John P. Cooke Concert: 1st in America
Event Information
Venue(s):
Irving Hall
Conductor(s):
Joseph Noll
Theodore Eisfeld
George Frederick Bristow
John P. Cooke [cond.-comp.-vocal]
Clare William Beames
Price: $.50
Event Type:
Chamber (includes Solo), Orchestral
Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
12 August 2013
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
10 Feb 1863, EveningProgram Details
Between the two parts of the concert, Mr. Couldock recited a poem entitled “Little Jim.”
Performers and/or Works Performed
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Citations
1)
“Cooke, so long and so favorably known as musical director at Wallack’s, Niblo’s, and other of our principal theatres, will give his first concert in America.”
2)
Cooke is “formerly musical director of Burton’s, the Broadway and Wallack’s Theatres, and late of Niblo’s Garden.”
3)
Gives Kempton as “Fanny Kempton” and Pattison as “J.N. Patterson.” The program “is as brilliant as any that has been announced this season. . . . The orchestra, which will be composed of the best instrumentalists in the city, will be under the alternate direction of Mr. Cooke and Messrs. Eisfeld, and Bristow. Between the two parts of the concert, Mr. Couldock will recite a poem entitled ‘Little Jim.’”
4)
“Mr. Cooke’s concert will be the best and cheapest (50 cents admission) ever given in Irving Hall.”
5)
“Cooke, a well-known orchestra leader, formerly of Niblo’s, Wallack’s and Burton’s.”