Church Music Association Public Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway Hall

Conductor(s):
James Pech

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 April 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Apr 1872, 3:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Church Music Association
2)
Missa solemnis
Composer(s): Beethoven
3)
Lorelei, Die, op. 98. Selections
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 07 April 1872, 5.

“The Church Music Association has now become the best of our orchestral and choral institutions, and unquestionably doing the highest service in the cause of classical musical art, and the ability displayed by Dr. James Pech, in his artistic capacity in connection with the society, has entitled him to the thanks of the whole community.”

2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 14 April 1872, 12.
3)
Announcement: New York Post, 17 April 1872, 2.

“There was a very full attendance at the rehearsal last Thursday, and the chorus sang the difficult music of the Mass with great precision and accuracy, and it is confidently expected that the first performance of the work in the New World will be one in which our people will take a species of national pride. It is certainly a great musical event.”