Church of the Holy Innocents Easter Benefit Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Church of the Holy Innocents

Event Type:
Band

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
13 February 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 Apr 1870, 7:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Seventh Regiment Band;  Chorus, unidentified;  C. J. A. (Charles) [bass] Wernecke;  Madame Coletti;  Maria [soprano] Salvotti;  Mr. [tenor?] Colgan
2)
Guillaume Tell, overture
aka Guglielmo Tell; William Tell; Introduction
Composer(s): Rossini
3)
Athalie, "Kriegsmarsch der Priester"
aka Athalia; Athalie. War march; Athalie. Presto march
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
4)
Overture, unidentified
Composer(s): Suppé
5)
Messe Pascale
aka Paschal Mass; Easter Mass
Composer(s): Lambillotte

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 16 April 1870, 5.

Same announcement as that in the New York Times.

2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 17 April 1870, 8.

“…[In] the evening at 7½, a grand vocal and instrumental concert will be given, at which some excellent solo singers will be assisted by the Seventh Regiment band [sic] and a chorus of forty voices.” 

3)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 18 April 1870, 8.

“…In the evening a vocal and instrumental concert was given in aid of the church. A large number of tickets had been sold, and the building was packed to its utmost capacity, and the rush for seats or standing room caused the entrances to be blocked up for some time. The 7th Regiment band [sic] performed the instrumental music of the programme, consisting of the overture to William Tell, a march from Mendelssohn’s Athalia, and an overture by Suppé. Mesdames Salvotti and Colletti, and Messrs. Colgan and Werneke, assisted by a chorus of 40 voices, sang Lambillotte’s Pascal Mass and several operatic selections.”

4)
Review: New York Sun, 19 April 1870, 1.

“Mad. Salvotti sang most divinely at the concert given at the Church of the Holy Innocents on Easter Sunday evening.”