Trinity Church Ascension Day Service
Event Information
Venue(s):
Trinity Church
Conductor(s):
Franz Rietzel [cond.-comp.fl-vn]
Event Type:
Choral
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
15 October 2025
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
22 May 1873, MorningPerformers and/or Works Performed
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aka St. Cecilia Mass;
Saint Cecilia Mass
Composer(s): Gounod
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., 22 May 1873.
“At Trinity Church…Church crowded; very little standing room unoccupied. Orchestral work far the best we have ever had, & no wonder, when such men as Bergner, Matzka & Rietzel were enlisted, instead of the scrubs Morgan has heretofore inflicted on us. Gounod’s Sanctus was as it were a quart of cold water poured down the back of my neck. For the rest of the Mass I do not care very much. There was a lovely profusion of flowers. Braem attends to that department.”