Edinburgh University Musical Society
Date:
Wednesday, March 22, 1876
Season/No:
1876
Venue:
Participant(s):
Edinburgh University Musical Society
Professor Herbert Stanley Oakeley - conductor
Burn Callander - baritone
Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s):
Programme included:
Duet Sonata for violoncello and piano, op. 69 ... Beethoven
Overture: Masaniello ... Auber
Overture: Der Freischutz ... Weber
Symphony no. 39 in E flat major ... Mozart
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Performance Type:
Publicity and Reviews:
Review in 'The Scotsman', 23 March 1876
[Reid] Professor:
Promoter:
Notes:
Orchestra leader was Mr A.C. Mackenzie. Of the 48 instrumentalists, 34 were elite musicians from Edinburgh and the Amateur Orchestral Society. Three strings and winds from Glasgow, a double bass player from Dundee, the lead second violin from Birmingham and six musicians from the Halle Orchestra in Manchester.