Edinburgh Orchestral Festival: Reid Concert 1884

Date:

Wednesday, February 13, 1884

Time:

7:45pm

Season/No:

1884

Venue:

The Music Hall

Participant(s):

Principal Artistes

Miss Anna Williams - soprano
Mr Frederic King - baritone
Madame Norman-Neruda - violin
and
Mr Charles Hallé - solo pianist and conductor

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s):

Part I
The "Reid" Music, (Sir Henry Bishop's score, 1843) ... General Reid
Overture, "Der Freischutz" ... Weber
Recit. and Aria, "Mi tradi" (Don Giovanni) ... Mozart
Miss Anna Williams
Violin concerto, in A minor, No.8, "In modo di Scena cantate" Op. 47 ... Spohr
Madame Norman-Neruda and orchestra
Romance, "La Fiancée du Marin" ("A qui pense-t-il?") ... H.S. Oakeley
Miss Anna Williams♦
Symphony No. 2 in D, (Op. 36) ... Beethoven
(first played at Reid Concert of 1875)

Interval of ten minutes

Part II
Pianoforte concerto in E flat, No. 5 (Op. 73) ... Beethoven
Mr Charles Hallé and his orchestra
(Last played here by him at the Reid Concert of 1879)
Air, "Revenge, Timotheus cries" (Alexander's Feast) ... Handel
Mr Frederic King
Poeme-Symphonique, "Le Rouet d'Omphale" ... Saint-Saens
Violin solo, "Air Varié in D, Op. 2 No.22 ... Vieuxtemps
Serenade, "Good Night," ... Kücken
Mr Frederic King
Grand Kaiser-Marsch, for a Festival Orchestra ... Wagner
Introducing the Luther Chorale - "Ein feste Burg," and the
National Song, "Heil, heil, dem Kaiser."
(First time at this Festival)