Professor Tovey's Sunday Concert

Date: 
Sunday, November 6, 1932
Time: 
3.00 pm.
Season/No: 
1932-1933, 5th concert

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Dr Greenhouse Alt - solo organ and conductor
Dr Mary Grierson - conductor
D Cleghorn Thomson - conductor

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

1. Organ concerto, no. 10, op. 7 no. 4 ... Handel
     Adagio     Adagio leading to
     Allegro     Fugue
                     Allegro moderato

2. Pastoral suite for small orchestra ... D. Cleghorn Thomson
     The solitary reaper        Maying dance
     Roundelay                     Gavotte

3. Choral hymns from the "Rig Veda", second group, op. 26 ... Holst
     1. To Varuna - Adagio
     2. To Agni - Allegro
     3. Funeral chant - Poco adagio

4. Symphony in B flat (Salamon no. 9) ... Haydn
     Largo leading to             Menuetto. Allegro
     Allegro vivace                 Finale. Presto
     Adagio

5. Ma Mère L'Oye" (Mother Goose) ... Ravel
     Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
     Petit Poucet
     Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes
     Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête
     Le jardin féerique

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Group/Ensemble: 
The Reid Symphony Orchestra

Performance Type:

Programme: 
8-page programme
Programme Notes: 

There are no programme notes, but the text for the choral hymns from the "Rig Veda" are provided.

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Programme Price: threepence
Publicity and Reviews: 

There are the following adverts:

P.2 - opticians, Prescott
P.3 - bookseller, R. Grant & Son
PP.4-5 - Sunday concert on 13 November
P.6 - musical instrument dealer, Thomas G. Hall
P.7 - Reid symphony orchestra concert (with programme) on Thursday 17 November; subscription tickets for season, from £3 to 9s; single tickets from 1/3 upwards. Prospectus and all information from: Paterson, Sons & Co. Ltd; R. W. Pentland; Townsend & Thomson; Thomas G. Hall
P.8 - piano and music sellers, Methven Simpson Ltd

[Reid] Professor: 
Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940

Promoter:

Printer(s): 
Not recorded
Notes: 

The key and movement titles indicate that the Haydn symphony performed on this occassion was no.102 in B flat.