Edinburgh University Musical Society Concert

Date: 
Wednesday, March 17, 1869
Season/No: 
1869

Annual concert of the University Musical Society

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Edinburgh University Musical Society Choir of 90 members
Orchestra numbering about 45 members
Leader - Mr A.C. MacKenzie
Conductor - Mr Hamilton
Solo pianoforte - Professor Oakeley
Accompanists - Professor Oakeley and Herr Heinrich Küchler

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

Programme

PART I 

Symphony no. 1 in C major ... Beethoven

Song: 'Busslied', op. 48, no. 6 ... Beethoven

Part-songs:
  Evening ... I de Call
  Banish oh Maiden ... O. Lorenz
  Jaeger Leben ... Storr

Song: 'Der Monch' ... Meyerbeer

Students Song: 'Alma Mater' ... H.S. Oakeley
 (composed for this concert)
 (words by Professor MacLagan)

Chorus: 'Fair Semele' (Antigone) ... Mendelssohn

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PART II

Overture: 'Marta' ... Flotow

Song: 'Sei weiss es nicht' ... Eckert

Pianoforte solos:
  Schlummerlied, op. 124, no. 16 ... Schumann
  Impromptu op. 90, no. 2 ... Schubert

Recit. & Aria: 'Ma che insolita luce'; 'O voi dell' Erebo' (La Ressurezione) ... Handel

Quartets: 'Der Schiffer'; 'Mallied' ... Kreutzer

Aria: 'Non piü andrai' (Le nozze de Figaro) ... Mozart

Glee: 'The Chough and the Chow' ... H. Bishop

Vintage Chorus from 'Loreley' ... Mendelssohn

Overture: 'Il Barbiere' ... Rossini

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Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Group/Ensemble: 
Edinburgh University Musical Society

Performance Type:

Programme Notes: 

Programme details taken from the concert review in the 'Musical Times', 1 April 1869, p. 59 and in 'The Scotsman', 18 March 1869.

Publicity and Reviews: 

Review in 'The Musical Times'. 1 April 1869, p. 59.
Review in 'The Scotsman', 18 March 1869, p. 2.

[Reid] Professor: 
Oakeley, Sir Herbert Stanley, 1830-1903

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