Reid Orchestral Concert

Date: 
Thursday, November 2, 1961
Time: 
7.30 pm.
Season/No: 
1961-62 season, 2nd concert
Participant(s): 

Dr John Fairbairn - leader of the orchestra
Peter Wallfisch - solo pianoforte
Sidney Newman - conductor

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

1. Academic festival overture ... Brahms

2. Pianoforte concerto no. 1 in D minor (op. 11) ... Kenneth Leighton

     Allegro vivissimo
     Largo
     Allegro molto

INTERVAL

3. Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 73 ... Brahms

     Allegro non troppo
     Adagio non troppo
     Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino)
     Allegro con spirito

Group/Ensemble: 

Performance Type:

Programme: 
4-page programme
Programme Notes: 

Programme notes by K.L. [Kenneth Leighton] concerning his piano concerto; other notes by S.T.M.N.

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Admission free. Programme price: one shilling
Notes: 

According to the brochure, the piano concerto (composed 1951) by Kenneth Leighton was receiving its first concert performance in Britain. From the programme it would appear that the work was revised and re-scored in 1959, and it may have been this version that was receiving its first performance in Britain.