Grace Church Easter Service

Event Information

Venue(s):
Grace Church

Conductor(s):
Samuel P. Warren [organ]

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Apr 1873, Morning

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  George Simpson;  John [basso] Clark;  Mrs. [contralto] Bachau;  Mrs. W. N. [soprano] Oliver
2)
Works, vocal. Selections
Composer(s): Gounod
3)
Work, vocal, unidentified
Composer(s): Mozart
4)
"Christ the Lord is risen today"
aka Now is Christ risen
Composer(s): Warren

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 12 April 1873, 1.
2)
Article: New York Herald, 14 April 1873, 4.

Ten new bells hung in the turret of Grace Church.

3)
Review: New York Herald, 14 April 1873, 4.

“The music was, taken as a whole, quite fine. Mrs. Oliver’s superb soprano voice, that penetrated all parts of the church, being especially worthy of commendation. Mr. Simpson, the tenor, who is about to go to Europe, sang very well. Mrs. Ruchau’s [Bachau’s] contralto was decidedly good…the basso, as a whole, was not as good as the audience could wish it, but some passages were admirably executed by Mr. Clarke.”  

4)
Article: New-York Times, 20 April 1873, 6.

New chime of bells hung in the tower of Grace Church at Easter-tide.