Charles Fitzsimmons Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway Hall

Conductor(s):
Charles Fitzsimmons

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 August 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Apr 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Weber Quartet;  Sebastian Bach Mills;  George O. [tenor] Ellard;  Mrs. Philip [soprano] Gulager;  James H. [pianist] Wilson;  William C. [baritone] Baird;  Anna Drasdil;  Charles Fitzsimmons;  Arthur Hills;  Horace Howland
2)
Offertoire, organ, F major
Composer(s): Lefébure-Wély
Participants:  Charles Fitzsimmons
3)
Semiramide, overture
Composer(s): Rossini
Participants:  Charles Fitzsimmons
4)
Pardon de Ploërmel, Le, "Ombre légère qui suis mes pas"
aka Shadow dance; Schattentanz; Shadow song
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
Text Author: Barbier, Carré
Participants:  Mrs. Philip [soprano] Gulager
5)
Mignon, "Connais-tu le pays?"
aka Kennst du das Land?; Kennst du meine Heimat?; Do you know the land?; Mignon's romance; Non conosci il bel suol
Composer(s): Thomas
Participants:  Mrs. Philip [soprano] Gulager
6)
"Prière"
aka Priere; Prayer
Composer(s): Hiller
Participants:  Anna Drasdil
7)
Concertparaphrase über Mendelssohns Hochzeitsmarsch und Elfenreigen aus dem Sommernachtstraum
aka Mendelssohn's Wedding march; Fantasie on Midsummer night's dream
Composer(s): Liszt
Participants:  Sebastian Bach Mills

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 28 March 1875, 11.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 06 April 1875, 2.
3)
Review: New-York Times, 08 April 1875, 6.

“Mr. Charles Fitzsimmons yesterday gave a concert at Steinway Hall. Mr. Fitzsimmons is an organist of considerable talent, and his performances of Wély’s offertoire in F, and the overture to ‘Semiramide’ were heartily applauded. Valuable aid was afforded the gentleman by Mr. S. B. Mills, Mme. Gulager, Miss Drasdil, and the Weber Vocal Quartet, Mme. Gulager’s ‘Shadow Song,’ and ‘Non Conosci,’ from ‘Mignon,’ indicating a marked improvement in style, and Miss Drasdil rendering particularly well a prayer, by Hiller. The work of the Weber Quartet was a trifle uneven.”