Reid Orchestral Concert

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

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Sidney Newman – conductor
Dr John Fairbairn – leader of the orchestra and solo violin
Margaret Morham - flute
Wight Henderson - pianoforte
 

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

1. Chacony in G minor ... Purcell

2. Brandenburg concerto no. 5 in D ... J. S. Bach

       Allegro
       Affetuoso
       Allegro

3. Concertino pastorale (for string orchestra) ... John Ireland

       Eclogue: sostenuto - allegretto moderato
       Threnody: lento espressivo
       Toccata: allegro molto ma non troppo presto

INTERVAL

4. Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis ... Vaughan Williams

5. Romance in C (op. 42) ... Sibelius

6. Overture no. 2 in B minor for flute and strings ... J. S. Bach

      Overture: grave - allegro - lento
      Rondeau
      Sarabande
      Bourrée
      Polonaise
      Minuet
      Badinerie

     

Group/Ensemble: 

Performance Type:

Programme: 
4-page programme
Programme Notes: 

Programme notes by S.T.M.N.

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:
Programme for the 4th concert of the series on 15 December 1944, plus dates for the second hald season.
Advert for vacancies for all voices for the Reid Choir, 'especially Tenors and Basses'.