Reid Orchestral Concert

Date: 
Thursday, January 19, 1950
Time: 
7.30 pm.
Season/No: 
1949-50 season, 4th concert

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Sidney Newman – conductor
Dr John Fairbairn - leader of the orchestra
Dennis Brain - solo horn

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

1. Symphony no. 1 in C (op. 21) ... Beethoven

      Adagio molto - adagio con brio
      Andante cantabile con moto
      Minuet: allegro molto e vivace
      Adagio - allegro molto e vivace

2. Horn concerto no. 3 in E flat (K. 447) ... Mozart

     Allegro
     Larghetto
     Allegro

---- INTERVAL ----

3. Horn concerto no. 2 in E flat ... Richard Strauss

     Allegro
     Andante con moto
     Rondo: allegro molto

4. Suite from "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" op. 60 ... Richard Strauss

     Overture to Act I (Jourdain)
     Minuet
     The fencing master
     Entry and dance of the tailors
     Lully's minuet
     Prelude to Act II (Dorantes and Dorimene)

5. Minuet, adagio and finale from the ballet music "Prometheus" (op. 43) ... Beethoven

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Group/Ensemble: 
The Reid Orchestra

Performance Type:

Programme: 
Single sheet programme
Programme Notes: 

There are no programme notes.

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Ticket price: 2/6; university students free with matriculation card
Publicity and Reviews: 

Advert for forthcoming concerts at the foot of the sheet: Amadeus string quartet on 26 January 1950; Reid memorial concert on 9 February 1950.

Brochure: 
1949-1950 Reid Concerts
[Reid] Professor: 
Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971

Promoter:

First Performance in Edinburgh: 
Horn concerto no. 2 in E flat