Reid Orchestral Concert

Date: 
Thursday, October 27, 1938
Time: 
8.00 pm.
Season/No: 
76th session, 23rd season, 1st concert

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Sir Donald Tovey - conductor
Dr Hans Gál - guest conductor
Noel Eadie - singer
Kenneth Anderson - leader of the orchestra

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

1. Overture, "The Ruler of the Spirits" ... Weber

2. Aria, "Martern aller Arten" ("Die Entführung") ... Mozart

3. Symphony in B flat, op. 10, no. 2; written between 1765 and 1770 ... Haydn
Allegro con spirito - Andantino - Presto

4. Suite - The Magic Mirror ... Hans Gál

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5. Scena and aria - Caro nome (from Rigoletto) ... Verdi

6. Symphony in C minor, no. 1, op. 68 ... Brahms

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Group/Ensemble: 
The Reid Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra/Chorus Listing: 
1938-1939 Reid Symphony Orchestra

Performance Type:

Programme: 
12-page booklet
Programme Notes: 

By D.F.T.

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Programme Price: sixpence
Publicity and Reviews: 

On the inside back page - list of Thursday concerts for the remainder of the season.

[Reid] Professor: 
Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940

Promoter:

Printer(s): 
David Macdonald Ltd., Edinburgh
Notes: 

According to the programme notes, Haydn's symphony in B flat, op. 10, no. 2, was 'discovered' by Hans Gál in the Reid Library and the work was receiving its first performance since discovery. Gál dated it to between 1765 and 1770.

This concert was broadcast live on BBC radio.