Reid Orchestral Concert

Date: 
Thursday, March 9, 1939
Time: 
8.00 pm.
Season/No: 
76th session, 23rd season, 8th concert

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Sir Donald Tovey - conductor
Kenneth Anderson - leader of the orchestra

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

1. Kaisermarsch ... Wagner

2. Symphony no. 1, in D major, op. 65 ... Dvořák
Allegro non tanto - adagio - scherzo, or furiant (a Bohemian dance), presto - finale, allegro con spirito

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3. Symphonic fantasia, "Pohjola's Daughter" ... Sibelius

4. Overture, "Cockaigne" ... Elgar

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

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

Performance Type:

Programme: 
28-page booklet
Programme Notes: 

By D.F.T.

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

Programme booklet contains a "List of works performed by the Reid Symphony Orchestra (excluding solo and unaccompanied choral works)", together with an orchetral list of The Reid Symphony Orchestra for the 1938-39 season: includes 15 first and 13 second violins; 10 violas; 7 cellos; and 6 basses.

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

Promoter:

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

The analysis and musical examples that Tovey provided for Dvořák's 'symphony no. 1' show that is the work now referred to as symphony no. 6, op. 60.

This concert was broadcast live on BBC radio.