Reid Orchestral Concert

Date: 
Thursday, October 18, 1956
Time: 
7.30 pm.
Season/No: 
1956-57 season, 1st concert

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Dr John Fairbairn - leader of the orchestra
Sidney Newman - conductor

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

1. Concertino no. 4 in F minor (for strings) ... Pergolesi(?)

      Largo
      A capella: presto
      A tempo comodo
      A tempo giusto

2. Brandenburg concerto no. 1 in F ... J. S. Bach

     Allegro
     Adagio
     Allegro
     Menuetto, alternating with Trio I, Polacca, and Trio II

3. Ricercare (for six parts) from "The Musical Offering" ... J. S. Bach

4. Sinfonia in G (from cantata no. 174) ... J. S. Bach

INTERVAL

5. Invertible fugue on four subjects (for strings) (written for the completion of Bach's "Art of Fugue") ... Tovey

6. Symphony no. 47 in G ... Haydn

      Allegro
      Un poco adagio, cantabile
      Minuet al Roverso
      Finale: presto assai

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Group/Ensemble: 
The Reid Chamber Orchestra

Performance Type:

Programme: 
4-page programme
Programme Notes: 

Programme notes by S.T.M.N.

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Programme price: one shilling
Brochure: 
1956-1957 Reid Concerts
[Reid] Professor: 
Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971

Promoter:

Notes: 

There is a debate as to whether the first item in the programme, the concertino no. 4 in F minor, is by Pergolesi or by the publisher Carlo Ricciotti.