Berge Choral Union

“The Berge Choral Union, formed and conducted by the distinguished organist, Mr. William Berge, announces that the rehearsals for the season have commenced, and are held for the present, on the Tuesday evenings of each week, in the Sunday school rooms in the basement of St. Ann’s Church, for Deaf Mutes, NO. 9 West Eighteenth street. An augmented chorus, among whom are to be found some of the finest musical talent in the city, will be presented this season.  For the season of 1868-9, four concerts will be given at Trenor’s Lyric Hall, Sixth avenue, near forty-second street.  The first concert took place last Tuesday, when Mr. Berge’s Mass, No. 3, Mendelssohn’s cantata, ‘Hear my prayer,’ and Mr. Berge’s Jubilate No. 1, were performed.  The second concert, Dec. 22d, promises Beethoven’s ‘King Stephen;’ Meyerbeer’s ‘The Penitent,’ and baritone solo with chorus, for the third, Mercadante’s ‘Seven Last Words,’ Beethoven opus 80, Fantasie for chorus, orchestra and piano (solo pianist, Bernardus Bockelman); and the fourth, Chipp’s oratorio, ‘Job.’”