Reid Sunday Concert
Venue:
Dr Hans Gal - conductor
Dr John Fairbairn - leader of the orchestra
Peggie Sampson - solo violoncello
Programme
1. Overture: "The Barber of Bagdad" (no. 2) ... Peter Cornelius
2. Violoncello concerto in B minor, op. 104 ... Dvorak
Allegro
Adagio ma non troppo
Allegro moderato
3. Serenade in D major, op. 11 ... Brahms
Allegro molto
Scherzo
Adagio non troppo
Rondo: allegro
Performance Type:
Programme notes concerning Cornelius' "the barber of Bagdad" and Brahms' serenade in D major by H.G. [Hans Gal]; notes concerning the Dvorak cello concerto by S.T.M.N.
On page 4:
- Advert for the third Reid orchestral concert of the season on 20 November 1943: Rossini, 'La Scala di Seta' overture; Britten, 'Les Illuminations'; Schubert, ballet music from 'Rosamunde'; Vaughan Williams, Pastoral symphony; Holst, 'Jupiter' from 'The Planets'
- Advert for the fifth Reid Sunday concert on 14 November 1943: Rossini, 'The Barber of Seville' overture; arias by Meyerbeer and Mascagni; Haydn, symphony in G ('the Oxford'); Elgar, two songs from 'Sea Pictures'; Eric Chisholm, suite: 'Babar'; Elgar, Pomp and circumstance march no. 5
- Advert for vacancies for the Reid choir, conducted by Sidney Newman. Rehearsals Monday evenings at 7.30 pm in the Pollock Hall, Marshall Street
On page 1:
ARP notice: 'There is complete Air Raid accommodation in the basement of the Hall and the corridors. Shelters are also available at the West End (St John's Church) and in Rutland Square. In the event of an air raid an announcement will be made from the platform.'