Annual Reid Concert 1866

Date:

Tuesday, February 13, 1866

Time:

7.45 pm

Season/No:

1866

This was the first Annual Reid Concert organised by the new Professor of Music, Herbert Stanley Oakeley

Venue:

The Music Hall

Participant(s):

Mdlle Tietjens
Mdlle Sinico
Mdlle Zandrina
Signor Stagno
Signor Bossi
Signor Piatti - solo violoncello

Orchestra carefully selected from Edinburgh, Glasgow, London etc.
Leader - Mr H. Blagrove
Signor Arditi - conductor
Chorus under the direction of Mr Adam Hamilton

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s):

Programme
Part I

Introduction, pastorale, minuet and march ... General Reid

Overture, "Zauberflote" ... Mozart

Duet, "La ci darem" (Don Giovanni) ... Mozart
Mdlle Zandrina and Signor Bossi

Scena ed. aria, "Ocean, thou mighty monster" (Oberon) ... Weber
Mdlle Tietjens

Three four-part songs (in chorus) ... H. S. Oakeley
1. Morgenlied
2. Abendlied
3. Nachtlied

Solo violoncello, Saraband and gavotte ... J.S. Bach
Signor Piatti

Aria, "Se parlate d'amor" (Faust) ... Gounod
Mdlle Zandrina

Overture, "Egmont" ... Beethoven

Part II

Symphony in E flat ... Mozart

Duet, "Signorino in tanta fretta" (Don Giovanni) ... Donizetti
Mdlle Tietjens and Signor Bossi

Aria, " Ah, forse lui" etc. (Traviata) ... Verdi
Mdlle Sinico

Romanza, "Salve dimora" (Faust) ... Gounod
Signor Stagno

Canzonetta alla Napolitana, "Sempre piu t'amo" ... H. S. Oakeley

Fantasia on Scotch airs for violoncello
Signor Piatti

Aria, "Largo al factotum" (Barbiere) ... Rossini
Signor Bossi

Quartet, "Gira, gira" (Martha) ... Flotow
Mdlle Sinico, Mdlle Zandrina, Signor Stagno, Signor Bossi

Overture, "Euryanthe" ... Weber

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Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Performance Type:

[Reid] Commemoration Concert

Programme Notes:

Programme notes not available. Programme details taken from newspaper advertisements and reviews.

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s):

Tickets 5/- and 3/-

Publicity and Reviews:

Advert with complete programme appeared on the morning of the concert day. It has been determined in compliance with a very generally expressed wish, to issue a limited number of Tickets on Purchase, which may be procured at Messrs. Wood & Co., or Messrs. Paterson & Sons, Music Warehouse, etc. George Street.
Reviewed in 'The Scotsman', 14 February 1866, p. 3.

Review in 'The Edinburgh Courant', Wednesday 14 February 1866

[Reid] Professor:

Oakeley, Sir Herbert Stanley, 1830-1903

Promoter:

Music at The University of Edinburgh

Notes:

Under the Gallery and in the Back Gallery evening costume is not absolutely required. Tickets at 5s and 3s may be procured at Messrs Wood & Co's and Messrs Paterson & Sons, Music Warehouses, George Street.
N.B. Doors open at seven. Concert to commence at a quartet to eight - before which time the audience is specially requested to be seated so as to prevent any interruption or confusion during the performance of the Reid Music.

The original programme for this concert is not available for consultation in the Centre for Research Collections at the University of Edinburgh.
The information provided on this page has been gleaned from newspaper and journal reports of the concert.