Annual Ball and Concert of the Gesangsverein Harmonia: 6th

Event Information

Venue(s):
Harmonie-Garten

Conductor(s):
Balthasar Kissenberth
Mr. [choral conductor] Hübner

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 July 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Dec 1864, Evening

Program Details

Presenter (restaurant proprietor): Mr. Sulzer. Choir Conductor: Mr. Hübner. Orchestra Conductor: Mr. Kissenberth.

The usual concert was cancelled.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Fille du régiment, La, "Chacun le sait"
aka Search through the wide world; Soldatenlied; Soldier song; Song of the regiment; None can gainsay it; Daughter of the Regiment, The ; Figlia del reggimento, La; Child of the Regiment, The; Regimentstochter, Die
Composer(s): Donizetti
2)
"Frühlingslied, Der"
aka Fruhlingslied; Frühling, Der
Composer(s): Abt

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 18 December 1864.
2)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 24 December 1864.
3)
Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 26 December 1864.

“The singing club, ‘Harmonia,’ held a vocal and instrumental concert, along with a dance, yesterday at the Harmonie-Garten on Essex Street. under the direction of their able director Mr. Hühnen [sic] ‘Harmonia’ sang several choruses very nicely, [but] the favorite was the Soldiers’ song from Donizetti’s ‘The Daughter of the Regiment,’ presented with vigor and passion. ‘Harmonia’ distinguished itself by performing correctly and with assuredness Abt’s lovely song, ‘The Spring,’ which had been substituted in place of Blum’s Nocturno. The achievements of Mr. Kissenberth’s competent orchestra and of the double quartet, which performed in this concert, also deserve mention. The arrangement of the ball, which followed the concert, brought honor to the proprietor, Mr. Sulzer, and to the event’s committee.  Attendance at this celebration suffered somewhat from the fact that almost every singing club in our city held an entertainment or dance last evening.”