Historical Concert

Date:

Monday, February 15, 1926

Time:

8.00 pm

Season/No:

1926 - first concert of five

Five Historical Concerts 1926

Participant(s):

The Edinburgh String Quartet

Mr W. Watt Jupp
Mr J. M. Begbie
Mr John Fairbairn
Mr Bernard Beers

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

Programme

1. Quartet in C major, op. 20, no. 2 ... Haydn
   Moderato
   Adagio, leading to
   Menuet (Allegretto)
   Fuga a four soggetti

2. Grand Fugue for string quartet, op. 133 ... Beethoven

3. Three Rhapsodies for string quartet, op. 7 ... G. Dyson

(a)
"Come l'angello intra l'amate fronde
previene il tempo in su l'aperta frasca
e con ardente affetto il sole aspetta." ... Dante: Paradise xxiii

(b)
"Nessun maggior dolore
che ricordarsi del tempo felice
nella miseria." ... Dante: Inferno v

(c)
"Dolce color d'oriental zaffiro
Lo bel pianeta che ad amar conforta
faceva tutto rider l'oriente." ... Dante: Purgatorio i

Group/Ensemble:

Programme Notes:

Four page brochure listed all five concerts with movement titles. No programme notes.

Explanatory remarks by Professor Tovey.

Documents:

[Reid] Professor:

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