Annual Reid Concert 1858
The concert programme information here has been put together from a report in "The Musical Gazette", March 1858. It was an evening concert but the start time is not given in the report. There is no known extant printed programme for this concert.
Venue:
The Pyne and Harrison Company
Singers:
Mr Ferdinand Glover
Miss Louisa Pyne
Miss Susan Pyne
Mr A. St Albyn
Mr W. Harrison
Mr H. Braham
Miss Arabella Goddard - pianoforte
Mr J. Carrodus - violin
Mr Alfred Mellon - conductor
Part I
1. Overture: Marguerite ... Mellon
2. Romanza, "O vecchio cor che batti" (I due Foscari) ... Verdi
Mr F. Glover
3. Vocal Quartette, "When the West" ... Mendelssohn
Miss Thirlwall, Miss S Pyne, Mr St. Albyn, Mr Wallworth
4. Concerto in C minor, pianoforte ... Beethoven
Miss Arabella Goddard
5. Cavatina: "Casta Diva" (Norma) ... Bellini
Miss Louisa Pyne
6. Solo violin, "Otello" ... Ernst
Mr Carrodus
7. Song and Chorus, "Rataplan" (Hugenots) ... Meyerbeer
Mr St Albyn
8. Overture: "Zampa" ... Herold
Interval
Part II
9. Pastorale. Menuet and Grand March, "The Garb of old Gaul" ... General Reid
10. Ballad. "I love her" ... Balfe
Mr W. Harrison
11. Fantasia, pianoforte, "Home, sweet, home" ... Thalberg
Miss Arabella Goddard
12. Duetto, "A figlia incanta" (Maria Padilla) ... Donizetti
13. Aria buffa, "Madamina" (Giovanni) ... Mozart
Mr H. Braham
14. Chorus, "Here we'll rest" (Sonnambula) ... Bellini
15. Finale, "God Save the Queen" band ... John Bull
Composer(s):
- Mellon, Alfred 1820-1867
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901
- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847
- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
- Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835
- Ernst, Heinrich Wilhelm, 1814-1865
- Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864
- Hérold, Ferdinand, 1791-1833
- Reid, John, 1722-1807
- Balfe, Michael William 1808-1870
- Thalberg, Sigismond, 1812-1871
- Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
- Bull, John, 1562 or 1563-1628