Monthly Concert of the National Pianoforte Association and Conservatory for Musical Instruction: 1st

Event Information

Venue(s):
Cooper Institute

Conductor(s):
Max Maretzek
Wilhelm Groschel [tenor and conductor]

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Chamber (includes Solo), Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 September 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

09 Dec 1864, 7:30 PM

Program Details

Overture begins at 7:30 p.m. Mollenhauer’s duet for violin and cornet, “Carnival de Venice,” composed expressly for the Bretto Brothers and performed by them only, cf. NYH ad, 12/9/64.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Orchestra, unidentified;  Robert Goldbeck;  Alfred Humphries Pease;  Robert Heller;  [violin] Fernand;  Joseph Weinlich;  Henry Mollenhauer [cello];  Frida de Gebele;  Louis Schreiber;  Edward Mollenhauer [viola-vn];  Sebastian Bach Mills;  Bernard Mollenhauer (Bretto) [vn];  Richard Mollenhauer (Bretto) [cap]
2)
Corsican bride, The, overture
Composer(s): Mollenhauer [viola-vn]
Participants:  Orchestra, unidentified
3)
Fantasie on Gounod's Faust
Composer(s): Mills
Participants:  Sebastian Bach Mills
4)
Schönsten Augen, Die
Composer(s): Hamm
Participants:  Frida de Gebele
5)
Work, cornet, unidentified
Composer(s): Schreiber
Participants:  Louis Schreiber
6)
Trio, piano, violin, cello. Andante and Scherzo
Composer(s): Goldbeck
Participants:  Henry Mollenhauer [cello];  Edward Mollenhauer [viola-vn];  Robert Goldbeck
7)
Margherita d’Anjou, "Moine"
aka Mönch
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
Participants:  Joseph Weinlich
8)
Tableaux caractéristiques, op. 54. Nocturne and Grisi
Composer(s): Meyer
Participants:  Robert Goldbeck
9)
Duet, violins, A major
Composer(s): Mollenhauer [viola-vn]
Participants:  Edward Mollenhauer [viola-vn];  Bernard Mollenhauer (Bretto) [vn]
10)
"Melodia"
Composer(s): Campana
Participants:  Frida de Gebele
11)
INTERMISSION
12)
Streghe
aka Witches’ dance; Hexentanz
Composer(s): Paganini
Participants:  Edward Mollenhauer [viola-vn]
13)
Zauberflöte, Die, aria
Composer(s): Mozart
Participants:  Joseph Weinlich
14)
Fantaisie sur des airs russes, cello, piano, op. 26
Composer(s): Schuberth
Participants:  Henry Mollenhauer [cello]
15)
Polonaise, piano, WWV 23a, D major
Composer(s): Wagner
Participants:  Alfred Humphries Pease
16)
Maria di Rohan, ballata
Composer(s): Donizetti
Participants:  Frida de Gebele
17)
Tannhäuser march (for four pianos)
aka Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf WartburgTannhäuser and the Singers’ Contest on the Wartburg
Participants:  Alfred Humphries Pease;  Robert Heller;  Sebastian Bach Mills;  Robert Goldbeck
18)
Carnival of Venice, [duet, violin, cornet]
Composer(s): Mollenhauer [viola-vn]
Participants:  Bernard Mollenhauer (Bretto) [vn];  Richard Mollenhauer (Bretto) [cap]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 07 December 1864, 7.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 09 December 1864, 7.

      Program. “The grand overture from Tannhauser is played at the end of the program in order to accommodate Mr. Robert Heller, whose engagements at his Salle Diabolique in Broadway prevents his attendance at an earlier hour.”