Edinburgh Orchestral Festival 1873

Date: 
Friday, February 14, 1873
Time: 
8.00 pm
Season/No: 
1873

Second Grand Orchestral Concert of the Edinburgh Orchestral Festival [Reid Festival] 1873

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Orchestra of about 70 performers

Madlle. Nita Gaëtano - mezzo-soprano
Mr William Castle - tenor
Mr C Seymour and Herr Straus - leaders of the band
Mr Charles Hallé - pianoforte soloist and conductor

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

Programme

Part I
Overture, "Ruy Blas" ... Mendelssohn

Recit ed Aria "Ei parte, senti" - "Per pietà" ...(Cosi fan tutte) ... Mozart
  Mdlle. Nita Gaëtano

Concerto for pianoforte, in E flat, no. 5 ... Beethoven
  (a) Allegro
  (b) Adagio un poco mosso
  (c) Rondo. Allegro
  Mr Charles Hallé

Romanza, "Salve! dimora," (Faust) ... Gounod
  Mr W Castle
  (Violin obligato, Mr Seymour)

Grand Symphony, in G [no. 23] ... Haydn
  (a) Allegro
  (b) Andante
  (c) Menuetto, e Trio
  (d) Finale

Part II
Overture, "Coriolanus," ... Beethoven
  (Firt time with Full Band in Edinburgh)

Recit ed Aria, "Di tanti palpiti," (Tancredi) ... Rossini
  Mdlle. Gaëtano

Andante from Symphony, "The Power of Sound," ... Spohr

Serenade, "When the moon is brightly shining," ... Molique
  Mr Castle

Pianoforte solo, Valse Caprice ... Schubert-Liszt
  Mr Charles Halle

Overture, "The Ruler of the Spirits" ... Weber

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Group/Ensemble: 
The Hallé Orchestra
Orchestra/Chorus Listing: 
1873 The Hallé Orchestra at the Reid Concert

Performance Type:

Programme: 
4-page green programme
Programme Notes: 

No programme notes

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Tickets: Centre, 7/6; Side seats (raised) & Front gallery, 5/-; Under gallery, 3/-; Back & Organ gallery 2/6
[Reid] Professor: 
Oakeley, Sir Herbert Stanley, 1830-1903
Notes: 

The original printed programme is in Edinburgh Central Library, Music Department, Special Collections, Box 18a.