Edinburgh Orchestral Festival 1882

Date: 
Saturday, February 11, 1882
Time: 
2.30 pm
Season/No: 
1882

Second Grand Orchestral Concert at the Edinburgh Orchestral Festival 1882
on Saturday afternoon, February 11th, 1882.  Concert to commence at half-past two o'clock.

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Orchestra of 70 performers

Artistes
Miss Mary Davies - soprano
Mr Frederic King - baritone
Herr Straus - violin
Mr Charles Hallé - pianoforte soloist and conductor

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

Programme

Part I
Overture, "Genoveva" ... Schumann

Song, "Rose softly blooming" (Azor nd Zemira) ... Spohr
  Miss Mary Davies

Pianoforte Concerto, no. 1 in G minor ... Mendelssohn
  Allegro molto, con fuoco
  Andante
  Presto
 Mr Charles Halle and his orchestra

Song, "Sei rendicata" (Dinorah) ... Meyerbeer
  Mr Frederic King

Symphony in D, no. 5 [The Clock] ... Haydn
  Adagio, Presto
  Andante
  Menuetto-Allegretto
  Finale. Vivace

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An interval of 15 minutes

Part II
Overture, "Leonora," No. 3 ... Beethoven

Songs, (a) "Serenade" ... Raff
           (b) "May Dew" op. 23, no. 2 ... W. Sterndale-Bennett
  Miss Mary Davies

Ballad, and Air Slave, with Variations from "Coppelia" ... Delibes
  Solo violin - Herr Straus

Selection fom "Faust" Part Third ... Berlioz
 Faust  Mr F. King
 Scene 1. Margaret's Dwelling.  Evening
    Ballad, "King of Thule" - Chanson Gothique
  Margarita - Miss Mary Davies
 Scene II. Evocation
  Orchestra alone - Minuett of Will o' the Wisp
     Serenade and chorus of spirits (Mephistopheles)
        Mr Frederic King
  Orchestra - Ballet des Sylphes
                     Hungarian March

  

 


 

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Group/Ensemble: 
The Hallé Orchestra

Performance Type:

Programme Notes: 

No programme notes but words of songs available on a separate sheet.

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