Church of the Messiah Sunday Service

Event Information

Venue(s):
Church of the Messiah (1867-1930)

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 October 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Jun 1870, Morning

Program Details

Music in Gotham assumes the soprano “Mrs. Ficker” cited in the New York Herald review to be Johanna Ficher, some years prior a singer with the Maretzek Italian Opera.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Church of the Messiah, choir;  Charles [tenor] Whiting;  [vocalist] Rushby;  Johanna Ficher;  Edward, Jr. Howe [composer-org]

Citations

1)
Review: New York Herald, 20 June 1870, 3.

“…the musical prelude was a voluntary played on the organ by Mr. Howe, the skilled organist, which was followed by a ‘jubilate’ by choir, with solos by Mrs. Ficker and Miss Rushby and trio by the same singers and Mr. Whiting, each of whom sang most exquisitely, and then the anthem, ‘Almighty God,’ by Byrnes, sung by the whole choir. An organ solo by the organist, played with cunningly artistic fingers, and a congregational hymn wound up the musical prelude.”