Reid Chamber Concert

Music and verse of the 'primo ottocento' including songs and duets by Rossini, Bellini and Verdi, and poetry by Byron, Shelley and Manzoni.

1.  The Salon
   i 'L'invito' (Quartettino) ... Capecelatro
  ii Italian society - a letter to the publsher John Murray ... Byron
 iii A Milanese soirée ... Stendhal
 iv 'L'addio' (Duettino) ... Donizetti
   v 'Ecco quel fiero isante' (Quartetto a canone) ... Costa

2.  Anacreontic
   i The second ode of Anacreon (Vatican MS) ... Moore
  ii 'L'orgia' (Arietta) ... Rossini
 iii Neapolitan air 'Hence take the bowl' ... Moore
  iv Sicilian air 'When thou shalt wander' ... Moore
   v 'L'abbandono' (Romanza) ... Bellini
  vi Venetian air 'When first that smile' ... Moore
 vii Two ariettas 'Il fervido desiderio' 'Dolente immagine di Fille mia' ... Bellini

3.  Places in Italy
   i 'Up in a Villa, Down in the City' ... Browning
  ii 'L'invio' (Bolero) ... Rossini
 iii Arrival in Naples (Pictures from Italy) ... Dickens
  iv 'La Danza' (Tarantella Napoletana) ... Rossini
   v Venice (Childe Harold's Pilgrimage) ... Byron
  vi In a gondola (The Innocents Abroad) ... Mark Twain
 vii 'La promesa' (Canzonetta) ... Rossini
viii 'La regata veneziana' (Notturno a due voci) ... Rossini

INTERVAL

4.  Characters of the Age
    i 'Lo spazzacamino' ... Verdi
   ii A vetturino and a waiter (Pictures from Italy) ... Dickens
  iii 'Il Brindisi' ... Verdi
   iv Margarita Conti (La Fornarina - a letter to John Murray ... Byron
    v 'La zingara' ... Verdi
   vi The cavaler servente - in prose ... Hazlitt
                                         - in verse (Beppo) ... Byron
  vii 'Stornello ... Verdi
       'Il mistero' ... Verdi

5.  Nocturnal
   i Sunset (Julian Maddalo) ... Shelley
  ii 'Il Tramonto' ... Verdi
 iii 'Evening: Ponte a Mare, Pisa' ... Shelley
  iv Venetian air 'When through the Pizzetta' ... Moore
   v 'Vaga luna che inargenti' ... Bellini
  vi 'La pesca' (Notturno a due voci) ... Rossini