Organ Concert: 19th

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:
6 December 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Mar 1875, 4:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Adolph Sohst;  Mrs. J. M. [alto] Davidson;  S. N. Penfield
2)
Toccata, organ, F major
Composer(s): Bach
3)
Symphony, no. 4, op. 120, D minor. Romanze
Composer(s): Schumann
4)
Symphony, no. 4, op. 120, D minor. Scherzo
Composer(s): Schumann
5)
Sonata, organ, no. 1, F minor
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
6)
Tannhäuser, "Freudig begrüssen wir die edle Halle," Allegro
aka March; Fest march; Festmarsch; Grand march; Tannhauser. Freudig begrussen wir die edle Halle. Allegro
Composer(s): Wagner
7)
Robert le diable, overture
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
8)
"Pietà, Signore, di me dolente"
aka Have mercy, oh God; Church aria; Pity, O Saviour; Aria di chiesa; Preghiera; Air d'eglise (1667)
Composer(s): Fétis
Participants:  Adolph Sohst
9)
Light of the world, The, "Weep not for the dead"
Composer(s): Sullivan
Participants:  Mrs. J. M. [alto] Davidson

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 23 March 1875, 11.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 23 March 1875, 2.

Includes program.

3)
Review: New York Post, 25 March 1875, 2.

“Yesterday afternoon, at Holy Trinity Church, the nineteenth organ concert of the present season was given. Mr. S. N. Penfield, of Christ Church, Savannah, Georgia, presided at the instrument. The most important pieces in the programme were Bach’s Toccata in F major and Mendelssohn’s organ Sonata in F minor. The Romanza and Scherzo from Schumann’s D minor Symphony and the introduction to Meyerbeer’s ‘Robert le Diable’ were the most interesting of the arrangements. Wagner’s ‘Tannhäuser March’ being greatly curtailed was not fairly presented.

Mrs. Davidson sang Sullivan’s ‘Weep not for the dead’ with considerable pathos, and received great praise. Herr Adolf Sohst exhibited his really fine baritone voice and artistic style in Stradella’s aria, ‘Pieta Signore,’ which has been so frequently heard as a trombone solo, accompanied by the Thomas orchestra.”