Saturday Night Concert

Date:

Saturday, December 8, 1945

Time:

7.00 pm.

Season/No:

1945-46 season, 10th concert

Participant(s):

Dr John Fairbairn - leader of the orchestra
Muir Mathieson - guest conductor
Dr Eric Smith - solo organist

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

1. Overture: "The Flying Dutchman" ... Wagner

2. Suite: "Peer Gynt" ... Grieg

     (a) Morning (allegretto pastorale)
     (b) Anitra's dance (tempo di mazurka)
     (c) Solveig's song
     (d) In the hall of the mountain king

3. Organ concerto in B fat major, op. 7, no. 1 ... Handel

     Andante
     Andante
     Largo
     Bourree - allegro

4. Bolero ... Ravel

INTERVAL

5. Symphony in G minor (K. 550) ... Mozart

      Allegro molto
      Andante
      Menuetto allegretto
      Allegro assai

6. Danse macabre (op. 40) ... Saint-Saens

7. Marche joyeuse ... Chabrier

Group/Ensemble:

Programme:

4-page programme

Programme Notes:

There are no programme notes.

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s):

Programme price: threepence

Publicity and Reviews:

On p.4: programmes for the 11th concert of the series on 22 December 1945 and for a Reid Orchestra Special Concert on 2 January 1946.

[Reid] Professor:

Notes:

The Peer Gynt suite appears to be derived from suite nos. 1 and 2.

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