Allegro non troppo, leading to
     Molto piu moderato, leading to
     Tempo primo

2. Symphony in B minor ("Unfinished") ... Schubert

Allegro moderato
Andante con moto

3. Five mystical songs ... Vaughan Williams

      (1) Easter - "Rise heart; thy Lord is risen"
      (2) "I got me flowers to strew the way"
      (3) "Love bid me welcome"
      (4) The call - "come, my way, my truth, my life"
      (5) Antiphon - "Let all the world in every corner sing, my God and King"

INTERVAL

4. Oratorio: "Sancta Civitas" (the Holy City) ... Vaughan Williams