Edinburgh Orchestral Festival 1884
Second Grand Orchestral Concert at the Edinburgh Orchestral Festival 1884
on Tuesday evening, February 12th, 1884. Concert to commence at eight o'clock.
Venue:
Orchestra of 70 performers
Artistes
Miss Anna Williams - soprano
Mr Frederic King - baritone
Madame Norman-Neruda
Mr Charles Hallé - pianoforte soloist and conductor
Programme
Part I
Overture, "Waverley" ... Berlioz
(First time in Scotland
Scena, "Ocean, thou mighty monster" (Oberon) ... Weber
Miss Anna Williams
Violin Concerto, "Scotch," in E flat ... Max Bruch
Introduzione. Grave
Adagio Cantabile
Allegro alla Danza
Andante Sostenuto
Finale. Allegro guerriero
(First time)
Madame Norman-Neruda and Orchestra
Song, "Odi tu" (Marinaresca) ... Tito Mattei
Mr Frederic King
Symphony in B flat, No. 1 ... Schumann
(a) Andante Moderato; Allegro Molto Vivace
(b) Larghetto
(c) Scherzo: Molto Vivace. Trio No. 1, Trio No. 2
(d) Allegro animato e grazioso
(Played for the first time in Scotland at these Concerts in 1875)
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Part II
Overture, "Melusina" ... Mendelssohn
(Played for first time in Scotland at Reid Concert of 1873)
Pianoforte solos, (a) Nocturne in G minor ... Chopin
(b) Gavotte in C ... Geminiani (Arranged for pianoforte by Charles Hallé)
Mr Charles Hallé
Song, "O Sleep" (Semele) ... Handel
Miss Anna Williams
Scherzo from the Ninth Symphony ... Beethoven
Violin Solo, Romanza and Scheerzo ... F. Ries
Madame Norman-Neruda
Songs, (a) "Il Ritorno del Montanar" (Mountaineer's Return), (b) "Flow down, cold rivulet, to the sea" ... H.S. Oakeley
Mr Frederic King
Pageant March from "La Reine de Saba" ... Gounod
Composer(s):
- Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869
- Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826
- Bruch, Max, 1838-1920
- Mattei, Tito, 1841-1914
- Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856
- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847
- Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849
- Geminiani, Francesco, 1687-1762
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
- Oakeley, Sir Herbert Stanley, 1830-1903
- Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893
Performer(s):
Performance Type:
No programme notes but words for songs were provided.