Reid Centenary Concert 1958
Reid Memorial Concert
Centenary of the Reid School of Music
Venue:
Daphne Godson - violin
Edinburgh Wind Quintet
Sidney Newman - conductor
John Fairbairn - leader
The National Anthem
General John Reid
(born 13th February, 1721 - died 6th February, 1807
March for the 76th Regiment, Lord Macdonald's Highlanders. "Atholl House." ... General Reid
March of the 42nd or Old Highland Regiment ("The Garb of Old Gaul") ... General Reid
1. Concertante in E flat for oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon ... Mozart
Oboe: Margaret Rennie Moncrieff
Clarinet: Ronald Mackie
Horn: Douglas Bertram
Bassoon: Christine Mather
2. Violin Concerto in D major, K. 218 ... Mozart
Interval
3. Solo for flute and harpsichord (thoroughbass) ... General Reid
No.1 in F major from the first set (c. 1755)
Solo flute: George Gwilt
4. Symphony No. 98 in B flat ... Haydn
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Performer(s):
Performance Type:
Movement titles and programme notes provided by S.T. M.N. for the two Mozart works and the Haydn
Movement titles only for the solo flute work by General Reid.
Name of harpsichordist is not indicated.
The back page of the programme was devoted to an brief history of the The Reid School of Music (The Music Classroom), for which the foundation stone was laid on Saturday 13th February 1858 by the Lord Provost in the presence of the Magistrates and Council, the Professor of Music and other Professors in the University.
Inside the programme there was inserted a page devoted to a list of the portraits exhibited in the Reid School of Music during the Centenary celebrations, February 1958. On the West wall, three portraits of General Reid; on the South wall, Professor John Thomson (portrait) and Frederick Niecks (bronze bust in relief); on the North wall, Professor John Donaldson (portrait), Professor Sir Donald Tovey (unfinished portrait); in the South entrance, Professor Sir Herbert Oakeley (portrait
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