Christmas Service

Event Information

Venue(s):
Grace Church

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
5 May 2017

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Dec 1867

Program Details

No time given.
Also included an unidentified anthem trio.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  George Simpson;  George Washbourne Morgan;  Julia Bodstein;  Mrs. [contralto] Rashau;  Mr. [bass] Wiebach
2)
Messiah, "For unto us a child is born"
Composer(s): Handel
3)
Messiah, "Hallelujah chorus"
Composer(s): Handel
4)
Messiah, "There were shepherds abiding in the fields"
Composer(s): Handel
5)
Jubilate
Composer(s): Berge
6)
Gloria tibi
Composer(s): Morgan

Citations

1)
Review: New York Herald, 26 December 1867, 5.

“. . . The music was the true expressionof the worship of the congregation at Grace church.”