Instrumental and Vocal Concert: Adelphi Lodge No. 23, F. & A. Fund Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Irving Hall

Price: $1

Event Type:
Chamber (includes Solo)

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 May 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Apr 1863, Evening

Program Details

Gottschalk's "Nocturne" may be "La chute des feuilles," op. 42.
"Tarantelle" is attributed to Schubert, but not in his worklist in NGD; the composer is more likely Schuberth.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Marie Abbott;  Louis Moreau Gottschalk;  Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra];  Elena Angri;  Jennie Kempton;  William Castle;  Sherwood C. Campbell;  Eugénie de Barnetche
2)
Poliuto, duet
Composer(s): Donizetti
Participants:  William Castle;  Marie Abbott
3)
Symphony, no. 3, op. 56, A minor. Scherzo
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Participants:  Louis Moreau Gottschalk;  Eugénie de Barnetche
4)
Aria, unidentified
Composer(s): Rossi
Participants:  Jennie Kempton
5)
Morceaux de salon, op. 22. Rêverie
Composer(s): Vieuxtemps
Participants:  Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]
6)
Bravo, Il, romanza
aka Il Bravo, ossia La veneziana The Bravo, or The Venetian Woman; Venetian Woman
Composer(s): Mercadante
Participants:  William Castle
7)
Semiramide, cavatina
aka Semiramis
Composer(s): Rossini
Participants:  Elena Angri
8)
Union, The
Composer(s): Gottschalk
Participants:  Louis Moreau Gottschalk
9)
INTERMISSION
10)
Ballo in maschera, Un, aria
Composer(s): Verdi
Participants:  Sherwood C. Campbell
11)
"Elena waltz"
aka The Elena waltz
Composer(s): Abella
Participants:  Elena Angri
12)
Nocturne, piano, unidentified
Composer(s): Gottschalk
13)
Lucrezia Borgia, "Com’è bello!"
Composer(s): Donizetti
Participants:  Marie Abbott
14)
Tarantelle, violin
Composer(s): Schuberth
15)
"Fishes in the sea, The"
Composer(s): Thomas
Participants:  Jennie Kempton
16)
Ernani, trio
Composer(s): Verdi
Participants:  William Castle;  Sherwood C. Campbell;  Marie Abbott
17)
Duet on Verdi's Il trovatore, pianos (2)
Composer(s): Gottschalk
Participants:  Louis Moreau Gottschalk;  Eugénie de Barnetche
18)
Home, sweet home, op. 51
aka Charme du foyer
Composer(s): Gottschalk

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 April 1863, 9.
(Abbott listed as Abbot in ad)
2)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 13 April 1863, 4.

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 April 1863, 7.
Doesn’t give date of concert.  Performers, price.
4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 16 April 1863, 7.
Two ads, one with full program.  Gottschalk: “Union, The” (Gottschalk).  “The Union (Paraphrase de Concert) Composed, Performed and Dedicated to General McClellan by L.M. Gottschalk.”
5)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 16 April 1863, 7.

6)
Announcement: New York Post, 16 April 1863.
“The programme is unusually varied.”
7)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 April 1863, 7.
This ad was obviously a mistake by the Herald.