Reid Orchestral Concert
Venue:
John Fairbairn - solo viola
Sir Donald Tovey - conductor
Kenneth Anderson - leader of the orchestra
1. Symphony in E flat (K. 543) ... Mozart
2. Concerto for viola and orchestra ... Walton
Andante comodo
Vivo, con molto preciso
Allegro moderato
solo viola - John Fairbairn
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3. Symphonic variations ... Dvořák
4. Symphony no. 1 ... Schumann
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Notes by D.F.T.
The three orchestral works in this programme have been fully analysed on former occasions, and the analyses are published by the Oxford University Press in the two volumes of my collected essays already issued. The analysis of Mr Walton's Viola Concerto is about to appear in the third volume, but as that has not been issued I repeat the analysis here. With the other works I replace the detailed analyses by a set of musical quotations that accounts more or less completely for all the themes and developments; such a list, in fact as would be needed for a student's précis. Actual précis-writing I have not given, as it seldon, if ever, proves readable.
On the inside back page - list of Thursday concerts for the remainder of the season.
This concert was broadcast at 21.05 hrs on BBC radio.