Grand Choral Performance, for the Benefit of the Sanitary Commission

Event Information

Venue(s):
Church of the Divine Paternity

Conductor(s):
William Berge
George Washbourne Morgan

Price: $1

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 October 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Apr 1864, Evening

Program Details

Haydn: Seasons [Jahreszeiten] and Creation [Schöpfung], [selections]

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  United Choirs of New York;  C. J. A. (Charles) [bass] Wernecke;  Sophie Mozart;  Mrs. Jamison;  Jennie Kempton;  Mary E. Hawley;  George Simpson;  John Rogers Thomas;  Gustavus Geary;  Mrs. James H. Barclay;  Mrs. Charles H. [vocalist] Cooper
2)
Messiah, selections
Composer(s): Handel
3)
Jahreszeiten, Die
aka Seasons
Composer(s): Haydn
Text Author: Swieten
4)
Schöpfung, Die
aka Schopfung; Creation
Composer(s): Haydn
Text Author: Swieten
5)
Elijah, selections
aka Air and chorus
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
6)
Stabat Mater, selections
Composer(s): Rossini

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 18 April 1864.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 April 1864.
“The church choirs of New York, numbering over two hundred of the best singers.”
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 20 April 1864, 7.

4)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 20 April 1864.

5)
Review: Musical Review and World, 23 April 1864, 135.
“A Grand choral performance by the United Choir took place last Wednesday, at Dr. Chapin’s Church, for the benefit of the Sanitary Commission, under the conductorship of Messrs. G.W. Morgan and Wm. Berge.”
6)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 25 April 1864, 5.
“There were two concerts during the week—one at Irving Hall, the other at Dr. Chapin’s church—both deserving fine audiences and both were miserably attended.”