Professor Tovey's Sunday Concert

Date: 
Sunday, November 21, 1937
Time: 
8.15 pm
Season/No: 
1837-38

Choral and Orchestral Recital

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Soloists:
Marie Thomson
Mona Benson
Anrew Siimpson
Neil Forsyth

The Reid Symphony Orchestra
The Reid and Cathedral Choirs

Sir Donald Tovey - conductor
Dr Robert Head - Chorus Master

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

Programme

1.  Missa Brevis in A major ... Bach
      1. Chorus - Kyrie
      2. Gloria
           Chorus - Gloria in excelsis
           Aria - Domine Deus (bass)
           Aria - Qui tollis peccata (soprano)
           Aria - Quoniam tu solus sanctus (alto)
           Chorus - Cum Sancto Spiritu in gloria Dei Patris.  Amen

2.  Fantasia for organ ... Stanford
        Dr Head

3.  Two hymns for unaccompanied choir (or congregation ... D. F. Tovey
       (a) He that is down needs fear no fall - Bunyan
       (b) Lead, kindly Light - Newman

4.  The Hymn of Jesus, for Triple Chorus ad Orchestra ... Holst
 

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Group/Ensemble: 
The Reid Symphony Orchestra
The Reid Choir
Choir of the Cathedral Church of St Mary

Performance Type:

Programme Notes: 

No programme notes.

From the information available it is not possible to identify which Fantasia by Stanford was played.

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Silver collection
[Reid] Professor: 
Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940

Promoter:

Notes: 

Presented at St Mary's Cathedral, Palmerston Place, Edinburgh (by kind permission of the Provost)

The Hammond Organ supplied by courtesy of Messrs Rae, Macintosh & Co. Ltd.

The two Tovey hymns were performed with similar forces at the Reid Concert on 11 March 1937.