North Presbyterian Church

Event Information

Venue(s):
North Presbyterian Church [31st St.]

Conductor(s):
William Berge

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 July 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Oct 1866, 7:30 PM

Program Details

Only members of the Mendelssohn Union, not the whole group, performed at this event.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Mendelssohn Union;  Mrs. Holbrook [contralto];  Ella J. Mayer [alto];  George B. Eddy [tenor];  Mary Wernecke [contralto-harp];  William J. [tenor] Hill;  Miss [vocalist] Sims;  Teresa Wernecke [soprano-pf];  C. J. A. (Charles) [bass] Wernecke;  Clara M. Brinkerhoff;  J. L. [Baritone, church singer] Lewis
2)
Athalie, selection
aka Athalia
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
3)
Lurline, chorus
Composer(s): Wallace
4)
Stabat Mater, selection
Composer(s): Rossini
5)
Mosè in Egitto, selection
aka Moses in Egypt, selection; Mose in Egitto
Composer(s): Rossini
6)
Jubilate
Composer(s): Berge
7)
"Salve regina"
Composer(s): Berge
8)
Belisario, duet
Composer(s): Donizetti

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 25 October 1866, 7.

“Mr. William Berge, assisted by several well known artists and a chorus of fifty voices from the Mendelssohn Union, will give a concert on Tuesday, October 30, at the North Presbyterian church in Thirty-first street.”

2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 26 October 1866, 4.

Includes list of performers. “A grand concert will be given at the North Presbyterian Church, corner of Ninth-avenue and Thirty-first-street, on Tuesday evening next, under the direction of Dr. Wm. Berge, and with the cooperation of the New-York Mendelssohn Union. The programme is miscellaneous and interesting.”

3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 29 October 1866, 5.
4)
Announcement: New York Herald, 30 October 1866, 7.
5)
Announcement: New-York Times, 30 October 1866, 4.
6)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 30 October 1866, 7.
7)
Announcement: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 31 October 1866.
8)
Review: New York Herald, 01 November 1866, 4.

“This distinguished organist and conductor gave a concert on Tuesday evening at the North Presbyterian church, corner of Ninth avenue and Thirty-first street. Madame Clara Brinkerhoff and a large number of singers from the Mendelssohn Union assisted. The programme was very interesting, comprising choruses from Athalie, Lurline, the Stabat Mater and Moses in Egypt of Rossini, the Salve Regina and Jubilate of Berge, a Belisario duet, and solos by Abt, Roca, Wallace, &c. with organ and harp solos. There was a chorus of nearly sixty singers from the Mendelssohn Union.  The concert was in general very successful in a musical point of view. Madame Brinkerhoff sang very well, and the other soloists, Mrs. Holbrook, Misses M. and T. Werneke, Miss Simms, Miss Mayer, Miss Walker and Messrs. Werneke, Mayer, Lewis, Hill and Eddy, gave much satisfaction. The Mendelssohn Union possesses excellent vocal material, and at the approaching Symphony Soiree—in which they will assist Mr. Thomas in the ninth symphony—we confidently hope that the society will crown itself with new laurels.”