Saturday Night Concert

Date:

Saturday, October 13, 1945

Time:

7.00 pm.

Season/No:

1945-46 season, 2nd concert

Participant(s):

Dr John Fairbairn - leader of the orchestra
Muir Mathieson - guest conductor

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s):

1. March: "Pomp and circumstance" no. 4 in G ... Elgar

2. "Classical" symphony (op. 25) ... Prokofieff

       Allegro
       Larghetto
       Gavotte: non troppo allegro
       Finale: molto vivace

3. Idylle (from suite pastorale) ... Chabrier

4. Two movements from the suite "Scheherezade" ... Rimsky-Korsakov

INTERVAL

5. Overture: "Figaro" ... Mozart

6. Nocturne and scherzo: "Midsummer-night's dream" ... Mendelssohn

7. Invitation to the waltz ... Weber (orchestrated by Berlioz)

8. Second suite from "Facade" ... Walton

      no. 1. fanfare
            2. Scotch rhapsody
            5. popular song
            6. old sir Faulk (fox-trot)

9. Symphonic poem: "les preludes" ... Liszt

Group/Ensemble:

Programme:

4-page programme

Programme Notes:

Unsigned brief programme notes on a selection of items only.

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s):

Programme price: threepence

Publicity and Reviews:

On p.4: full orchestral list and programme for the third concert of the series on 20 October 1945.

[Reid] Professor:

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