Edinburgh Orchestral Festival 1878

Date: 
Tuesday, February 12, 1878
Time: 
8.00 pm
Season/No: 
1878

Second Grand Orchestral Concert at the Edinburgh Orchestral Festival 1878
on Tuesday evening,  Feb 12. 1878.  Concert to commence at eight p.m.

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Orchestra of 70 performers

Artistes
Madlle. Thelka Friedländer - soprano
  From Leipzig
Herr Henschel - basso
  From Berlin
Mr Charles Hallé - pianoforte soloist and conductor

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

Programme

Part I
Overture, "Melusina" ... Mendelssohn

Air, "Iphigenia in Tauris .... Gluck

Concerto - Pianoforte and Orchestra, no. 2 ... Beethoven
  Soloist - Mr Charles Hallé

Air, "Revenge, Timotheus cries" (Alexander's Feast) ... Handel
  Herr Henschel
  (His first appearance in Scotland)

Symphony, "A Rustic Wedding" ... Goldmark
  (a) "Wedding March" with variations
  (b) "Bridal Song" Intermezzo
  (c) "Serenade" Scherzo
  (d) "In the Garden" Andante
  (e) "Dance" Finale
  (First time in Scotland)

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Part II
Overture, " Il Seraglio" ... Mozart

Grand Scena ed Aria, "Wo berg ich mich"  (Euryanthe) ... Weber
  Herr Henschel

Pianoforte Solo, Polacca Brillante ... Weber
  Mr Charles Halle

Lieder, (a) "Ich kann nicht singen mehr" ... Röntgen
           (b) "Der Holdseligen" ... Henschel
  Madlle Friedländer

March Funèbre d'une "Marionette" ... Gounod

Lieder
  (a) "Wohin" ... Schubert
  (b) "Minnelied" ... Brahms
  (c) "Es blinkt der Thau" ... Rubenstein

Overture, "Le Part Du Diable" ... Auber
 

 

 

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Group/Ensemble: 
The Hallé Orchestra
Orchestra/Chorus Listing: 
1878 The Hallé Orchestra at the Reid Concert

Performance Type:

Programme Notes: 

No programme notes.

[Reid] Professor: 
Oakeley, Sir Herbert Stanley, 1830-1903