Popular Concert: 1st

Event Information

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

Conductor(s):
Henry Eyre Browne

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Chamber (includes Solo)

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
24 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

05 Dec 1874, 3:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Emma C. Thursby; Anna R. [contralto] Bulkley; William C. [baritone] Baird; William F. Mills

2)

Waltz, unidentified

Composer(s): Arditi

Participants: Emma C. Thursby

3)

Composer(s): Pinsuti

Participants: Anna R. [contralto] Bulkley

4)

aka Palms, The

Composer(s): Faure

Participants: William C. [baritone] Baird

5)

aka Priere; Prayer

Composer(s): Hiller

Participants: William C. [baritone] Baird

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 04 December 1874, 2.

“Every Saturday, commencing at 3 pm.”

2)

Review: New York Post, 07 December 1874, 2.

“The first of a series of Saturday afternoon concerts was given at Association Hall on December 5, at which Mr. Browne played two solos on the organ, and Mr. W. F. Mills two solos on the pianoforte. Miss Thursby’s delivery of Arditi’s waltz was so much admired that it was redemanded. Miss Bulkley exhibited her beautiful voice and finished execution in Pinsuti’s descriptive song ‘The Raft.’ Mr. Baird sang ‘The Palm Trees,’ by Faure, so well that he received an encore, and then gave Hiller’s ‘Prayer’ with remarkably good taste and expression.”