Reid Orchestral Concert

Date: 
Friday, November 3, 1944
Time: 
6.45 pm.
Season/No: 
29th season, 1st concert

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Sidney Newman - conductor
Dr John Fairbairn - leader of the orchestra
Leon Goossens - solo oboe

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

1. Concerto grosso in F major (op. 6, no. 9) ... Handel

       Largo - allegro
       Larghetto
       Allegro (fugue)
       Minuet: andante
       Gigue: Allegro

2. Concerto in A major, for oboe d'amore ... J. S. Bach

      Poco allegro
      Larghetto
      Allegro ma non tanto

3. Adagio in E flat from Divertimento no. 15 (K. 287) ... Mozart

4. Italian serenade (for strings) ... Hugo Wolf

INTERVAL

5. Concerto for oboe and strings ... Gordon Jacob

       Allegro moderato
       Andante con moto
       Finale: allegro vivace

6. Serenade in E (op. 22) ... Dvorak

      Moderato
      Temp di valse
      Scherzo: vivace
      Larghetto
      Finale: allegro vivace

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Group/Ensemble: 
The Reid Orchestra

Performance Type:

Programme: 
4-page programme
Programme Notes: 

Programme notes by S.T.M.N.

Documents: 
PDF icon 1944 3 November.pdf (2.85 MB)
Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Ticket price: 5 shillings (grand tier); 3 and 4 shillings (area); 2/6 (organ gallery); and 2 shillings (upper tier). Programme price: sixpence
Publicity and Reviews: 

On page 4:
Programmes for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th concerts of the series on 17 November, 1 December and 15 December 1944.
Advert for vacancies for all voices for the Reid Choir, 'especially Tenors and Basses'.

[Reid] Professor: 
Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971

Promoter: