A Memorial of Old Edinburgh By the mid-18th century the Musical Society of Edinburgh had grown prosperous enough to build its own hall.
Radio 3's Scottish Season begins with a concert from
St Cecilia's Hall reconstructed from the accounts of the Society circa 1780. NEIL MACKIE (tenor)
MELVYN TAN (harpsichord) CHRISTOPHE COIN (cello) TAVERNER PLAYERS leader JOHN holloway conductor ANDREW parrott Act 1
Handel Overture in Alexander's Feast
Tommaso Giordani Mi sento in mezzo al core (La Marchesa Giardiniera, 1775) trad, arr Robert Bremner The Birks of Endermay; Bessy Bell and Mary Gray
Thomas Erskine , Earl of Kelly Sonata No 1 in A for two violins and a bass
Thomas Arne Behold on Lethe's Dismal Strand (Artaxerxes, 1762)
8.5* Interval Reading
8.10* Act 2
The Earl of Kelly Overture in The Maid of the Mill
Johann Schetky Solo for the violincello in E flat (1776) J. C. Bach Concerto for harpsichord in D, Op 13 No 2
8.50* Interval Reading
8.M* Act 3
Corelli Grand Concerto, Op 6 No 4 (with trumpets, horns and kettledrums) trad, arr Bremner Gilderoy ;
Hooly and Fairly; Pinky House Haydn Favourite Overture in D