Edinburgh Orchestral Festival: Reid Concert 1880
Venue:
Principal Artists
Miss Lillian Bailey - soprano
Herr Henschel - basso
Madame Norman-Neruda - violiniste
Charles Hallé - solo pianist and conductor
Part I
Introduction, pastorale, minuet and march ... General Reid
Overture, "Jessonda" ... Spohr
Aria, "Porgi amor" (Nozze di Figaro) ... Mozart
Miss Lillian Bailey (her debut in Scotland)
Concerto, no. 5, in A minor, op.37 ... H. Vieuxtemps
(first time in Scotland)
Violin - Madame Norman-Neruda
Song, "Honour and Arms" (Samson) ... Handel
Herr Henschel
Symphony in F, no. 8, op. 93 ... Beethoven
Interval of ten minutes
Part II
Concertstück in F minor, op. 79 ... Weber
Pianoforte - Mr Hallé, and his orchestra
Lieder (a) "O du mein Mond," (for Valentine's eve) (b) "Sehnsucht," (the sunny south) ... H.S. Oakeley
Herr Henschel
Two violin solos, (a) Larghetto in A, ... Nardini
(b) Two Hungarian dances. Transcribed by Joachim ... Brahms
Madame Norman-Neruda
Aria, "Faust," ... Gounod
Miss Lillian Bailey
Intermezzo, Symphony in B flat, no. 2 ... Svensden
(first time in Scotland)
(Orchestra)
Overture, in C major, "Trumpet", op. 101 ... Mendelssohn
(first time)
Composer(s):
- Reid, John, 1722-1807
- Spohr, Louis, 1784-1859
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
- Vieuxtemps, Henri, 1820-1881
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
- Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826
- Oakeley, Sir Herbert Stanley, 1830-1903
- Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897
- Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893
- Svendsen, Johan S. (Johan Severin), 1840-1911
- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847
Performer(s):
Performance Type:
Reviewed in The Times, Feb 21, 1880, pg. 12 Issue 29810; col B
Music Hall filled as usual by a brilliant audience and was decorated with busts of Handel, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Schumann on the orchestral platform and in a prominent position the portrait, in possession of the University of General Reid, flute in hand and in Court costume.