Annual Reid Concert 1868

Date: 
Thursday, February 13, 1868
Time: 
7:45pm
Season/No: 
1868

This programme featured Madame Clara Schumann at the pianoforte.

Participant(s): 

Principal Artistes

Madame Lemmens-Sherrington - soprano
Miss L. Franklein - contralto
Mr Nelson Varley - tenor

Madame Clara Schumann - pianoforte
Mr Carrodus - violin
Herr A. Manns - conductor

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

Part I
Introduction, Pastorale, Minuet and March ... General Reid
"Reformation" Symphony ... Mendelssohn (1830)
Song, "Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly," (L'Allegro) ... Handel
  Madame Lemmens-Sherrington,  (Flute obbligato) Mr A. Wells
Song, "Sound an Alarm," (Judas Maccabæus,) ... Handel
  Mr Nelson Varley
Pianoforte Concerto, in E flat, No. 5 Op. 73 ... Beethoven
  Madame Clara Schumann
Song, "L'Addio," ... Mozart
  Miss L. Franklein
Overture, "Nozze di Figaro," (Presto) ... Mozart

An interval of fifteen minutes

Part II
Overture, "Leonora, " No.3 ... Beethoven
Bugle song, "Blow, bugle, blow," op.12. No.2 ... H.S.Oakeley 
  Madame Lemmens-Sherrington
  (Cornet obbligato) Monsr. Bonnisseau
  (Bugle echo) Mr Richardson
Violin Fantasia, on Rossini's "Othello," ... Ernst
  Mr Carrodus
Cavatina, "Ah! come rapida," (Il Crociato in Egitto) ... Meyerbeer
  Madem Lemmens-Sherrington
Pianoforte solos, (a) Gavotte [English suite no. 6 in D minor] ... Sebastian Bach
  (b) Des Abends, (c) Traumeswirren Op. 12 Nos. 1 & 7 ... R.Schumann
  Madame Clara Schumann
Song, "The Maid of Athens," ... G.B.Allen
  Mr Nelson Varley
Duet, "The Evening Star," Op.8 No.3 ... H.S.Oakeley
  Madame Lemmens-Sherrington and Miss Franklein
Overture, "Masaniello," ... Auber

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Group/Ensemble: 
Orchestra/Chorus Listing: 
Documents: 
Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Tickets 5 shillings and 3 shillings from Messrs Wood & Co or Messrs Paterson & Sons', George Street, Free admission reserved for the Senatus etc, and Fourth Year Edinburgh University students
Publicity and Reviews: 

Advertised in 'The Scotsman', 30 January 1868.