Alex Lindsay String Orchestra :[Music concert programmes 1953].

Includes:

21 March: Promenade concert. Scots College Wellington, 21 March 1953. Programme (2 copies)

28 March: Conductor Alex Lindsay, leader Ruth Pearl; soloists Ritchie Hanna and Loretto Cunninghame. Cashmere Community Centre Khandallah, 28 March 1953. Programme (2 copies)

1 April: First subscription concert. Leader Ruth Pearl, conductor Alex Lindsay, solo oboe Norman Booth. Wellington Town Hall, 1 April 1953. Programme (2 copies) (Bach, Pergolesi, Holst, William Boyce, Mozart)

11 April: "Mass in B minor". Christchurch Harmonic Society and Alex Lindsay String Orchestra; soloists Edna Boyd-Wilson, Mary Pratt, Thomas E West, Donald Munro. Civic Theatre, 11 and 13 April 1953. Programme

12 April: Christchurch Harmonic Society presents a concert by the Alex Lindsay String Orchestra. Civic Theatre, 12 April 1953. Programme (2 copies)

18 April: Promenade concert. Samuel Marsden Collegiate School Wellington, 18 April 1953. Programme (2 copies)

30 April: Marsden School, Queen Margaret College, Scots College present a music festival. Guest choir Solway College Masterton, Alex Lindsay String Quartet, grand organ Clement Howe. Wellington Town Hall, 30 April 1953. Programme (2 copies)

23 May :Second subscription concert, conductor Alex Lindsay, solo violinist Maurice Clare. Wellington Town Hall, 23 May 1953. Programme (2 copies) (Vaughan Williams, Vivaldi, Bartok)

11 August: Promenade concert (British composers). National Art Gallery, 11 August 1953. Programme (2 copies)

14 October: Third subscription concert. Leader Ruth Pearl, guest conductor Warwick Braithwaite, soloist Norman Booth. Wellington Town Hall, 14 October 1953. Programme (cover design by "Jaxon"). (Vaughan Williams, Corelli, Mozart, Elgar, Samuel Barber, Bach). (2 copies)

31 October: Concert with soprano Merle Gamble, Haddon Hall, 31 October 1953. Programme (cover design by "Jaxon") (Vivaldi, Mozart, Finzi, Bach, Bartok) (2 copies)

14 November: Fourth subscription concert. Leader Ruth Pearl, conductor Alex Lindsay, soloists Merle Gamble (soprano), Allan Tregonning (piano). Wellington Town Hall, 14 November 1953. Programme (2 copies) (Abel, Finzi, Bartok, Bach, Tchaikovsky).

Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Physical Description: Printed and mimeographed programmes and flyers, up to octavo size.

Provenance: One programme donated by Mrs Gill Watt, Wellington, in 2008.