PERTH FESTIVAL of the ARTS - Wednesday 20 to Sunday 31 May 1981
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Day/Date |
Event |
Venue |
Artistes |
Programme |
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Throughout |
Visual Arts |
Art Gallery |
Gerard Hoffnung / Welsh “56” Group / Chinese Silk “Paintings” (embroidery) |
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Wednesday 20 |
Choral Concert |
City Hall |
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & SNO Chorus (Currie) |
“Mass of Christ the King” |
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Thursday 21 |
Organ Recital |
St John’s |
D Eoin Bennet (St John’s) |
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Chamber Concert |
City Hall |
Orchestra of St John’s Smith Square (Lubbock/Robles/Pearce) |
Haydn, Mozart, Debussy |
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Opera |
Theatre |
Scottish Opera |
“The Barber of Seville” |
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Friday 22 |
Music at Mid-day |
St John’s |
St Columba’s RC High School |
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Wind Recital |
Scone Palace |
The New London Wind Ensemble |
Mozart |
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Revue |
Theatre |
Scotland the What |
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Supper Dance |
Salutation |
Cabaret with Terri Rogers (ventriloquist) |
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Saturday 23 |
Saturday Morning |
St John’s |
Young Musicians – Students of RSAMD |
Mozart, Schumann, Faure, Hurlstone, McCabe |
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Light Music Concert |
City Hall |
Pasadena Roof Orchestra |
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Revue |
Theatre |
Scotland the What |
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Sunday 24 |
Festival Service |
St John’s |
Rev David Ogston |
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Orchestral Concert |
City Hall |
Scottish National Orchestra (Gibson/Pauk/Kirshbaum/Marshall) |
Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler |
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Revue |
Theatre |
Scotland the What |
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Monday 25 |
Organ Recital |
St John’s |
Richard Galloway (Holy Rude, Stirling) |
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Ballet |
Theatre |
Scottish Ballet |
“Les Sylphides”, “Corsair”, “Nutcracker” |
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Light Music Night |
Battleby |
The Cambridge Buskers |
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Film Night |
Grammar |
Perth Film Society |
“Wise Blood” |
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Tuesday 26 |
School Performances |
City Hall |
Atarah’s Band |
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Music at Mid-day |
St John’s |
Perth High School |
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Ballet (matinee) |
Theatre |
Scottish Ballet |
“Les Sylphides”, “Corsair”, “Nutcracker” |
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Ballet |
Theatre |
Scottish Ballet |
“Les Sylphides”, “Corsair”, “Nutcracker” |
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Chamber Concert |
St John’s |
The English Concert (Pinnock/Preston/Standage) |
Handel, J S Bach, C P E Bach, Mozart |
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Wednesday 27 |
School Performances |
City Hall |
Atarah’s Band |
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Music at Mid-day |
St John’s |
Perth Academy |
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Piano Recital |
City Hall |
Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich |
Beethoven, Brahms |
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Film Night |
Grammar |
Perth Film Society |
“Richard III” |
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Drama |
Theatre |
Perth Festival Theatre Company |
“The Sleeping Prince” |
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Thursday 28 |
Music at Midday |
St John’s |
Morrison’s Academy, Crieff |
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Chamber Recital |
St John’s |
The Gabrielli String Quartet |
Mozart, Tippett, Tchaikovsky |
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Drama |
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