Annual Reid Concert 1870
The Thirtieth Annual Reid Concert, given in commemoration of the one hundred and forty-fifth anniversary of the munificent General's birth. H.S.O.
This statement was printed in the programme but Professor Oakeley's calculations appear to be a little awry. General Reid is thought to have been born around 1721 or 1722 and there have not been 30 concerts since 1841, e.g. there was no concert in 1844.
Venue:
Principal Artistes
Miss Edith Wynne - soprano
Mr W.H.Cummings - tenor
Madame Norman-Neruda - violin
Mr Charles Hallé - solo pianist and conductor
Part I
Introduction, pastorale, minuet and march ... General Reid
(Scored by Anschutz, 1855)
Overture, "Ruy Blas," ... Mendelssohn
Recit and Air, "The mighty master,", "Softly sweet in Lydian measure," (Alexander's Feast) ... Handel
Mr W.H. Cummings, (Violincello Obbligato) M. Vieuxtemps
Pianoforte Concerto in F minor, Op.79 ... Weber
Mr Charles Hallé
Song, "Rose softly blooming," (Azor and Zemira) ... Spohr
Miss Edith Wynne
Symphony in E flat, "The Eroica," No.3, Op.55 ... Beethoven
An interval of fifteen minutes
Part II
Overture to Byron's, "Manfred," Op.115 ... R. Schumann
Romance, in G (with orchestra) ... Beethoven
Madame Norman-Neruda - violin
Song, "Happy Hours," ... H.S.Oakeley
Mr W.H.Cummings
Air de Ballet, "Rosamunde" ... F. Schubert
Recit. ed Aria, "Zeffiretti lusinghieri," (Idomenèo) ... Mozart
Miss Edith Wynne
Pianoforte solos,
(a) Prelude and Fugue in C# major ... J.S.Bach
(b) Impromptu Op.29 ... Chopin
Mr Charles Hallé
Overture, "Guillaume Tell," ... Rossini
Composer(s):
- Reid, John, 1722-1807
- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847
- Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826
- Spohr, Louis, 1784-1859
- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
- Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856
- Oakeley, Sir Herbert Stanley, 1830-1903
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
- Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849
- Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
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Report of the concert was published in "The Musical Times" March 1, 1970, p. 407