Reid Orchestral Concert
Date:
Tuesday, December 4, 1951
Time:
7.30 pm.
Season/No:
1951-52 season, 4th concert
Handel's oratorio Samson
Venue:
Participant(s):
Sidney Newman - conductor
Dr John Fairbairn - leader of the orchestra
Dr Mary Grierson - at the organ
Francis Thomas - continuo
John Tainsh - Samson
Julian Smith - Manoah, father to Samson
Edith Mitchell - Micah, friend to Samson
Joan Alexander - Dalila, wife of Samson, and an Israelite woman
Frederick Westcott - Harapha, a Philistine giant
Etta Galbraith - a Philistine woman
Duncan Robertson - an Israelite, a Philistine, and an Israelite messenger
Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s):
Samson ... Handel
Act I
Act II
Act III
The Lament
Dead March
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Performer(s):
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Performance Type:
Programme:
6-page programme
Programme Notes:
Programme notes by S.T.M.N., plus full list and texts of recitatives, arias and choruses.
Ticket and/or Programme Price(s):
Ticket price: 2/6
Brochure:
[Reid] Professor: