THE CINCINNATI MUSIC HALL, 1878
From an article in Harper's Weekly
| The Third Biennial Musical Festival May 14, 15, 16, and 17, 1878 (41 selections in four days) 1878 Repertoire by Composer: Johann Sebastion Bach: • Prelude, Choral, and Fugue Ludwig van Beethoven • Coriola Overture, Opus 62 • Fidelio "Abscheulicher" • Symphony No. 3, Eroica • Symphony No. 9 Choral Hector Berlioz • Romeo & Juliette, Dramatic Symphony Luigi Boccherini • String Quartet in E Major Opus 13, No. 5, menuet only Max Bruch • Aria from Odysseus, cantata, Opus 41 Gaetano Donizetti • Lucia di Lammermoor septet from act II |
Music Director Theodore Thomas conducting |
Antonin Dvorak Stabat mater, Opus 58 Jean-Baptiste Faure • Song: The Psalms (Les rameaux) Christoph Willibald Gluck •Alceste, Selections from the opera Carl Goldmark • Sakuntala, Overture, Opus 13 Charles Gounod • Song: The Valley Hermann Graedener • Capriccio, Opus 4 Fromental Halevy • La Juive, opera: "If laws severe" cavatina George Frideric Handel • Ezio "Nasce il bosca" from act II of the opera • Semele, recitative and aria from the oratorio • Largo from the opera Xerxes Franz Liszt • Missa solemnes • Song: Die Loreley Felix Mendelssohn • A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture only |
Program Cover for the First Performance in Music Hall The Third Biennial Musical Festival |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • The Magic Flute Joachin Raff • Symphony No. 5, Lenore, march tempo Alberto Randegger • "Repose in piece," aria Gioacchino Rossini • William Tell, opera Overture Franz Schubert • Serenade • Symphony in B Minor, Unfinished William Schuman • Manfred, incidental music to Byron's poem, Overture • Interlude, "Zwischenactmusik" • Invocation of the Alpine Fay, "Rufung der Alpenfee" • Traumerei Otto Singer • Cantata, Festival Ode (World Premiere) Giuseppe Verdi • "O don fatale," from the opera Don Carlos act IV Richard Wagner • Prelude to Lohengrin • Scenes from act II Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg • Scenes from act III Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg • Scenes from act II Die Walkure • Scenes from act II Die Walkure • Overture to Tannhauser Carl Maria von Weber • Scenes from act IDer Freischutz • Invitation to the Dance • Scenes from act I, Oberon |