Edinburgh Orchestral Festival: Reid Concert 1875
This concert features four works probably heard for the first time in Scotland: The Violin concerto in A minor by Viotti, the Overture to "Hamlet" by Gade, Two Hungarian Dances by Brahms and the Overture "Leonora" no.1 by Beethoven.
Venue:
Principal Artistes
Miss Edith Wynne - soprano
Mr Edward Lloyd - tenor
Madame Norman-Neruda - violin
Mr Charles Hallé - solo pianist and conductor
Part I
Introduction, Pastorale, Minuet and March ... General Reid
Overture, "Athalie," ... Mendelssohn
Recit. and air, "E Susanna non vien," " Dove sono", (Nozze di Figaro) ... Mozart
Miss Edith Wynne
Concerto in A minor ... Viotti
Violin, Madame Norman-Neruda
First time in Scotland
Air, "O 'tis a glorious sight," (Oberon) ... Weber
Mr Edward Lloyd
Symphony in D, No.2 op. 36 ... Beethoven
First time at these concerts
Part II
Overture, "Hamlet," op. 37 ... Gade
First time in Scotland
Solos, pianoforte
(a) Nocturne in E, No. 18 ... Chopin
(b) Noveletten in E and in D ... Schumann
Mr Charles Hallé
Recitative and Air, "Let some one sing to us," - "Tears, idle tears" (The Princess) ... H.S.Oakeley
Miss Edith Wynne, Harp obbligato: Mr W. Streather
Orchestral Pieces, Two Hungarian Dances ... Brahms
(a) Allegretto in F major
(b) Allegro molto in G minor
First time in Scotland
Recit. and Air, "Lo, here, my love," "Love in her eyes sits playing," (Acis and Galatea) ... Handel
Mr Edward Lloyd
Overture, "Leonora" No.1 ... Beethoven
First time in Scotland
Composer(s):
- Reid, John, 1722-1807
- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
- Viotti, Giovanni Battista, 1755-1824
- Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826
- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
- Gade, Niels W. (Niels Wilhelm), 1817-1890
- Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849
- Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856
- Oakeley, Sir Herbert Stanley, 1830-1903
- Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
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The programme book includes a commentary written by George Grove on "Tears, idle tears". The commentary was abridged by special permission from Macmillan's Magazine, no. 85, Nov. 1866. The composer H.S.O noted, "This idea is carried out in the setting sung at this concert, but the music was published before the composer had read - with thorough sympathy and admiration - this thrilling and excellent article by his esteemed friend." The music is set to words from "The Princess" by Tennyson and the music to these lines was first sung by Madllle Tietjens at the Birmingham Festival of 1873.