Reid Lunch-hour Concert

Date:

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Time:

1.10 pm

Season/No:

2017-2018

Venue:

Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ

Participant(s):

The Auricle Ensemble

Chris Swaffer - conductor
Crawford Logan - reciter
Amy Cardigan - violin
Nicola Long - clarinet
Kath Nagl - bassoon
Alistair Douglas - trumpet
Kenny Lethem - trombone
Neil Cameron - double bass
Philip Hague - percussion

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

Programme

The Soldier's Tale (Histoire du Soldat)

Music by Igor Stavinsky (1882-1971)
Text by CF Ramuz, translated by Jeremy Sams
With kind permission from Chester Music / Music Sales

Part I
A soldier is truding home to his village, back to his girlfriend and family for ten days leave.

1. Soldier's March
2. Airs by a Stream
3. Soldier's March Reprise
4. Pastorale
5. Pastorale Reprise
6. and 7. Airs Reprise

Part II
He leaves his fortune behind him and leaves the country to get as far away as possible from his old life.

8. Soldier's March Reprise
9. The Royal March
10. The Little Concert
11. Three Dances: Tango, Waltz and Ragtime
12. The Devil's Dance
13. Little Chorale
14. The Devil's Song
15. The Great Chorale
16. The Triumphal March of the Devil