Manhattan College Student Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Augustus Buechel

Price: $1.00; $2 reserved seats $20 proscenium boxes of 8 seats; $15 private boxes of 6 seats; $10 private boxes of 4 seats

Event Type:
Band, Choral, Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 June 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Jun 1865, 7:30 PM

Program Details

The orchestra consisted of 24 musicians.

The concert was performed in two parts.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Manhattan College Orchestra; Manhattan College Chorus; Augustus Buechel; John J. [vocalist] Kean; John P. [vocalist] Lyons; Frank [violin] Danz; Charles [piano] Hannan; Louis [piano] Huesmann; Edmond [piano] Mardaga

2)

Nabucco, overture

Composer(s): Verdi

Participants: Manhattan College Orchestra

3)

"Last rose of summer, The"

aka Letzte Rose

Composer(s): Traditional

Text Author: Moore

Participants: John J. [vocalist] Kean

4)

Duo de concert, pianos (2)

Composer(s): Berg

Participants: Augustus Buechel; John P. [vocalist] Lyons

5)

Faust, "Soldiers' chorus"

aka Soldatenchor; Soldier's march

Composer(s): Gounod

Participants: Manhattan College Orchestra; Manhattan College Chorus

6)

Mosè in Egitto, selection

aka Moses in Egypt, selection; Mose in Egitto

Composer(s): Rossini

Participants: Manhattan College Orchestra; Manhattan College Chorus

7)

Valse caprice, piano

Composer(s): Godefroid

Participants: Edmond [piano] Mardaga

8)

Lucrezia Borgia, larghetto

Composer(s): Donizetti

Participants: Manhattan College Orchestra

9)

Carnaval de Venise, quartet

Composer(s): Rossini

10)

Galop militaire

Composer(s): Buechel

Participants: Manhattan College Orchestra

11)

12)

Alessandro Stradella, overture

Composer(s): Flotow

Participants: Augustus Buechel; John P. [vocalist] Lyons; Charles [piano] Hannan; Louis [piano] Huesmann

13)

Lanciers des Etats-Unis, Les

Composer(s): Dressler

Participants: Manhattan College Orchestra

14)

Introduction and variations on Je suis le petit tambour, op. 5

aka Fantasie on La petite tambour; Little tambour

Composer(s): David [composer]

Participants: Frank [violin] Danz

15)

"Who will care for Mother now"

Composer(s): Thompson

Text Author: Sawyer

16)

Sommernachtstraum, Ein, "Hochzeitsmarsch"

aka Midsummer night's dream, A; wedding march

Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Participants: Augustus Buechel; John P. [vocalist] Lyons; Charles [piano] Hannan; Louis [piano] Huesmann

17)

Semiramide, selection

Composer(s): Rossini

Participants: Manhattan College Orchestra; Manhattan College Chorus

18)

Hibernian quadrille

aka Ireland; Quadrille on Irish airs

Composer(s): Jullien

Participants: Manhattan College Orchestra

19)

"Home, sweet home"

aka Home sweet home

Composer(s): Bishop

Text Author: Payne

Participants: John J. [vocalist] Kean

20)

Marche de victoire du general Grant

Composer(s): Wittig

Participants: Manhattan College Orchestra

Citations

1)

Announcement: New-York Times, 04 June 1865, 8.

“The college band, comprising twenty-four performers, with the choir and orchestra will give the ‘Soldier’s Chorus’ from ‘Faust;’ the chorus from ‘Semramide;’ Gen. Grant’s March by Wittig, and many other choice pieces.”

2)

Announcement: New York Herald, 05 June 1865, 2.

Lists some of the works and performers.

3)

Advertisement: Courrier des États-Unis, 05 June 1865.

Includes program.

4)

Review: New-York Times, 10 June 1865, 8.

Brief review that describes the music as “creditably performed.” Frank Danz performed violin solos to warm applause and encore.