Saturday Night Concert

Date:

Saturday, October 20, 1945

Time:

7.00 pm.

Season/No:

1945-46 season, 3rd concert

Participant(s):

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

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

1. Overture and dances from "The Bartered Bride" ... Smetana

2. "Greensleeves" (from "Sir John in Love") ... Vaughan Williams

3. Violin concerto in E minor (op. 64) ... Mendelssohn

           Allegro molto appassionato
           Andante
           Allegretto grazioso
           Allegro molto vivace

INTERVAL

4. Fantasy overture, "Romeo and Juliet" ... Tschaikowsky

5. Rondo capriccioso (for violin and orchestra) ... Saint-Saens

6. Overture: "Carneval" ... Dvorak

Group/Ensemble:

Programme:

4-page programme

Programme Notes:

Programme notes concerning Mendelssohn's violin concerto and Tchaikovsky's overture, "Romeo and Juliet" only by S.T.M.N.

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s):

Programme price: threepence

Publicity and Reviews:

On p.4: full orchestral list plus programme for 4th concert of the series on Saturday 27 October 1945.

[Reid] Professor:

Notes:

No soloist for the Mendelssohn violin concerto is listed; the solo part may have been played by John Fairbairn.

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