Organ Concert: 17th

Event Information

Venue(s):
Church of the Holy Trinity

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Chamber (includes Solo)

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 November 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 Mar 1875, 4:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Maria [soprano] Salvotti; Henry Carter

2)

Symphony, no. 5, op. 67, C minor. Allegro [finale]

Composer(s): Beethoven

3)

Sonata, organ, no. 2, C. Adagio

Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

4)

Sonata, organ, A minor

Composer(s): Ritter

5)

Fantasia, organ, unidentified

Composer(s): Berens

6)

Theme and variations, organ

Composer(s): Carter

7)

Elijah, "Hear ye, Israel"

aka Hear Ye, Israel; Hear What The Lord Speaketh; Elias

Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Text Author: Schubring

Participants: Maria [soprano] Salvotti

8)

Composer(s): Donizetti

Participants: Maria [soprano] Salvotti

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New-York Times, 09 March 1875, 9.

2)

Announcement: New York Post, 09 March 1875, 2.

Includes partial program.

3)

Review: New York Post, 11 March 1875, 2.

“Yesterday afternoon, at the seventeenth organ concert at Holy Trinity Church, Mr. Henry Carter was the performer. The programme consisted of compositions for the organ, and arrangements from the orchestral works of the great masters. Probably the most effective of the former were the adagio from Mendelssohn’s sonata in C minor, and the sonata in A minor by Ritter, and of the latter the brilliant triumphant finale from Beethoven’s C minor symphony. Madame Salvotti sang Mendelssohn’s celebrated ‘Hear, ye Israel’ and ‘I am He that Comforteth,’ from the ‘Elijah,’ and a ‘Preghiera’ by Donizetti. Her large and powerful voice, which is particularly strong and full in the high notes, was displayed to great advantage in each.”