Sunday Evening Concert: 36th

Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway Hall

Manager / Director:
Lafayette F. Harrison

Conductor(s):
George Matzka

Price: $.50; $1 reserved

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
18 January 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

05 May 1867, 8:00 PM

Program Details

George Matzka is conducting because Theodore Thomas is in Europe.

Debut of Gustavus Hall.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  George Washbourne Morgan;  George W. Colby;  Mrs. Howard Paul;  Gustavus F. Hall
2)
Messiah, "He was despised"
aka He was despised and rejected
Composer(s): Handel
Participants:  Mrs. Howard Paul
3)
Caritea, regina di Spagna, "Ah s'estinto ancor mi vuoi"
Composer(s): Mercadante
Participants:  Mrs. Howard Paul
4)
"Beautiful highlands, The"
Composer(s): Paul
Participants:  Mrs. Howard Paul

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 May 1867, 12.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 03 May 1867.

Brief. "Mrs. Paul has been engaged by Mr. Harrison to sing at the next Sunday popular concert."

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 03 May 1867, 7.
4)
Review: New York Herald, 06 May 1867, 4.

“The thirty-sixth Sunday concert at Steinway Hall last night was crowded, and some excellent artists assisted in it. Mrs. Howard Paul, whose magnificent contralto voice, a perfect phenomenon in the concert hall, never appeared to more advantage than in ‘He was despised,’ from the Messiah, and an aria from Mercadante was enthusiastically received and encored. Such a voice should be heard more frequently in concert and opera, and there is no doubt of unqualified success if Mrs. Paul should devote herself to such a great undertaking. We have no contralto in American who can compare with her in voice, and with the necessary preparation she would be invaluable in concert, oratorio, or opera. The other artists were G. S. Hall, baritone, a debutant; George Morgan, the well known organist; Colby and Miss Powell, pianists, and the usual orchestra."