Instrumental and Vocal Concert: Hebrew Free School Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway Hall

Conductor(s):
Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]

Price: $1

Event Type:
Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 January 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Dec 1866, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  William J. [tenor] Hill;  George W. Colby;  J. H. Pollack;  Bertha Johannsen;  Felice J. Eben;  John Nelson Pattison;  Theodore Habelmann
2)
Rienzi, overture
Composer(s): Wagner
3)
Lucrezia Borgia, aria
Composer(s): Donizetti
Participants:  J. H. Pollack
4)
Fantasia on Gounod's Faust
aka Grande fantaisie dramatique sur les themes de Faust
Composer(s): Pattison
Participants:  John Nelson Pattison
5)
Freischütz, Der, aria
aka Freischutz
Composer(s): Weber
Participants:  Bertha Johannsen
6)
Freischütz, Der, scena
aka Freischutz
Composer(s): Weber
Participants:  Bertha Johannsen
7)
"Liebes Bitte"
aka Love's request
Composer(s): Reichardt [composer]
Participants:  William J. [tenor] Hill
8)
Africaine, L', selection
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
9)
Guillaume Tell, overture
aka Guglielmo Tell; William Tell; Introduction
Composer(s): Rossini
10)
Lieder, op. 4. In dunkler Nacht
aka In darkening night
Composer(s): Luther
Participants:  J. H. Pollack
11)
Illusion, L', op. 133
aka Norma fantasie
Composer(s): Fürstenau
Participants:  Felice J. Eben
12)
Vêpres siciliennes, Les, "Merci jeunes amies"
aka Vepres; Vespri siciliani; Sicilian vespers, The; Bolero; Siciliana; Sicilienne; Pity, beloved ladies; Merce dilette Amiche
Composer(s): Verdi
Participants:  Bertha Johannsen
13)
"Schlaf wohl, du süsser Engel du"
aka Sleep well, sweet angel; Sleep well, dear angel
Composer(s): Abt
Participants:  William J. [tenor] Hill
14)
Drømmebilleder
aka Drommebilleder; Drømme Billeder fantasi; Traumbilder potpourri; Traumbilder selections; Traumbilder fantasie; Visions in a Dream; Pictures of dreams; Frambileter; Fraumbileter
Composer(s): Lumbye

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 December 1866.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 27 December 1866, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 28 December 1866.
4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 December 1866.

Includes program.

5)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 29 December 1866, 4.

Does not mention the Hebrew Free School.

"HOLIDAY CONCERT AT STEINWAY HALL.

A grand holiday concert will be given at Steinway Hall, this evening, when [lists performers] will perform, together with Theodore Thomas's orchestra."

6)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 29 December 1866.

Includes program.

7)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 29 December 1866.
8)
Review: New York Herald, 30 December 1866, 4.

"A concert for the benefit of the Hebrew Free School Association took place at Steinway Hall last night. [Lists performers.] Mr. Colby was the accompanist, and an efficient orchestra assisted. The concert was very successful."