Edinburgh University Musical Society
Venue:
Programme
1. Overture: "Ottone" ... Handel
Maestoso
Allegro fugato
Gavotta
2. Vintage Chorus: "Loreley" ... Mendelssohn
3. Pianoforte Solo: Romance in F sharp, op. 21 ... H.S. Oakeley
'The course of true love never did run smooth'
(played by a student)
4. Chorus: "Halt for the Bugle's Sound" ... Sir Henry Bishop
5. Menuetto in D and Trio: Symphony, op. 385 ... Mozart
6. Chorus: "You gentlemen of Britain" ... Dr Callcott
7. Pianoforte Solo: Etude, op. 2 ... A Henselt
'Were I a bird, I would fly to thee'
(played by a student)
8. Choruses: (a) "Home they brought her warrior dead" ... H.S. Oakeley
(b) "Lützow's Wild Hunt" ... Weber
9. Andante: Symphony, op. 12 ... Pleyel
10. National Melodies, in Chorus
(a) "Pibroch of Donuil Dhu"
(b) "Scots wha hae"
(c) National Anthem - "God save the Queen"
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The above Choruses are sung on this occasion by the University Musical Society. The pieces in this programme, excepting nos. 1 and 9, are included in that of our Sixteenth Annual Concert, on Friday first.
Composer(s):
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847
- Oakeley, Sir Herbert Stanley, 1830-1903
- Bishop, Sir Henry R. (Henry Rowley), 1786-1855
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
- Callcott, John Wall, 1766-1821
- Henselt, Adolf von, 1814-1889
- Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826
- Pleyel, Ignaz, 1757-1831
Performer(s):
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No programme notes.