 After his education , Chisholm 's work was described as " daring and original " , according to Sir Hugh Roberton , while also displaying a strong Scottish character in works such as his Piano Concerto No. 1 , subtitled Pibroch ( 1930 ) , the Straloch Suite for Orchestra ( 1933 ) and the Sonata An Riobhan Dearg ( 1939 ) . In 1933 he was the soloist at the première of his Pibroch Concerto in Amsterdam . He also played the Scottish premieres of Bartók 's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Rachmaninoff 's Piano Concerto No. 3 . From 1930 he was the musical director of the Glasgow Grand Opera Society which performed in the city 's Theatre Royal , conducting the British premières of Mozart 's Idomeneo in 1934 and Berlioz 's Les Troyens and Béatrice et Bénédict in 1935 and 1936 , respectively . He was also the founding conductor of both the Barony Opera Society , the Scottish Ballet Society , the Professional Organists ' Association , and in 1938 he was appointed music director of the Celtic Ballet . As director he composed four works in collaboration with Margaret Morris , the most famous being The Forsaken Mermaid ; the first full @-@ length Scottish ballet . Chisholm had many friends in the music world , including composers like Bartók , Hindemith , Delius , Bax , Medtner , Szymanowski , Ireland and Bush , and invited many of them to Scotland to perform their works . 
