Annual Reid Concert 1869

Date:

Saturday, February 13, 1869

Time:

4:00pm

Season/No:

1869

Professor Oakeley describes this occasion as "... the Twenty-ninth Annual Reid Commemoration Concert, given on the One Hundred and Forty-fourth anniversary of the munificent General's birth, and on the eve of St Valentine, 1869." It was the first Annual Reid Concert given by Charles Hallé and his band from Manchester.

Venue:

The Music Hall

Participant(s):

Principal Artistes

Miss Edith Wynne
Mr Sims Reeves
Mr C A Seymour - leader
Mr Charles Hallé - solo pianist and conductor

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

Part I

Introduction, pastorale, minuet and march ... General Reid
Overture, "Euryanthe," ... Weber
Song, "Mi tradì" (Don Giovanni) ... Mozart
Miss Edith Wynne
Pianoforte Concerto, in D minor, No.2, Op.40 ... Mendelssohn
Mr Charles Hallé
Recit and Air, "Love in her eyes sits playing" (Acis and Galatea) ... Handel
Mr Sims Reeves
Symphony in A major, No.7 Op.92 ... Beethoven

An interval of fifteen minutes

Part II
Overture, "Anacreon," ... Cherubini
Song, "I'd weep with thee," (Oberon) ... Weber
Mr Sims Reeves
Entr'acte, in B flat "Rosamunde" ... Schubert
Romanza, "Quando a te lieta, etc." (Faust) ... Gounod
Miss Edith Wynne
(Violoncello Obbligato) M. Vieuxtemps
Pianoforte solos,
(a) Prelude in G ... Bach
(b) Arabesque ... Schumann
(c) Fantasia Impromptu in C# minor ... Chopin
Mr Charles Hallé
Song"'Tis not alone that thou art fair" ... Oakeley
(First time)
Mr Sims Reeves
Overture, "Semiramide," ... Rossini