Oratorio Society Concert: 2nd

Event Information

Venue(s):
Young Men's Christian Association Hall

Conductor(s):
Leopold Damrosch

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Feb 1874, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Oratorio Society of New York;  Samuel P. Warren [organ];  Adolph Sohst;  Anna [soprano] Simon;  Helene Damrosch;  Agatha [alto] Munier;  Miss [mezzo-soprano] Garfunkel
2)
Motets, women’s voices, op. 39. Laudate, pueri
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
3)
"Tenebrae factae sunt"
Composer(s): Haydn
4)
"And the angels came"
Composer(s): Lasso
5)
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, duet
aka Julius Caesar
Composer(s): Handel
Participants:  Anna [soprano] Simon;  Agatha [alto] Munier
6)
Work, unidentified
Composer(s): Schumann
Participants:  Samuel P. Warren [organ]
7)
Work, unidentified
Composer(s): Gade
Participants:  Samuel P. Warren [organ]
8)
Coronation anthem, unidentified
Composer(s): Handel

Citations

1)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 02 March 1874, 7.

“The Oratorio Society under the direction of Dr. Damrosch gave its second concert last Thursday evening at Association Hall, presenting a programme of remarkable interest. The selections included [see above]. The society is making rapid progress, and the chorus, which numbered a little over forty voices at the first concert, now musters a hundred.”