Bethesad Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Madison Avenue Baptist Church

Price: $.50; $.75 reserved

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
26 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Nov 1873, Evening

Program Details

The New York Times advertisement indicates that Luckhardt would perform Liszt’s Faust waltz by request.

Citations only give “Madison Avenue, Corner 31st” as the venue; Music in Gotham assumes this to be the Baptist church.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Theodore E. Perkins;  Lina Luckhardt [piano];  Gertrude [soprano] Frankau;  Jennie [mezzo-soprano] Bull;  Henrietta Markstein;  Franz Remmertz;  E. H. [tenor] Bennett;  Joseph H. [organist] Guild;  Anna B. Reid
2)
Offertoire, organ, D
Composer(s): Battiste
Participants:  Joseph H. [organist] Guild
3)
Soirées musicales, Les, "Pesca, La"
aka Soirees musicales, Les, Pesca, La
Composer(s): Rossini
Participants:  Jennie [mezzo-soprano] Bull;  Anna B. Reid
4)
"Winged messenger, The"
Composer(s): Fesca
Participants:  Theodore E. Perkins
5)
Episoden aus Lenaus Faust, "Tanz in der Dorfschenke"
aka Mephisto waltz, no. 1; Faust waltz
Composer(s): Liszt
Participants:  Lina Luckhardt [piano]
6)
"Consider the lilies"
Composer(s): Topliff
Participants:  Gertrude [soprano] Frankau
7)
"Ruby"
Composer(s): Gabriel
Participants:  E. H. [tenor] Bennett
8)
Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal, aria
Composer(s): Donizetti
Participants:  Franz Remmertz
9)
Fille du régiment, La, "Convien partir"
aka Fille du regiment, La, Convien partir
Composer(s): Donizetti
10)
Fantasia on Wallace's Lurline
Composer(s): Wehli
Participants:  Henrietta Markstein
11)
"Notte a Venezia, Una"
aka Night in Venice; Notta a Venezia
Composer(s): Lucantoni
Participants:  Gertrude [soprano] Frankau;  E. H. [tenor] Bennett
12)
Cavatina, unidentified
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Jennie [mezzo-soprano] Bull
13)
Elijah, "O come everyone that thirsteth"
aka Wohlan, Alle die ihr durstig seid
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Participants:  Gertrude [soprano] Frankau;  Jennie [mezzo-soprano] Bull;  Franz Remmertz;  E. H. [tenor] Bennett

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 17 November 1873, 7.

Multiple cards. “Grand Charity Concert.”

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 18 November 1873, 7.

Program.

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 November 1873, 9.

Several cards on this page.