Annual Reid Concert 1845
Fourth Annual Reid Commemoration Concert
Venue:
Principal vocal performers
Mrs Edmunds
Mrs Bushe
Mr Edmunds
and
Mr Ebsworth
Leaders - Mr Finlay Dun and Mr Musgrave
Principal second violins - Mr Guynemer and Mr A Mackenzie
Principal viola - Mr R. B. Stewart
Solo violoncello - Herr Drechsler. Principal violoncello - Mr Hagart
Organ and pianoforte - Mr C Hargitt
The orchestra will be complete in every department
The chorus has been selected from the various Choral Societies in Edinburgh and is under the superintendence of Mr Mather
The number of performers will amount in all to upwards of 150
The whole under the direction of Mr James Dewar
Part First
The first part of Haydn's oratorio, "The Creation" ... Haydn
Introduction (Chaos,)
Recit. - Mr Ebsworth - "In the beginning"
Chorus - "And the Spirit of God"
Recit. - Mr Edmunds - "And God saw the light"
Air - "Now vanish"
Chorus - "Despairing"
Recit. - Mr Ebsworth - "And God made the firmament"
Air - Mrs Bushe - "The marvellous work"
Chorus - "And the ethereal vaults"
Recit. - Mr Ebsworth - "And God said, let the waters"
Air - "Rolling with foaming billows"
Recit. - Mrs Bushe - "And God said"
Air - "With verdure clad"
Recit. - Mr Edmunds - "And the heavenly host"
Chorus - "Awake the harp"
Recit. - Mr Edmunds - "And God said"
Recit. acc. - Mr Edmunds - "In splendour bright"
Chorus - "The heavens are telling"
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Duet - Mrs Edmunds and Mrs Bushe - "I waited for the Lord" and Chorus - "O blessed are they," (Hymn of Praise) ... Dr F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Preghiera - Mr Edmunds - "Fra nembi crudele," ... Mercadante
Chorale - "Sleepers, awake," (St Paul) ... Dr F. M. Bartholdy
Song - Mrs Edmunds - "The call of the quail," ... Beethoven
Double chorus - "The Lord shall reign for ever and ever," (Israel in Egypt) ... Handel
Recit. - Mr Edmunds - "For the host of Pharaoh," (Israel in Egypt) ... Handel
Double chorus - "The Lord shall reign," (Israel in Egypt) ... Handel
Recit. - Mr Edmunds - "And Miriam, the prophetess," (Israel in Egypt) ... Handel
Solo - Mrs Edmunds - "Sing ye to the Lord," (Israel in Egypt) ... Handel
Grand double chorus - "The horse and his rider," (Israel in Egypt) ... Handel
(An interval of fifteen minutes)
Part Second
Grand overture - "A midsummer night's dream," ... Dr F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Duet - Mr and Mrs Edmunds - "Amor possente nome," (Armida) ... Rossini
Madrigal - (full choir) - "Flora gave me fairest flowers," ... Wilbye, 1598
Song - Mrs Edmunds - "La Pastorella Dell' Alpi," ... Rossini
Solo, violoncello - Mr Drechsler - Fantasie, ... Kummer
Cavatina - Mr Edmunds - "Ecco Il Pegno," ... Donizetti
Introduction - march - minuetto - and chorus - "In the garb of old Gaul," ... composed by General Reid
arranged for a full orchestra, and assisted by the Band of the Royal Scots Greys, who will attend by permission of Lieutenant-Colonel Clarke
Ballad - Mrs Bushe - "Of a' the airts the wind can blaw," ... Marshall
Quartet - Mrs Bushe, Mrs Edmunds, Mr Edmunds and Mr Ebsworth - "Lo the early beams of morning," ... Balfe
Grand Overture - "Jubilee," introducing God Save the Queen, ... C. M. von Weber
Composer(s):
- Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809
- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
- Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
- Wilbye, John, 1574-1638
- Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848
- Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826
- Reid, John, 1722-1807
- Marshall, William 1748-1833
- Balfe, Michael William 1808-1870
Performer(s):
Performance Type:
Book of Words gave the list of works to be performed and the texts in English or in the original language.
Advertisement in advance of the concert in "The Edinburgh Advertiser" on Tuesday February, 4, 1845.
Review in "The Caledonian Mercury" (issue 19442) on Monday 17 February 1845
The concert was considered by many to have been a failure as there were no international celebrities only local artistes.
Review in "The Scotsman", 15 February 1845, p. 3
Praise for Dewar under so many disadvantages.
Promoter:
The organ in the new Music Hall was built by Mr Hill of London and after further improvements to the instrument a recital was given in the the Music Hall on Saturday 30the September 1844.
(British minstrel and musical literary miscellany, Vol. 3, issue 81, published January 1845, p. 125)