Reid Orchestral Concert

Date: 
Thursday, February 25, 1937
Time: 
8.00 pm.
Season/No: 
74th session, 21st season, 7th concert

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Sir Donald Tovey - conductor
Kenneth Anderson - leader of the orchestra

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

1. Symphony in D major, op. 32 ... D. F. Tovey

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2. Overture to An Unwritten Tragedy ... Parry

3. Concert overture, In the South (Alassio) ... Elgar

4. Ballet from The Perfect Fool (op. 39) ... Holst

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Group/Ensemble: 
The Reid Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra/Chorus Listing: 
1936-1937 Reid Symphony Orchestra

Performance Type:

Programme: 
24-page booklet
Programme Notes: 

By D.F.T. except for the analysis of Tovey's symphony in D major, which is by 'M. G.'

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Season ticket (Special rate for Hon. members): Grand Tier £3 (£2.15/-); Area £2. 2/- (£1. 17/6) 18/-; Upper Tier 9/-; Single Ticket Rates from 1/6 to 5/9; Programme Price: one shilling
Publicity and Reviews: 

Season 1936-37 Concert Agents:
Paterson, Sons & Co. Ltd., 27 George Street
Methven Simpson, Ltd., 83 Princes Street
Rae, Macintosh & Co. Ltd., 39 George Street
James Stephen, 59 Lothian Road
Townsend & Thomson, 79 George Street
Maitland Radio Limited
Alex Scott (wool shop)

On p.21, the 'raison-d'être' of the Reid Symphony Orchestra is given.

On the inside back page - list of works for the final Thursday concert of the season.

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

Promoter:

Printer(s): 
David Macdonald Ltd., Edinburgh
Notes: 

The first half of this programme, the Symphony by Donald Francis Tovey was broadcast live on the BBC wireless, Scottish programme, 391.1m, at 8 pm on Thursday 25 February 1937   Recording available on allmusic.com  Tovey Symphony in D
It was publicised and featured in the Radio Times, issue dated, 19 February 1937: "Reid Orchestral Concert, Sir Donald F. Tovey will conduct his own Symphony in D tonight at 8.0"   The broadcast of the concert was preceded at 7.45 pm by an "Introductory talk to the Reid Orchestral Concert by Mary Grierson"

This concert was broadcast live on BBC radio.