SearchGetRecordGlasgow Choral Union (1883-1885)
Collection Summary
Collection Title
Glasgow Choral Union (1883-1885)
Unique Identifier
d.491
Description
Prospectus, programmes and wordbooks for the tenth series of Choral and Orchestral Concerts given by the Glasgow Choral Union in 1883-84, and programmes for the eleventh series given by the same institution the following season (missing programmes for the 5th and 9th performances). Bound as two volumes, one per season.
Both series took place at St Andrew's Hall in Glasgow and included both choral and orchestral concerts, with the number of the latter considerably outweighing the former. Both seasons also included one 'Choro-Orchestral' performance.
The nature of the vocal concerts is described in detail below. The orchestral concerts were two-act performances consisting primarily of nineteenth-century orchestral repertory, typically with concerto or concertante items for the one or two soloists listed (of which one was always vocal).
Included in the orchestral concerts were a large number of works which were receiving their first performance, either in Britain, or at this particular concert series. Particularly notable in this respect is the performance of Schubert, Symphony No. 7, given on 10 January 1884, having been completed from the composer's outline by John Francis Barnett.
Included in the second volume is a list of the most popular works performed, based on votes taken at two different concerts during the season, and excluding certain forms such as the concerto. The tables provide detailed information regarding the number of votes received by each works.
Both prospectus and programmes provide detailed information regarding the vocal and instrumental soloists and include a list of the complete orchestral ensemble. All concerts were conducted August Manns, with Dr A. L. Peace (organ) and with Mr Allan Macbeth providing choral direction for the Glasgow Choral Union. A large number of the soloists are listed as making their first appearances in Glasgow.
The programmes also list the patrons, committee, guarantors and stewards for the concerts. The prospectus for 1883-84 also includes detailed information regarding subscription arrangements.
In addition, the programmes include extensive historical and analytical programme notes, with musical examples. These are signed only with initials but these are explained in an introductory note. Authors include Sir George Grove ('G.'), August Manns ('A.M.'), C. A. Barry ('C. A. B.'), with less frequent contributions from F. Hueffer, and Edward Dannreuther. Many of these notes were borrowed from London concert series such as the Crystal Palace Saturday Concerts, Richter Concerts, and the Philharmonic Society Concerts.
Each programme is prefaced by a short poetic or literary quotation relevant to music or musical performance.
Vol. 1: Tenth season, 1883-84
Choral concerts:
12 December 1883: Mendelssohn, First Walpurgis Night; Handel, Acis and Galatea
1 January 1884: Handel, Messiah
17 January 1884: Gounod, The Redemption
31 January 1884: Berlioz, Messe des Morts
Orchestral concerts: 4, 18 and 27 December 1883; 10, 15, 22 and 29 January and 5 February 1884.
The fifth orchestral concert of this season (15 January) was described as 'Choro-Orchestral' and included in it's a second half a performance of Félicien David's Symphonic Ode, The Desert, with Edward Lloyd (tenor) and a quartet drawn from the Glasgow Choral Union.
Vocalists:
Miss Mary Davies, Miss Robertson, Mrs Hutchinson, Miss Hilda Coward, Mlle Elly Warnots, Miss Thudichum, Miss Clara Samuell, Miss Carlotta Elliot, Miss Helen D'Alton, Madame Patey, Miss Marian McKenzie, Miss Grace Damian, Mr Barton McGuckin, Mr Charles Chilley, Mr Edward Lloyd, Mr Joseph Maas, Mr John Bridson, Mr Frederic King, Mr Santley.
Instrumentalists:
Hugo Heermann and Signor Papini (violins), Signor Piatti (cello), and M. Vladimir de Pachmann, Mdlle Janotha and Madame Montigny-Rémaury (piano).
Vol. 2: Eleventh season, 1884-1885 (missing programmes for the 5th and 9th concerts).
Choral concerts (2nd and 12th performances)
16 December: Mendelssohn, Elijah, featuring Madame Valleria, Miss Alexandra Ehrenberg, Mr Charles Chilley and Mr W. Ludwig.
[The programme for this performance includes an article entitled 'Mendelssohn's "Elijah" ', taken from the Musical World on 29 August 1846.]
10 February 1885: Handel, Israel in Egypt, featuring Miss Annie Marriott, Madame Patey, Mr Edward Lloyd.
Orchestral concerts (1st, 3rd and 4th, 6th-8th, 10th and 11th performances)
9 December 1884, featuring Madame Minnie Hauk (vocal) and Robert Heckmann (violin).
23 December 1884, featuring Franz Rummel (piano) and the Cologne String Quartet of R. Heckmann, O. Forberg, T. Allekotte, and R. Bellmann.
30 December 1884, featuring Hugo Heermann (violin) and Miss Thudichum.
6 January 1885, featuring Mr Joseph Maas (vocal) and Miss Agnes Zimmermann (piano).
13 January 1885, a Bi-centenary Commemoration of the Birth of Johann Sebastian Bach, featuring Madame Clara Samuell (vocal), and Robert Heckmann and Otto Forberg (violins).
20 January 1885, featuring Miss Hilda Coward (vocal) and Professor Heinrich Barth (piano).
27 January 1885, In Commemoration of Mozart's Birthday, featuring Mrs Hutchinson (vocal) and Mr J. T. Carrodus (violin).
3 February 1885, featuring Mdlle Anna Soubre (vocal) and Madame Essipoff (piano).
The thirteenth and final concert of the series, given on 12 February 1885, was described as 'Choro-Orchestral' and comprised selections from Handel's works, featuring the vocalists Madame Patey and Mr Edward Lloyd.
Both series took place at St Andrew's Hall in Glasgow and included both choral and orchestral concerts, with the number of the latter considerably outweighing the former. Both seasons also included one 'Choro-Orchestral' performance.
The nature of the vocal concerts is described in detail below. The orchestral concerts were two-act performances consisting primarily of nineteenth-century orchestral repertory, typically with concerto or concertante items for the one or two soloists listed (of which one was always vocal).
Included in the orchestral concerts were a large number of works which were receiving their first performance, either in Britain, or at this particular concert series. Particularly notable in this respect is the performance of Schubert, Symphony No. 7, given on 10 January 1884, having been completed from the composer's outline by John Francis Barnett.
Included in the second volume is a list of the most popular works performed, based on votes taken at two different concerts during the season, and excluding certain forms such as the concerto. The tables provide detailed information regarding the number of votes received by each works.
Both prospectus and programmes provide detailed information regarding the vocal and instrumental soloists and include a list of the complete orchestral ensemble. All concerts were conducted August Manns, with Dr A. L. Peace (organ) and with Mr Allan Macbeth providing choral direction for the Glasgow Choral Union. A large number of the soloists are listed as making their first appearances in Glasgow.
The programmes also list the patrons, committee, guarantors and stewards for the concerts. The prospectus for 1883-84 also includes detailed information regarding subscription arrangements.
In addition, the programmes include extensive historical and analytical programme notes, with musical examples. These are signed only with initials but these are explained in an introductory note. Authors include Sir George Grove ('G.'), August Manns ('A.M.'), C. A. Barry ('C. A. B.'), with less frequent contributions from F. Hueffer, and Edward Dannreuther. Many of these notes were borrowed from London concert series such as the Crystal Palace Saturday Concerts, Richter Concerts, and the Philharmonic Society Concerts.
Each programme is prefaced by a short poetic or literary quotation relevant to music or musical performance.
Vol. 1: Tenth season, 1883-84
Choral concerts:
12 December 1883: Mendelssohn, First Walpurgis Night; Handel, Acis and Galatea
1 January 1884: Handel, Messiah
17 January 1884: Gounod, The Redemption
31 January 1884: Berlioz, Messe des Morts
Orchestral concerts: 4, 18 and 27 December 1883; 10, 15, 22 and 29 January and 5 February 1884.
The fifth orchestral concert of this season (15 January) was described as 'Choro-Orchestral' and included in it's a second half a performance of Félicien David's Symphonic Ode, The Desert, with Edward Lloyd (tenor) and a quartet drawn from the Glasgow Choral Union.
Vocalists:
Miss Mary Davies, Miss Robertson, Mrs Hutchinson, Miss Hilda Coward, Mlle Elly Warnots, Miss Thudichum, Miss Clara Samuell, Miss Carlotta Elliot, Miss Helen D'Alton, Madame Patey, Miss Marian McKenzie, Miss Grace Damian, Mr Barton McGuckin, Mr Charles Chilley, Mr Edward Lloyd, Mr Joseph Maas, Mr John Bridson, Mr Frederic King, Mr Santley.
Instrumentalists:
Hugo Heermann and Signor Papini (violins), Signor Piatti (cello), and M. Vladimir de Pachmann, Mdlle Janotha and Madame Montigny-Rémaury (piano).
Vol. 2: Eleventh season, 1884-1885 (missing programmes for the 5th and 9th concerts).
Choral concerts (2nd and 12th performances)
16 December: Mendelssohn, Elijah, featuring Madame Valleria, Miss Alexandra Ehrenberg, Mr Charles Chilley and Mr W. Ludwig.
[The programme for this performance includes an article entitled 'Mendelssohn's "Elijah" ', taken from the Musical World on 29 August 1846.]
10 February 1885: Handel, Israel in Egypt, featuring Miss Annie Marriott, Madame Patey, Mr Edward Lloyd.
Orchestral concerts (1st, 3rd and 4th, 6th-8th, 10th and 11th performances)
9 December 1884, featuring Madame Minnie Hauk (vocal) and Robert Heckmann (violin).
23 December 1884, featuring Franz Rummel (piano) and the Cologne String Quartet of R. Heckmann, O. Forberg, T. Allekotte, and R. Bellmann.
30 December 1884, featuring Hugo Heermann (violin) and Miss Thudichum.
6 January 1885, featuring Mr Joseph Maas (vocal) and Miss Agnes Zimmermann (piano).
13 January 1885, a Bi-centenary Commemoration of the Birth of Johann Sebastian Bach, featuring Madame Clara Samuell (vocal), and Robert Heckmann and Otto Forberg (violins).
20 January 1885, featuring Miss Hilda Coward (vocal) and Professor Heinrich Barth (piano).
27 January 1885, In Commemoration of Mozart's Birthday, featuring Mrs Hutchinson (vocal) and Mr J. T. Carrodus (violin).
3 February 1885, featuring Mdlle Anna Soubre (vocal) and Madame Essipoff (piano).
The thirteenth and final concert of the series, given on 12 February 1885, was described as 'Choro-Orchestral' and comprised selections from Handel's works, featuring the vocalists Madame Patey and Mr Edward Lloyd.
Format
Date range of collection
1883 - 1885
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
Associated People or Organisations
- Cologne String Quartet -
- Richter Concerts -
- London Philharmonic Society -
- Crystal Palace Saturday Concerts -
- Hueffer, Francis -
- Barry, Charles Ainslie -
- Macbeth, Allan -
- Peace, A. L. -
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -
- David, Félicien -
- Berlioz, Hector -
- Gounod, Charles -
- Handel, George Frideric -
- Mendelssohn, Felix -
- Dannreuther, Edward George -
- Grove, George -
- Manns, August -
- Schubert, Franz -
- Glasgow Choral Union -
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