Edinburgh Orchestral Festival: Reid Concert 1881
Venue:
Principal Artistes
Madlle. Marie Breidenstein - soprano
Mr Joseph Maas - tenor
Madame Norman-Neruda - violiniste
and
Mr Charles Hallé - pianist and conductor
Part I
Introduction, pastorale, minuet and march, ... General Reid
Overture, "Flauto magico," ... Mozart
Recit, and Air, etc. "Unglücksel'ge" (Infelice) ... Mendelssohn
Madlle. Breidenstein
Concerto for violin and orchestra, no. 12, in A, op. 79 ... Spohr
(first time in Scotland)
Violin - Madame Norman-Neruda and orchestra
Recit., "My arms! against this Gorgias will I go," and Air, "Sound an alarm!" (Judas Maccabaeus) ... Handel
Mr Joseph Maas
Symphony in A major, no. 7 op. 92 ... Beethoven
Interval of ten minutes
Part II
Pianoforte concerto in B flat, op. 18 ... Hermann Goetz
(first time in Scotland)
Mr Charles Hallé and his orchestra
Songs, (a) "Farewell," op. 15, no. 1 (b) "Troubadour's Song," op. 25, no. 1... H.S. Oakeley
Mr Joseph Maas
Solo violin, "Sarabande," and "Tambourin," in D major ... Léclair
Madame Norman-Neruda
Orchestral Pieces, (from Sylvia) ... Léo Delibes
(a) Prelude, les Chasseresses
(b) Valse lente
(c) Pizzicati
Lieder, (a) "Auftrage," op. 77, no. 5 ... Schumann
(b) "Wiegenlied," ... Taubert
Madlle. Breidenstein
March, "Tannhauser," ... Wagner
Composer(s):
- Reid, John, 1722-1807
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847
- Spohr, Louis, 1784-1859
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
- Goetz, Hermann, 1840-1876
- Oakeley, Sir Herbert Stanley, 1830-1903
- Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891
- Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
- Taubert, Wilhelm, 1811-1891
Performer(s):
Performance Type:
Note on the Mozart by Grove
Note on the Beethoven, taken from the Reid Concert Book of 1869
Other notes by H.S.O.
1881.pdf (28.27 MB)Reviewed in The Musical Standard, 28 February 1881 by J.C.D. (possibly J.C. Dibdin), p. 135 where it was reported that "Halle's orchestra were in fine working order, did their portion in the finest style, receiving great applause throughout, and a hearty encore to the 'Pizzicati' movement from Delibes 'Sylvia.'"
Reviewed in The Musical Times, 1 March 1881, p.137