Church of St. Francis Xavier Palm Sunday Service

Event Information

Venue(s):
Church of St. Francis Xavier

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 December 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 Apr 1870

Program Details

No time given. Although the sole citation indicates that Mozart’s Mass “No. 1” was performed at this service, it seems more likely that this is a typo, and it was instead Mozart’s K. Ahn. 232, the “Tweflth Mass,” which was very popular at Easter.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Berge Choral Union;  A. [bass] Bacelli;  William Berge;  Giuseppe Tamaro;  Teresa Wernecke [soprano-pf];  Mary Wernecke [contralto-harp]
2)
Mass, K. Anh. 232, G major
aka Mass, no. 12
Composer(s): Mozart

Citations

1)
Review: New York Herald, 11 April 1870, 3.

“…At high mass Mozart’s No. 1 [sic] was selected by the organist, Dr. Berg [sic], and was sung in an unexceptionable manner by the choir. Misses Teresa and Mary Werneke and Messrs. Tamaro and Bacelli were the solo quartet, and the chorus was mainly made up of members of the Berge Choral Union. The Passion was sung by three of the Jesuit Fathers—one taking the part of the Evangelist, one of the Redeemer, and one representing the rabble. The effect is highly dramatic, and in Catholic countries, where this sublime work is given with all the reverence and solemnity it demands, it is perhaps one of the grandest and most sublime musical works that can be imagined.”