Alex Lindsay String Orchestra :[Music concert programmes 1956].

Includes:

27 March: First subscription season. Conductor Alex Lindsay, Betty Gatehouse (soprano), Alice Graham (contralto), The English Singers. Concert Chamber, Wellington Town Hall, 27 March 1956. Programme (cover design by Jaxon) (Pergolesi, Handel, Dubensky, Dag Wiren) (2 copies)

7 April: Concert Marsden School, Saturday April 7th [1951 or 1956 or 1962]. Conductor Alex Lindsay; leader Glynne Adams. Programme (Handel, Arne, Mozart, Vaughan Williams, Grainger, Warlock, Walton, Britten). (2 copies)

12 May: New Zealand's coloratura soprano Mina Foley, with the Alex Lindsay Orchestra, leader Ritchie Hanna, conductor Alex Lindsay, James Hopkinson (flute), Gwyneth Brown (piano). Wellington Town Hall, 12 May 1956. Programme (Mozart, Verdi, Donizetti, etc) (2 copies)

21 May: Second subscription concert. Mozart Bicentenary programme. Guest conductor Dougas Lilburn; soloists Alex Lindsay and David Galbraith. Concert Chamber Wellington Town Hall, 21 May 1956. Programme (2 copies)

9 June: Concert. Leader Ritchie Hanna, conductor Alex Lindsay; solo pianist David Galbraith. Victoria Concert Chamber [Invercargill?], 9 June 1956. Programme (2 copies)

12 June: Concert of light music. Leader Ritchie Hanna; conductor Alex Lindsay. With Ken Smith (trumpet) and the Invercargill Orpheus Ladies' Choir. Civic Theatre Invercargill, 12 June 1956. Programme (2 copies)

2 September: Sunday afternoon concert. leader Ritchie Hanna, conductor Alex Lindsay, soloists Loretto Cunninghame (piano), Jean McCaertney (viola). Lower Hutt Little Theatre, 2 September [1958?]. Mimeographed flyer / programme (2 copies)

3 September: Third subscription concert. Conductor Alex Lindsay; Gabrielle Phillips (soprano), Ritchie Hanna (violin), James Hopkinson and Suzanne Paykel (flutes). Concert Chamber Wellington Town Hall, 3 September 1956. Programme (2 copies)

17 November: Fourth subscription concert. Conductor Alex Lindsay; soloist Ritchie Hanna (violin). Academy Room, National Art Gallery. 17 November 1956. Programme (2 copies)

Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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

Provenance: Some items donated by the NZSO in 2014.