Event Information
Venue(s):
Irving Hall
Price: $.50; $1 reserved
Event Type:
Chamber (includes Solo)
Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
7 October 2013
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
29 Apr 1863, Evening
Program Details
Walter R. Johnston's NY debut as a soloist. Abella is listed in the advertisement as "conductor," but there is no mention of an orchestra.
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 April 1863, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 09 April 1863, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 11 April 1863, 7.
Johnston is “Organist of St. Paul’s M.E. Church. . . . [H]is first concert in this City.”
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 28 April 1863, 7.
5)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 April 1863, 5.
6)
Announcement: New-York Times, 29 April 1863, 8.
“[A]side from the attractions offered by the eminent assistants, the youthful debutant will present evidences of genius in his specialty, for which his provincial reputation is already great.”
7)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 29 April 1863, 7.
