Grand Concert by the Italian Benevolent Society for the Benefit of the Sanitary Commission

Event Information

Venue(s):
Irving Hall

Conductor(s):
Antonio Barili

Price: $1.00; $1.50 reserved

Event Type:
Chamber (includes Solo), Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 November 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Apr 1864, Evening

Program Details

Mrs. Charles Farnham, Mrs. S.M. Nash, Mrs. Wilmot, Miss Annie Granger, Miss Frida de Gebele and Miss Gaskill are pupils of Antonio Barili. Miss Norton, Miss Natale and Mr. Whiting are pupils of Ettore Barili.

The concert was performed in two parts.

Verdi: Il Trovatore, cavatina

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Society of St. Cecilia;  Mrs. Wilmot;  Mrs. Charles [soprano] Farnham;  Maria Norton [contralto];  Ernesto Mongiardini [tenor];  Antonio Barili;  Louise Gaskell [vocal];  Mrs. S. M. Nash;  Annie Granger [vocal];  Miss [vocal] Natale;  Frida de Gebele;  Frederick Bergner;  Charles [tenor] Whiting;  Ettore Barili
2)
Nabucco, gran settimino a canone con coro
Composer(s): Verdi
3)
Linda di Chamounix, cavatina
Composer(s): Donizetti
4)
Traviata, La, duet
Composer(s): Verdi
5)
"Vedova, La"
Composer(s): Muzio
6)
Ballo in maschera, Un, romanza
Composer(s): Verdi
7)
"Schlaf wohl, du süsser Engel du"
aka Sleep well, sweet angel; Sleep well, dear angel
Composer(s): Abt
8)
Rigoletto, "Bella figlia dell'amore"
aka Rigoletto, quartet
Composer(s): Verdi
9)
INTERMISSION
10)
Martha, quartet
Composer(s): Flotow
11)
Trovatore, Il, selection
Composer(s): Verdi
12)
Noche en Sevilla, Una, "Mira que bella noche"
Composer(s): Barili
13)
Fantaisie, cello
Composer(s): Stransky
14)
Falstaff, trio
Composer(s): Balfe
15)
Ernani, cavatina
Composer(s): Verdi
16)
Vestale, La, gran finale con coro
Composer(s): Mercadante

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 28 April 1864, 2.
“A concert will be given at Irving Hall next Saturday night, for the benefit of the Italian Benevolent Society by Antonio Barili and his pupils.  It was originally proposed to give an opera—Trovatore—but no suitable theatre could be found.”
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 28 April 1864, 8.
In Letters to the Editor.
3)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 28 April 1864.
“There will be given under the patriotic and liberal sanctions of the Italian Benevolent Society, ‘Union and Fraternity,’ a vocal concert by the pupils of Signor Maestro Barili, on Saturday evening, April 30, at Irving Hall.  An admirable project by attractive connoisseurs.  We commend it to the attention of the public.”
4)
Announcement: Courrier des États-Unis, 29 April 1864.

5)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 30 April 1864.

6)
Announcement: New-York Times, 30 April 1864.

7)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 30 April 1864, 7.

8)
Announcement: Courrier des États-Unis, 30 April 1864.

9)
Advertisement: Courrier des États-Unis, 30 April 1864.

10)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 30 April 1864.

11)
Review: New-York Times, 02 May 1864, 4.
The concert was “not liberally attended.  The performances were extremel [sic] creditable to teacher and pupils.”
12)
Review: Musical Review and World, 07 May 1864, 153.
Antonio and Ettore Barili are brothers.  Antonio Barili founded the St. Cecily Philharmonic Society.  “A concert, given at Irving Hall, by the Italian Benevolent Society (Di Unione et Fratellanza) for the benefit of the Sanitary Commission under the direction of Signor Antonio Barili, was pretty successful.  Mr. Barili was assisted by his brother and his pupils, Miss Norton, Miss Natale and Mr. Whiting, as well as by Mrs. Chas. Farnham, S.M. Nash, Wilmot, Misses Annie Granger, Frida de Gebele, Gaskill, and the members of St. Cecily [sic] Philharmonic Society, recently founded by Signor A. Barili.”