Reid Orchestral Concert

Date: 
Thursday, October 22, 1953
Time: 
7.30 pm.
Season/No: 
1953-54 season, 1st concert

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Dr John Fairbairn - leader of the orchestra
Sidney Newman - conductor
Doris Guthrie - solo soprano
Enoch Jackson - trumpet obbligato

The New [String] Quartet [of Edinburgh]
Robert Cooper
Anne Crowden
Christopher Martin
Joan Dickson

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

1. Brandenburg concerto no. 3 in G ... J. S. Bach

2. Cantata no. 51, for soprano, trumpet and strings ("Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen") ... J. S. Bach

       Solo soprano:  Doris Guthrie

       Trumpet obbligato: Enoch Jackson

3. Brandenburg concerto no. 6 in B flat ... J. S. Bach

INTERVAL

4. Introduction and allegro for strings (op. 47) ... Elgar

       Soloists: The New [String] Quartet [of Edinburgh]
       Robert Cooper
       Anne Crowden
       Christopher Martin
       Joan Dickson

5. Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge (op. 10) ... Britten

 

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Group/Ensemble: 
The Reid Chamber Orchestra
The (New) Edinburgh (String) Quartet

Performance Type:

Programme: 
4-page programme
Programme Notes: 

Brief programme notes on all the works, except for the Bach cantata (which has the English translation of the text) and Britten's 'variations on a theme of Frank Bridge' (which has a list of movements).
 

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Programme: one shilling
[Reid] Professor: 
Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971

Promoter: