Annual Reid Concert 1909
Latest tendencies in song. A recital of songs interspersed with pianoforte music.
Venue:
Miss Mary Münchhoff - vocalist
Mr Edgar Barratt - pianist
In memory of General John Reid
Pastorale, minuet, and march ... General Reid
Programme
(a) Die Loreley (H. Heine) ... Franz Liszt
(b) Du bist wie eine Blume (H. Heine) ... Franz Liszt
(a) An die Mutter. Op. 20, no. 1 (J. Emil Rothenbach) ... Alexander Ritter
(b) Ich hör meine alten Lieder (Betty Paoli) ... Alexander Ritter
(a) Erwachen. No. 4 of the song cycle entitled 'Brautlieder' (P. Cornelius) ... Peter Cornelius
(b) Christkind. No. 8 of the song cycle entitled 'Weihnachtslieder' (P. Cornelius) ... Peter Cornelius
Instrumental intermezzo:
(a) Barcarolle in E minor ... Anton Rubinstein
(b) Caprice ... Arthur Foote
(c) Gavotte and musette ... Eugen d'Albert
(a) Freundliche Vision. Op. 48, no. 1 (Otto Julius Bierbaum) ... Richard Strauss
(b) All' mein Gedanken. Op. 21, no. 1 (Felix Dahn) ... Richard Strauss
(c) Meinem Kinde. Op. 37, no. 3 (Gustav Falke) ... Richard Strauss
(a) Allein. Op. 31, no. 1 (Anna Ritter) ... Max Reger
(b) Ich glaub lieber Schatz. Op. 31, no. 2 (Anna Ritter) ... Max Reger
(a) Harmonie du Soir. From the song cycle entitled 'Cinq poëms de Baudelaire' ... Claude Debussy
(b) Fantoches. From the song cycle 'Fêtes Galantes' (Paul Verlaine) ... Claude Debussy
Instrumental intermezzo:
(a) Nocturne in G major ... F. Chopin
(b) Polonaise in E major ... F. Liszt
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(a) Dank des Paria. No. 30 of 'poems by Goethe' ... Hugo Wolf
(b) In dem Schatten meiner Locken. No. 2 from 'Spanisches liederbuch' ... Hugo Wolf
(c) Das verlassene Mägdlein. No. 7 from 'poems by Eduard Mörike ... Hugo Wolf
(d) Die Bekehrte. No. 27 from 'poems by Goethe' ... Hugo Wolf
(e) Elfenlied. No. 16 from 'Poems by Eduard Mörike ... Hugo Wolf
Composer(s):
- Liszt, Franz (Ferenc), 1811-1886
- Ritter, Alexander, 1833-1896
- Cornelius, Peter, 1824-1874
- Rubinstein, Anton, 1829-1894
- Foote, Arthur, 1853-1937
- Albert, Eugen d’, 1864-1932
- Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949
- Reger, Max, 1873-1916
- Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918
- Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849
- Wolf, Hugo, 1860-1903
- Reid, John, 1722-1807
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The prefatory note consists of a one-page essay on song composers. Although absent from the programme, Schubert is singled out as the 'model song-composer', while Hugo Wolf and Richard Strauss are described as 'the most important of the modern song composers' (p.3). Of Max Reger and Claude Debussy, Niecks writes, '[they] had better be left to be judged by the next generation'. The words of the songs are printed on pp.6-11.
On the outside back page - dates and programmes of the four historical concerts for the 1908-1909 season.