Concert and Organ Exhibition

Event Information

Venue(s):
Convent of the Sacred Heart

Conductor(s):
William Berge

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 January 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 May 1869, Afternoon

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Teresa Wernecke [soprano-pf];  Mary Wernecke [contralto-harp];  Marco Duschnitz;  Mrs. L. Bryan Robinson;  Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra];  Giuseppe Tamaro

Citations

1)
Review: New York Herald, 27 May 1869.

“A concert and organ exhibition was given yesterday afternoon at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, West Seventeenth street, under the direction of Dr. William Berge. Mrs. L. Bryan Robinson and Miss Teresa Werneke sang the soprano parts with the remarkable success. Miss Mary Werneke proved herself an accomplished artist on the harp, and Messrs. Tamaro and Duschnitz, with Theodore Thomas, [illeg.] the rest of the programme with satisfactory [illeg.]. A large and fashionable audience was present.”