Vocal and Instrumental Concert: Former Winter Garden Musicians Benefit
Event Information
Venue(s):
Irving Hall
Conductor(s):
Harvey Bradley Dodworth
Robert August Stoepel
Price: $.50
Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
19 December 2015
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
07 Feb 1867, 8:00 PMPerformers and/or Works Performed
Citations
“A concert was given at Irving Hall last evening for the benefit of the musicians who lost their instruments in the Winter Garden fire recently. The affair was well attended, and among the favorite performances were Guglielmo’s song ‘The Lover and the Bird,’ by Miss Kate McDonald, and a ‘Serenade’ by Schubert, sung by the same accomplished vocalist, with violin accompaniment by Miss Matilda Toedt. This had an encore. Most of the orchestras of the different theatres were represented, but Wallack’s was not. With a singular want of feeling, Mr. Mollenhauer, the leader refused to take any share in the programme and none of his musicians would do so either.”
“…A concert was given at Irving Hall last night for the benefit of the orchestra of the late theatre destroyed by fire in Broadway, and was very well attended. A splendid orchestra of sixty performers, under the experienced baton of Harvey Dodworth, played the overtures of Maritana and Euryanthe with more spirit, élan and precision than we have ever heard even by the vaunted Philharmonic Society in similar works. Such a body of musicians ought to be heard more frequently in the concert hall, and thus remedy the narrow minded method of business which has hitherto prevailed to a deteriorating extent in music in this city. The soloists were Miss Kate McDonald, Miss Matilda Toedt, Mme. Dauscha, and Messrs. Wedemeyer and Walsch. The concert was an enire musical success.”
The concert attracted a large audience which rewarded Toedt, Dauscha and Wedemeyer with much applause.