Church Music Association Public Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway Hall

Conductor(s):
Charles Edward Horsley

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
13 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Dec 1872, Afternoon

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Orchestra, unidentified;  Church Music Association;  William S. [tenor] Leggat;  Antonia Henne [contralto];  Mrs. Philip [soprano] Gulager;  Franz Remmertz
2)
Naiades, The
aka Nerjaden
Composer(s): Bennett
3)
Erste Walpurgisnacht, Die, op. 60
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Text Author: Goethe
4)
Mass, H. XXII, 11, D minor
aka Imperial Mass; Mass, no. 3; Nelson Mass
Composer(s): Haydn

Citations

1)
: Strong, George Templeton. New-York Historical Society. The Diaries of George Templeton Strong, 1863-1869: Musical Excerpts from the MSs, transcribed by Mary Simonson. ed. by Christopher Bruhn., 19 December 1872.

“First orchestral rehearsal, C. M. A. at Steinway. Quartette, Mrs. Gulager, Miss Antonia Henne, Leggat & Remmertz. Programme: Sterndale Bennett’s overture, ‘Die Naiaden,’ pretty & elaborate, Mendelssohn’s very picturesque ‘Walpurgis Nacht,’ and Haydn’s Mass no. 3, in the Qui tollis whereof Remmertz was grand. The whole Mass was delightful to hear. Horsley is as athletic a conductor as Pech & he is better liked by the chorus (& was very cordially received by the orchestra)—his lights & shadows are even better marked than Pech’s, but I don’t think his ‘attack’ quite so sharp & crisp. Ellie sat with me, having declined further service in the chorus.”