Edinburgh Orchestral Festival 1889

Date: 
Tuesday, February 12, 1889
Time: 
8.00 pm
Season/No: 
1889

Edinburgh Orchestral Festival (Twentieth year) 1889
Second Concert, Tuesday Evening, 12th February.  Concert to commence at Eight p.m.

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Sir Charles Hallé's Grand Orchestra

Miss Anna Williams - soprano
Mr W. H. Brereton - basso
Madame Neruda (Lady Hallé) - violiniste
Sir Charles Hallé - solo pianist and conductor

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

Programme

Part I

Overture, "Egmont" ... Beethoven

Recit and Aria, "Ah perfido," "Per Pietà" ... Beethoven
  Miss Anna Williams

Adagio nd Rondo, Violin Concerto in E major ... Vieuxtemps
  Madame Neruda (Lady Hallé) and Orchestra

Song, "Qui Sdegno" (Flauto Magico) ... Mozart
  Mr W. H. Brereton

Symphony No. 4, "Italian" ... Mendelssohn
  (a) Allagro assai, in A major
  (b) Andante con moto in D minor
  (c) Con moto moderato (quasi Menuetto), in A major
  (d) Presto, Salterello, in A minor

...........................

Interval of fifteen minutes

Part II

Overture, "Meistersinger" ... Wagner

Song, "Roberto, O tu che adoro" ... Meyerbeer
  Miss A. Williams,  (Corno Inglese, Mr Reynolds)

Pianoforte solos, from "Scenes of Country Life" Op. 19 ... Grieg
  (a) Norwegian Bridal Procession, [op.19, no. 2]
  (b) Carnival-time, [op. 19, no. 3]

Rhapsodie, No. 4 ... Liszt

Song, "O hear the wild winds blow" ... Mattei
  Mr W. H. Brereton

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

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Group/Ensemble: 
The Hallé Orchestra

Performance Type:

Programme Notes: 

No programmes notes but words (with translations) were provided for the vocal items.

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