St. Francis Xavier College: 15th Annual Commencement

Event Information

Venue(s):
St. Francis Xavier College

Conductor(s):
William [director-cond.] Hartmann

Event Type:
Band, Chamber (includes Solo), Choral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 June 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

05 Jul 1865, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  St. Francis Xavier College Band;  St. Francis Xavier College Chorus;  Professor Simon;  Professor Massey
2)
Fra Diavolo, overture
Composer(s): Auber
Participants:  St. Francis Xavier College Band
3)
Lucrezia Borgia, "Mighty Jehova"
Composer(s): Donizetti
Participants:  St. Francis Xavier College Chorus
4)
"Echo, The," [chorus]
Participants:  St. Francis Xavier College Chorus
5)
Duet, violin, piano, unidentified
Composer(s): Unidentified
Participants:  Professor Simon;  Professor Massey
6)
Faust, "Laborers' chorus"
Composer(s): Gounod

Citations

1)
Review: New York Herald, 06 July 1865, 5.

     Includes a description of the non-musical portions of the ceremony.  “A large number of visitors listened with evident pleasure to the various discourses, choruses, &c., all of which possessed a vast amount of merit.

     The exercises were inaugurated by the overture to Auber’s Fra Diavolo, performed with fine effect by the band. . . . Donizetti’s chorus, ‘Mighty Jehovah,’ was rendered with sweetness by the students, under the direction of Prof. W. Hartmann. . . . A chorus, the ‘Echo,’ by the pupils, was received with applause.

     A duet (violin and piano), performed by Professors Simon and Massey, whose names are well-known as virtuosos [sic] in the musical world, received a deserved encore.

     . . .The ‘Laborers’ Chorus,’ from Gounod’s Faust, was then given with vigor by the students.”