Reid Sunday Concert
Venue:
Dr Erik Chisholm - conductor
Dr John Fairbairn - leader of the orchestra
Janet Howe - contralto
Patrick Shannon - narrator
Programme
1. Overture: "The Barber of Seville" ... Rossini
2. (a) aria: "Lieti, Signors" (from "Les Huguenots") ... Meyerbeer
(b) Santuzza's Romance (from "Cavalleria Rusticana") ... Mascagni
3. Symphony no. 92 in G major ("The Oxford") ... Haydn
Adagio - allegro spiritoso
Adagio
Menuetto: allegretto
Presto
4. "Sabbath morning at sea" and "the swimmer" from "Sea Pictures" ... Elgar
5. Orchestral fantasy: "The adventures of Babar" ... Erik Chisholm
(1) The wedding of Babar and Celeste
(2) The old, old song of the elephants
(3) The battle of the rhinoceroses and the elephants
(4) fete
Narrator: Patrick Shannon
6. March: "Pomp and Circumstance" no. 5 ... Elgar
Composer(s):
Performance Type:
Programme notes 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 sixth Reid Sunday concert on 21 November 1943: Weber, 'Freischutz' overture; Mendelssohn, violin concerto in E minor; Dvorak, symphony no. 4 in G
- 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.'