Programs of Music for Military Bands


PROGRAMS OF MUSIC

For Military band

Part 1

Date:Friday March 1st 1811

Band:The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
A New march Mr Mckenzie
Military Concerto Signor Dussek
Overture Introducing ‘La Theodora’ Mr Linley
A Sett(sic) of waltzes Mr McKenzie
Concerto for Flute Genrl Reid
Overture Mr Arne
Concerto for Violin Mr Festering Mr Mori Soloist
Symphony by the Lord Kelly
Gavott Capt Quist

Date:November 3rd 1827

Band:Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
Overture ‘Le Nozze di Figaro Mozart
First Symphony Romberg
Solo and Chorus ‘Come if you Dare’ Purcell
Solo Kent Bugle Original Air Logier Mr Stevenson
Galopp Eisenhardt
Overture ‘Anacreon’ Cherubini
Aria ‘Ah dov’è il cimento Rossini Mr Sinclair
Two Sonatas for violin and bass Corelli Mr McKenzie(the Bandmaster),Mr S Collins, and Colonel Drummond
Glee ‘Here [in cool grot’ Mornington
Final from Clock Symphony Hadyn
Trio for Voices Stevenson Mr Sinclair,Mr McKenzie,Mr Reeves
Quadrille Mckenzie

Date:December 5th 1834

Band: The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
Overture Clementi
Quintette Mr McKenzie(bandmaster) Capt Wright,Dr Kenning,W Collins Lietenant Thorndike
Symphony Hadyn
Overture Jessonda Spohr
Glee ‘Breeth Soft Ye Winds’ Webbe Master Reeves,Corpl Smith,Serjt Wilkinson,John Reeves
Theme and Variations for Eb Clarinet Berr Serjt Collins
Woolwich Warren Quadrilles McKenzie
Chorus Hallelula Handel

Date: Friday December 6th 1839

Band:The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
Symphony No 4 Haydn
Glee “Let me Careless’ Linley
Quintett for Violins,Tenors and Violincello Mozart
Bass Song Why do the Nations Handel
Symphony No4 Beethoven
Cello Fantasie Lindley Mr Lindley
Glee Up Quit the Bower Bishop
Overture Fanscon Himmel
Note: This concert may have been mixed concert of both band and orchestra

Date:Tuesday December 15th,1846

Band: The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
Sinfonia Alla Turca Romberg 1st Movement
Chors-The Tempest”Around and Around We Pace” Purcell
Aria-A te reido Mercadanye Miss Dolby
Waltz Emilie Collins(bandmaster)
Cavatiuna from Maritana Wallace Mr Wilkinson
Song Oh Araby-Oberon Weber Miss Dolby
Solo Violin Sixth Air De Beritot Mr Wilkonson
Overture Collins
Intermission
Overture William Tell Rossini
Scena All is Lost from Sonnambula Bellini
Solo Cornet à Piston The bannks of Allan water B. Lee Mr James Lawson
Ballad Primroses deck the bank’s green side Linley Miss Dolby
Solo Flute Original Air Richardson Mr Bellingham
Trio Turn on,Old time from Maritana Wallace Miss Dolby,Messrs Wilkonson and Browning
Quadrille Brtish Navy Jullien
Polka Comic American Jullien
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

Date:Tuesday February 17th 1849

Band:The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
Overture Zampa Herold
Solo and Chorus -Come if you dare Purcell
Waltz -Margarita D’Albert
Solo Clarionet,11th Air Varie Berr
Gallop,di Bravura Schulhoff
Overture Anacreon Cherubini
Madrigal Soldiers brave and Gallant be Gastoldi
Quadrille Flic Flac
Cavatina In questo semplice Donnizetti Madame Alboni
Polka Chinese Junk D’Albert

Date:June ? 1850

Band:The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
March The Prince Consort W. Collins
Overture Lucia di Lammermoor Donizetti
Aria for Cornet à Piston Ah te Riedo Mecandante
Selection Dinorah Meyerbeer
Polka Emily Capt Tylden arranged Collins
Zampa Herold
Polka Comic American Jullien
Selection Ernani Verdi

Date:Wednesday February 4th 1852

Band:The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
Turkish march from Ruins of Athens Beethoven
Sinfonia No.3 Mozart
Overture Preciosa Weber
Song For Tenor When Twighlight Falls Dolores
Glee Welcome Friends of harmony Sir John Stevenson
Overture Quo fas et Gloria ducunt Collins
Quadrille Jardin Turc Mons Jullien

Date:Spring 1855

Band:The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
Camp Overture – Jubilee Lindpainter
Grand Selction Robert le Diable Meyerbeer
Walzer -Stars of the West Montague
Scena ed Aria Tovotore Verdi
Galop The Light Cavalry Smyth
Grand Selection-Huguenots Meyerbeer
Overture Zampa Herold
Grand Selection-Il Barbiere di Deviglia Rossini
Polka-Schone Minka Smythe
Meange-Lieder ohne Mendelssohn Saxophone soloist not given
Quadriille Friedrich Wilheml Bilse

Date: Wednesday 17th December 1856

Band:The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
Adagio and Allegro con Brio Sinfonia no 2 Beethoven
Adagio and Allegro Maestoso The Scottish Symphony Mendelssohn
Adagio and Allegro con Brio Sinfonia no.1 Beethoven
Rondo-La Morale from Don Pasquale Donizetti Madame Ernestine Smythe Soprano(She was the wife of the bandmaster   and a native of Montreal)
Overture-Il Barbiere di Seviglia Rossini
Glee and Chorus The Winds Whistle Cold Sir H Bishop
Fantasia national-The Shamrock Smythe
Waltz-Piccolomini Wagner

Date: Wednesday 23rd December 1863

Band:The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
Overture Domino Noir Auber
A long list of Vocal solos
Grand Selection-Faust Gounod
Overture-William Tell Rossini
Solo for Cornet-Air and Variations- Levy
Quadrille on National Airs-The lakes of Killarney Smythe solos for cornet,clarionet,bassoon and piccolo

Date: 15th July 1881

Band:The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
March-Rienzi Wagner
Overture-Oberon Weber
Reminiscencesof Verdi arr Smythe
Ungarische Tanze Brahms
Waltz-Chantilly Walteufel
Reminscences of Mozart arr Mansfield
Dance Bohemian-Les Fauvettes Bosquet
Selection-The Pirates of Penzance Sullivan This was arranged by Sir Arthur Sullivan’s father
Russian dance Glinka
Caprice Militaire Herzeele
Ave Maria Shubert
Galop-Victoria M de Lara Bright
Part Song Downs so Free Pearsall Mansfield
Part Song Night Lovely Night Berger
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

Date: Wednesday 12th March July 1884

Band:The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
March from First Suite Lachner
Symphony #4 Beethoven
Overture-Mein Heim Dvorak First performance of a transcription for Band by the Composer
Riodon De Darfanus De Rameau Gevert
Slavische Tanze No4 Dvorak Transcribed by Dvorak
Al Fresco Zavertal String Orchestra
Overture-Masaniello Auber
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN






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