Kennedy Songs of Scotland

Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway Hall

Price: $.50; $.50 extra reserved

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 August 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Jan 1867, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Performance originally scheduled for December 28, 1866.

"John Anderson, my Jo" was performed by request.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  David [Scottish singer] Kennedy;  Helen Kennedy [piano-soprano]
2)
"Oh, why left I my hame"
aka Oh, why left I my home; Exile's song
Composer(s): Macleod
Text Author: Gilfillan
3)
"My boy Tammy"
aka My boy Tammie; My boy Tommy; My boy Tommie
Composer(s): Traditional
Text Author: Macneill
4)
"There’s nae luck about the house"
aka There's no luck about the house
Text Author: Adam
5)
"My Nanie’s awa"
aka My Nannie's awa
Composer(s): Traditional
Text Author: Burns
6)
"Flowers of the forest, The"
aka Flowers o' the forest
Composer(s): Traditional
7)
"Last words of Marmion, The"
Composer(s): Clarke-Whitfield
Text Author: Scott
8)
"Green grow the rushes, O"
Composer(s): Traditional
9)
"Auld lang syne"
aka Old lang syne
Composer(s): Traditional
Text Author: Burns
10)
"Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled"
aka Robert Bruce's March To Bannockburn
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Text Author: Burns
11)
"John Anderson, my Jo"
Composer(s): Kozeluch
Text Author: Burns

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 December 1866, 1.

“SONGS OF SCOTLAND.—NOTICE.—MR. L. KENNEDY’S popular entertainment, announced for Friday, Dec. 28, is postponed until Friday, January 4, the hall being engaged for another purpose. L.F. HARRISON.”

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 04 January 1867.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 04 January 1867, 4.

“The crowded and intelligent audiences Mr. Kennedy attracted on previous nights, gave him good and substantial assurance of the high place he has won in the regard of the lovers of Scottish song in New York.”

4)
Review: New York Herald, 05 January 1867, 8.

“Mr. Kennedy last evening gave his favorite popular entertainment, comprising recitations from the works of Scottish bards and renderings of Scottish songs at Steinway Hall. The audience was large and the applause bestowed liberal. Mr. Kennedy’s entertainment has been frequently alluded to in these columns. The programme last evening did not differ materially from that presented on previous occasions. The singing of ‘Scots wha hae wi’ Wallace bled’ was most enthusiastically applauded, and the various features of the programme were heartily appreciated.”