Reid Orchestral Concert

Date:

Friday, December 14, 1945

Time:

7.30 pm.

Season/No:

30th season, 6th concert

Venue:

Usher Hall

Participant(s):

Sidney Newman - conductor
Dr John Fairbairn - leader of the orchestra
Edinburgh Royal Choral Union (James Moodie - conductor)
Janette Sclanders - soloist
Mona Benson - soloist
John Tainsh - soloist
Stanley Pope - soloist

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s):

1. Overture: "The consecration of the house" (op. 124) ... Beethoven

2. Selection from the ballet-music, "The men of Prometheus" (op. 43) ... Beethoven

INTERVAL

3. Symphony in D minor no. 9 (op. 125) ("the choral symphony") ... Beethoven

        1. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
        2. Scherzo: molto vivace, alternating with presto
        3. Adagio molto e cantabile, alternating with andante moderato
        4. Finale: presto alternating with quotations from previous movements leading to allegro assai. Resumption of presto
                       and intervention of baritone solo folowed by choral finale (setting of Schiller's "ode to joy")