Annual Reid Concert 1925

Date:

Thursday, February 12, 1925

Time:

8:00pm

Season/No:

62nd session, 9th season, 6th concert

Venue:

Usher Hall

Participant(s):

Miss Susanne Stoneley - flute
Miss Astrid Yden - harp

Professor Granville Bantock - conductor
Mr Paul della Torre - conductor

Mr Watt Jupp - leader of the orchestra

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

March ... General Reid

Symphony No. 4 in E minor, op. 98 ... Brahms

Concerto for flute and harp (Köchel's Catalogue no. 299) ... Mozart
Miss Susanne Stoneley - flute
Miss Astrid Yden - harp

Interval

Overture, "Virgil" ... P. Della Torre
(Conducted by the composer)

Sixth Solo Sonata ... General Reid
Miss Susanne Stoneley

Tableau Musicale - "Sadko" ... Rimsky-Korsakov

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Group/Ensemble:

The Reid Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra/Chorus Listing:

1924-1925 Reid Symphony Orchestra

Performance Type:

Programme:

20 page booklet

Programme Notes:

Programme notes by Donald Francis Tovey.

Includes the music for the Sixth solo sonata by General Reid

Notes for the Rimsky-Korsakov by H.O.A., reprinted by kind permission

Documents:

1925 Reid Memorial Concert.pdf (14.45 MB)

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s):

Subscription for series from £2.17s.6d to 10s; for half-series from £1.10s.6d to 5s.6d; for single concert (inc. tax) 5s.9d to 1s.6d; Hon. members of the Society 25% reduction on prices of all tickets. Programme Price: one shilling one shilling

[Reid] Professor:

Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940

Promoter:

Printer(s):

David Macdonald Ltd., 74 Hanover Street, Edinburgh

Notes:

Advance publicity for the series had advertised for this concert Orchestral Dances by Mozart and a Symphonic Prologue by Paul de la Torre alongside a flute sonata by General Reid.
The Reid flute sonata was programmed and there was an overture by Paul de la Torre, "Virgil" conducted by the composer.
The Symphony no. 4 by Brahms had originally been planned for the previous concert on 29th January 1925.