Reid Orchestral Concert

Date:

Thursday, February 29, 1968

Time:

7.30 pm.

Season/No:

1967-68 season, 8th concert

Venue:

Reid School of Music, Park Place (see also University Music Classroom)

Participant(s):

Miles Baster - leader of the orchestra
Sidney Newman - conductor
Leon Ara - solo violin

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s):

1. Symphony no. 85 in B flat ('La Reine') ... Haydn

    Adagio—vivace
    Romanze: allegretto
    Menuetto: allegretto
    Finale: presto

2. Six humoresques for violin with orchestra ... Sibelius

    (op. 87, nos. 1-2, op. 89, nos 1-4)
        no. 1. Commodo; with orchestra of double wind, two horns, timpani and strings
        no. 2. Allegro assai; horns, timpani and strings
        no. 3. Alla gavotta; muted strings, violins divisi into three lines each, lower strings divisi into two lines
        no. 4. Andantino; sustained muted strings
        no. 5. Commodo; flutes, clarinets, bassoons and strings
        no. 6. Allegro; flutes, bassoon and strings

3. Divertimento in B flat ... Lennox Berkley

    Prelude
    Nocturne
    Scherzo
    Finale

INTERVAL

4. Symphony no. 104 in D ('The London') ... Haydn

     Adagio—allegro
     Andante
     Menuetto: allegro
     Allegro spiritoso