Edinburgh Orchestral Festival: Reid Concert 1889

Date:

Wednesday, February 13, 1889

Time:

7.45 pm

Season/No:

1889

Participant(s):

Principal Artists

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

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

Part I
Introduction, Pastorale (flute and oboe solos), Minuet and March ... General Reid

(1) Overture, "Athalie," ... Mendelssohn

(2) Air, "On mighty pens the eagle wings" (Creation) ... Haydn
Miss Anna Williams

(3) Concerto, Pianoforte and orchestra, Op. 54 ... Schumann
Pianoforte - Sir Charles Hallé, with his orchestra

(4) Air, "'Revenge,' Timotheus cries" (Alexander's Feast) ... Handel
Mr W. H. Brereton

(5) Symphony, in F, no. 6, "Pastorale," ... Beethoven

An interval of ten minutes

Part II
(6) Overture, "Academic Festival" ... Brahms

(7) Recitative and Air, "Tears, idle tears" ... Herbert Oakeley
Miss Anna Williams, harp obbligato - Mrs Frost

(8) Violin and Orchestra, Ungarisches (from Volker Cycle) ... Raff
Madame Neruda (Lady Halle)

(9) Ballad for Orchestra, "La belle dame sans merci," ... A.C. Mackenzie

(10) Song, "Philémon et Baucis" (Vulcan's song at the forge) ... Gounod
Mr W. H. Brereton

(11) Overture, "Gazza Ladra" (The Thieving Magpie) ... Rossini

Group/Ensemble:

Programme:

20 page booklet

Publicity and Reviews:

Review in 'The Times', 18 February 1889, pg.4 Issue 32625

[Reid] Professor:

Printer(s):

Robert Home and Son, Edinburgh

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