Mr. Kennedy’s Concert: Thistle Benevolent Association Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway Hall

Event Type:
Chamber (includes Solo)

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 June 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Mar 1869, Evening

Program Details

Helen Kennedy served as accompanist.

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka Of a' the airts the wind can blow
Composer(s): Traditional
Text Author: Burns

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 30 March 1869, 7.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 31 March 1869, 12.

“Mr. Kennedy, the Scotch vocalist, gave one of his pleasant entertainments at Steinway Hall last night, for the benefit of the Thistle Benevolent Association. The attendance was very large, the hall being filled in every part. The programme consisted of a number of the songs of ‘dear auld Scotland,’ many of them being the compositions of the ‘bonnie bard Bobbie Burns.’ Among those one of the best was ‘Of A’ the Airts the Wind Can Blaw,’ a beautifully pathetic song, which was rendered by Mr. Kennedy in a very effective manner. The gentleman is too well known to the New York public to make it necessary to enter into critical comment upon his abilities. He will carry with him to California, for which place he sails in a short while, the best wishes of a large public of admirers in this city. Between the first and second parts of the programme Mr. Kennedy told a few anecdotes and incidents from Dean Ramsay’s ‘Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character.’ Miss Kennedy played the accompaniments in a very acceptable manner.”