St. Albans Church: Easter Services

Event Information

Venue(s):
St. Albans Church

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 February 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 Apr 1870, All Day

Program Details

The announcement in the New York Times indicates that several services were given throughout the day (7am, 9:45 am, 10:30 am, 4 pm, and 8 pm). The program listed here was that for “high mass,” which was most likely that celebrated at 10:30 am.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Mass, K. Anh. 232, G major. Selections
Composer(s): Mozart
2)
Mass. Selections
Composer(s): Merbecke
3)
Messe solennelle de ste. Cécile, selections
aka St. Cecilia Mass; Saint Cecilia Mass
Composer(s): Gounod
4)
Gloria
Composer(s): Calkins

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 16 April 1870, 5.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 17 April 1870, 8.

Lists musical selections.

3)
Review: New York Sun, 18 April 1870, 1.

Brief. “…The ‘Kyrie,’ ‘Agnus Dei,’ ‘Gregorian Chant,’ ‘Credo,’ and other musical services were exceedingly Catholic in style.”