Edinburgh Orchestral Festival Reid Concert 1890
Venue:
Principal Artists
Miss Anna Williams - soprano
Mr Edward Lloyd - tenor
Madame Neruda (Lady Hallé) - violiniste
Sir Charles Hallé - solo pianist and conductor
Part I
Introduction, pastorale, Minuet and March ... General Reid
Overture, "Flauto Magico" ... Mozart
Grand scena, Recit: "Ocean! thou mighty monster," Aria: "Still I see thy billows flashing" from "Oberon" ... Weber
Miss Anna Williams
Violin concerto in A minor, no. 8, "In modo di Scene cantante" ... Spohr
Allegro molto
Adagio
Andante and Allegro moderato
Lady Hallé and orchestra
War song, "Israel in Egypt" ... Handel
Symphony in C minor, no. 5, op. 67 ... Beethoven
(a) Allegro con brio
(b) Andante con moto
(c) Scherzo, e Trio
(d) Finale, con Marcia trionfale
Part II
Overture: "Fidelio," ... Beethoven
Song or "Valentine" (Song Album, no. 11) H.S. Oakeley
Pianoforte solos, (a) "La Fileuse," op. 157, no. 1 ... Raff
(b) Valse Allemande, op. 82, no. 5 ... Rubenstein
Sir Charles Hallé
Song: "The Veiled Prophet," ... Prof. C. Villiers Stanford
Miss Anna Williams
Violin solos, Two Hungarian dances ... Brahms
Lady Hallé
Overture, "Guillaume Tell," ... Rossini
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Composer(s):
- Reid, John, 1722-1807
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
- Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826
- Spohr, Louis, 1784-1859
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
- Oakeley, Sir Herbert Stanley, 1830-1903
- Raff, Joachim, 1822-1882
- Rubinstein, Anton, 1829-1894
- Stanford, Charles Villiers, 1852-1924
- Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897
- Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
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Programme notes for the Mozart overture are taken partly from the Reid Concert Book of 1881and include a quotation by C.F.Pohl, published in "Grove's Dictionary of Music"