Edinburgh Orchestral Festival 1874
Second Grand Orchestral Concert at the Edinburgh Orchestral Festival 1874
on Saturday morning, 14th February. Concert to commence at half-past two.
Venue:
Orchestra of about 70 performers
Madame Otto Alvsleben - soprano
(Of the Opera Houses of Dresden, Berlin, etc.)
Her first appearance in Edinburgh
Madlle Enriquez - contralto
Mr C Seymour and Herr Straus - leaders of the band
Mr Charles Halle - pianoforte soloist and conductor
Programme
Part First
Overture, "Faniska" ... Cherubini
Concert Aria, "Infelice" ... Mendelssohn
Madame Alvsleben
Grand Fantasia in C major, op. 15 ... Schubert
arranged for piano and orchestra, by Liszt
(First time in Scotland)
Mr Charles Halle
Song, "Quando Miro" ... Mozart
Madlle Enriquez
Grand Symphony in D, no. 10 [no.86] ... Haydn
Adagio. Allegro Spirituoso
Capriccio, Largo
Menuetto and Trio
Allegro con Spirito
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Part Second
Overture, "Iphiginia in Aulis" ... Gluck
With Wagner's ending
(First time in Scotland)
Song, " In Questa Tomba" ... Beethoven
Madlle Enriquez
Adagio, orchestra "Scene du Balcon" (Romeo & Juliet) ... Berlioz
(First time in Scotland)
German Lieder, a. Der Nussbaum ... Schumann
b. "Er ist gekommen," op. 4, no. 7 ... Franz
Madme Alvsleben
Accomanied by Mr Halle
Pianoforte solo, Serenade in C sharp minor ... S. Heller
Mr Halle
War March of the Priests "Athalie" ... Mendelssohn
Composer(s):
- Cherubini, Luigi, 1760-1842
- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847
- Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
- Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809
- Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787
- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
- Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869
- Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856
- Heller, Stephen, 1813-1888
Performance Type:
No programme notes.
(The Haydn symphony listed as no. 10 in D major is identified from the movements as no. 86 in D major, Hoboken I/86, the fifth of the six Paris Symphonies)