Saturday Night Concert

Date: 
Saturday, December 1, 1945
Time: 
7.00 pm.
Season/No: 
1945-46 season, 9th concert

Venue:

Participant(s): 

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

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

1. Overture: "Oberon" ... Weber

2. Ballet music from "Faust" ... Gounod

       (a) Allegretto (tempo di valse)
       (b) Adagio
       (c) Allegretto
       (d) Moderato maestoso
       (e) Moderato con moto
       (f) Allegretto
       (g) Allegro vivo

3. "Vltava" symphonic poem ... Smetana

4. (a) Londonderry air ... Grainger
    (b) Molly on the shore ... Grainger

INTERVAL

5. Prelude, act 1, "Traviata" ... Verdi

6. Symphony no. 4 in F minor (op. 36) ... Tschaikovsky

        Andante sostenuto - moderato con anima
        Andantino in modo di canzone
        Scherzo: pizzicato ostinato
        Finale: allegro con fuoco

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Group/Ensemble: 
The Reid Symphony Orchestra

Performance Type:

Programme: 
4-page programme
Programme Notes: 

Brief notes (unsigned) on "Vltava" and Percy Grainger only.

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Programme price: threepence
Publicity and Reviews: 

On p.4: programme for the 10th Saturday night concert on 8 December; and the programme for a 'Reid Orchestra Special Concert' on Wednesday 2 January 1946.

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