Deutscher Liederkranz Concert: 3rd

Event Information

Venue(s):
Liederkranz Hall

Event Type:
Choral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
17 August 2017

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Mar 1868, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Deutscher Liederkranz; Deutscher Liederkranz, male chorus; Deutscher Liederkranz, orchestra; John Nelson Pattison; Frederich [bass-baritone] Steins; Mrs. Brickel

2)

Symphony, D. 944, C major

aka Great symphony; Symphony, no. 9, C major

Composer(s): Schubert

Participants: Deutscher Liederkranz, orchestra

3)

Lieder, Männerchor, op. 8. Hoffnung

Composer(s): Beschnitt

Participants: Deutscher Liederkranz, male chorus

4)

"Frühlingslied"

Composer(s): Storch

Participants: Deutscher Liederkranz

5)

Liederkranz polka

Composer(s): Pattison

Participants: John Nelson Pattison

6)

Schneewittchen, "Schlaflied der Zwerge"

aka Song of the dwarves

Composer(s): Reinecke

7)

Schön Ellen

aka Fair Ellen

Composer(s): Bruch

Text Author: Geibel

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 26 March 1868.

2)

Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 28 March 1868, 8.

3)

Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 30 March 1868, 8.

The event attracted a large audience. The amateur orchestra impressed with the performance of Schubert’s C Major Symphony. If the orchestra stays on its path, it will soon be a credit to the concerts. The men’s chorus sang Beschnitt’s piece with the usual precision and beautiful expression. The women’s choruses’ performance of Reineke’s piece was very insecure. Max Bruch’s unfamiliar piece “Schön Ellen” had a few attractive sections in it; however, Bruch mostly relies on using less quality-based effects in all of his compositions. We heard this song is a favorite of the chorus and will therefore stay in the repertory. Both soloists did well.