Inaugural Concert of the 'Friends of St Cecilia's Hall'

Programme

Six harpsichord sonatas ... Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

C major   
K 420 Allegro
K 132 Cantabile
K 461 Allegro

D minor
K 52 Andante moderato
K 516 Allegretto
K 517 Prestissimo

Harpsichord by Kirckmann 1755, acquired by the Russell Collection.
in October 1970; first appearance in publc since its restoration.
Purchased with the aid of a government grant.

INTERVAL

Sonata in D major, opus 1, no. 13, for violin and continuo ... G.F. Handel (1685-1759)
  Affetuoso
  Allegro
  Larghetto
  Allegro

Concerto in C minor, BWV 1060, for two harpsichords and strings ... J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
  Allegro
  Adagio
  Allegro

Second harpsichord inscribed 'Jacobus Kirckman London fecit' but signed 'Robert Falkener Lonon fecit 1773', whose work it seems to be;
probably owned originally by General John Reid, 1721-1807, who bequeathed his instruments to Edinburgh University with effect from 1839.