J. S. Thomson Popular Concert Matinee: 1st

Event Information

Venue(s):
Dodworth's Hall

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Chamber (includes Solo)

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 July 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Mar 1866, 2:00 PM

Program Details

Program also included “a select chorus of amateurs,” and/or a “quartette of singers,” as well as Mr. Augustus Waters reciting Shamus O’Brien. Bernard Herzog is listed in AD: NYT 03/24/66, p.7. It’s not clear if he performed at the matinee or in the evening concert.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bernard Herzog [guitar];  Z. S. Sampson [piano]
2)
Theodora, "Angels, ever fair and bright"
aka Angels ever bright and fair
Composer(s): Handel
Text Author: Morell [librettist]
Participants:  Florence (La Petite) Reynolds [soprano]
3)
Muette de Portici, La, overture
aka Masaniello; Mute Girl of Portici; Stumme von Portici
Composer(s): Auber

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 21 March 1866, 7.

“Matinee Saturday, at 2 o’clock for ladies and children.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 March 1866, 7.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 24 March 1866, 4.

In “Amusements This Evening.”

4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 24 March 1866, 7.

Performers.

5)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 24 March 1866, 6.

“The first popular matinée will be given this day at Dodworth Hall, commencing at 2 o’clock, when a talented quartette of singers, and a remarkable child-artist will appear.”

6)
Review: New York Herald, 25 March 1866, 4.

“The first matinee of Mr. J. S. Thomson’s series of popular entertainment, and his second concert, took place yesterday . . . At the former the most noteworthy part of the musical programme was the admirable singing of ‘La Petite Florence Reynolds.’ We have heard the beautiful ‘Angels Ever Bright and Fair’ of Handel’s sung by many distinguished artists, but never with such artless, whole-souled and genuine feeling as by this child. Her voice is like a bell in clearness, and, although necessarily limited in range and power, yet trained and modulated in a manner which many of our vaunted concert singers would do well to copy from. Auber’s charming overture to Masaniello was played by Mr. Z. S.  Sampson in an amateurish, mechanical manner, and the finale in his hands became a collection of meaningless passages, in which the swell pedal was injudiciously used throughout. Mr. Augustus Waters recited Shamus O’Brien admirably.”