Edinburgh Royal Choral Union

Notes taken from a pamphlet printed to celebrate the centenary of the Choral Union in 1958.
The Edinburgh Choral Union, established in November 1858 was, in 1911, given permission to use the title "Royal".

The Society celebrated its diamond jubilee in 1918 with two concerts by the Hallé Orchestra from Manchester, in March of that year. The first was conducted by Mr Greenhouse Allt, a music graduate of the University of Edinburgh and the second by Sir Henry Wood who conducted a programme which included the Symphony no. 9 by Beethoven.

The centenary of the society was marked in 1958 with a concert featuring the Choral Union and the Scottish National Orchestra. Sir Adrian Boult conducted the "Sea Symphony" by Vaughan Williams and Mr Herrick Bunney directed Bach's Magnificat and Bach's B minor mass.

Concerts by Group/Ensemble

Title	Date	Venue	Professor
Reid Orchestral Concert	Saturday, March 4, 1922	Usher Hall	Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940
Reid Orchestral Concert	Saturday, March 11, 1922	Usher Hall	Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940
Reid Orchestral Concert	Saturday, February 10, 1923	Usher Hall	Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940
Reid Orchestral Concert	Thursday, March 11, 1926	Usher Hall	Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940
Reid Orchestral Concert	Thursday, March 10, 1927	Usher Hall	Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940
Reid Orchestral Concert	Thursday, December 8, 1927	Usher Hall	Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940
Reid Orchestral Concert	Thursday, March 1, 1928	Usher Hall	Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940
Professor Tovey's Sunday Concert	Sunday, March 25, 1928	Usher Hall	Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940
Reid Orchestral Concert	Thursday, March 5, 1931	Usher Hall	Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940
Reid Orchestral Concert (rpt. perf.)	Friday, May 22, 1931	Usher Hall	Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940
Reid Orchestral Concert	Thursday, March 10, 1932	Usher Hall	Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940
Orchestral Concert (Fundraising)	Wednesday, April 29, 1942	Usher Hall	Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971
Edinburgh University Musical Society Concert	Wednesday, December 6, 1950	Reid School of Music, Park Place (see also University Music Classroom)	Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971

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