Annual Reid Concert 1848
Venue:
Herr Dürrner - conductor
M. Thalberg - pianoforte
Mr A Mackenzie - leader
Singers:
Miss Bassano
Mr T. Williams
Sigr. Ciabatta
The Misses A. & M. Williams
Programme
Part I
March and Minuet ... General Reid
Overture: "Iphigenie" [sic. no indication of Aulis or Tauris] ... Gluck
Vocal Trio "Turn on, old Time" ... William Vincent Wallace
Miss Bassana, Mr T. Williams, Sigr. Ciabatta
Duet: "Lasciami non t'ascolto" (Tancredi) ... Rossini
The Misses A. & M. Williams
Solo: "Or che splende"
Sigr. Ciabatta
Fantasia for pianoforte on themes from "La Sonnambula" ... Bellini (arr. Thalberg)
Thalberg - pianoforte
Morceau, Barcarolle et Tarantelle ... Thalberg
Thalberg - pianoforte
Overture: "Die Hebriden" ... Mendelssohn
Vocal quartet: "Evening" ... Mendelssohn
The Misses A. & M. Williams, Mr T Williams and Sigr. Ciabatta
Song: "The Slumberer"
Miss Bassano
Vocal Trio: (no details given in press report)
The Misses A. & M. Williams and Miss Bassano
Interval
Part II
Fantasia for pianoforte on theme from "Don Pasquale" ... Donizetti (arr. Thalberg)
The press notices indicate sketchily that Part II consisted of more singing, and of piano solos performed by Thalberg but no further details were given.
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No programme available. The programme material listed above has been gleaned from press reports of the concert.
Reviews in "The Scotsman" Wednesday February 16, 1848, and "The Edinburgh Advertiser".
Review in the "Caledonian Mercury" Thursday February 17, 1848.
No orchestra is mentioned but it seems likely that it may have been the orchestra of the Edinburgh Musical Association/Professional Society of Musicians for whom Dürrner was the conductor in 1848.
The inclusion of (at least) two works by Mendelssohn may have been to mark the death of the composer three months earlier on 4 November 1847.