Grace Church Christmas Day Service

Event Information

Venue(s):
Grace Church

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

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 April 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Dec 1873, 11:00 AM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Broadway Tabernacle Choir;  Grace Church Choir;  George Simpson;  John [basso] Clark;  Mrs. W. N. [soprano] Oliver;  Anna Drasdil
2)
Schöpfung, Die, "Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes"
aka Heavens are telling; Schopfung, Die, Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes
Composer(s): Haydn
3)
"Venite"
Composer(s): Warren [organ]
4)
Work, vocal, unidentified
Composer(s): Gounod
5)
Te Deum
Composer(s): Warren [organ]
6)
Work, vocal, unidentified
Composer(s): Mozart
7)
Weihnachts-Oratorium, "Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend"
Composer(s): Bach

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 24 December 1873, 4.

“The music, which will be led by Mr. P. Warren, the organist of the church, will be of a superior order. The anthems will be sung by a double quartet, in addition to the usual singers of the choir.”

2)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 25 December 1873, 5.
3)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 26 December 1873, 1.

“…The building was so densely filled with members of the church and visitors that, a short time after the services had begun, even standing room could not be found. The services opened with a processional chorus by Haydn, a ‘Gloria in Excelsis’ by Gounod, and a ‘Jubilate Deo’ by Mozart, were sung during the service.”