Saturday Night Concert

Date: 
Saturday, October 27, 1945
Time: 
7.00 pm.
Season/No: 
1945-46 season, 4th concert

Venue:

Participant(s): 

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

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

1. Paean ... Bax

2. Overture: Hérold

3. "Sheep may safely graze" ... Bach-Walton

4. Symphony no. 88 in G ... Haydn

       Adagio - allegro
       Largo
       Minuet: allegretto
       Finale: allegro con spirito

5. March militaire ... Schubert

INTERVAL

6. Ballet suite: "Swan Lake" ... Tschaikowsky

7. Contemporary film music
                 (a) music from "Henry the fifth" ... William Walton
                             Overture: "The Globe Playhouse AD 1600"
                             Passacaglia
                (b) "Ferry flight" from the RAF film, "The Big Pack" ... Gordon Jacob
                (c) March: "The True Glory" ... William Alwyn

8. Overture: "William Tell" ... Rossini

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Group/Ensemble: 
The Reid Symphony Orchestra

Performance Type:

Programme: 
4-page programme
Programme Notes: 

Programme notes covering Hérold's overture "Zampa", "sheep may safely graze" (Bach, arranged Walton), Haydn's symphony no. 88 and Rossini's overture "William Tell" 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 the fifth concert of the series on 3 November 1945.

[Reid] Professor: 
Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971