SearchGetRecordCardiff Triennial Musical Festival (1902, 1904)
Collection Summary
Collection Title
Cardiff Triennial Musical Festival (1902, 1904)
Unique Identifier
e.1391
Description
Prospectus and programmes relating to performances given at the Park Hall, Cardiff in 1902 and 1904 as the Cardiff Triennial Musical Festival.
Documentation for both events provides detailed information regarding the performers (including a complete list of the vocal and orchestral ensembles), conducted by Dr Frederic Cowen with Mr T. E. Aylward, Mr J. E. Deacon and Madame Clara Novello Davies responsible for the choral direction; Mr W. Fyre Parker (leader) and Mr G. G. Beale (organ). Centred around choral performances, the festivals included a number of works composed especially for the event, often conducted by the composer.
1.
Prospectus for 4 morning and 4 evening performances to be given at the Park Hall, Cardiff, on 8 to 11 October 1902 as the Cardiff Triennial Musical Festival. Also, a programme and wordbook for the morning concert on 9 October.
8 October: Mendelssohn, Elijah
8 October: Cowen, Ruth. Also, Mozart, Overture to Idomeneo and Brahms, A Song of Destiny.
9 October: Franck, The Beatitudes. Also, Wagner, Overture to Die Meistersinger, Mackenzie, Coronation March and vocal pieces by Purcell and Coleridge-Taylor
9 October: Wagner, Acts 2 and 3 of The Flying Dutchman and Beethoven, Symphony No. 3.
10 October: Rossini, Stabat Mater. Also, Schumann, Piano Concerto in A minor, Elgar, Overture ‘Cockayne’ [sic] and Ambroise Thomas, Scena.
10 October: Saint-Saens, Samson and Delilah
11 October: Gluck, Orpheus. Also, Arthur Hervey, Two Tone Poems (composed expressly for this Festival), Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6, and Recit and Air by Gounod
11 October: Berlioz, Faust
Principal vocalists: Madame Ella Russell, Miss Maggie Davies, Miss Maggie Purvis and Madame Lillian Blauvelt; Miss Maggie Brema, Miss Maggie Lewis and Miss Ada Crossley; Mr Ben Davies, Mr John Coates, Mr Gwilym Richards, Mr A. Dunlop; Mr Ffrangcon Davies, Mr David Hughes, Mr Ivor Foster, Mr Harry Miller.
Mr Mark Hambourg (piano).
This document also contains a list of the patrons and committee members for the festival, and extensive information regarding the practical arrangements. There are also handbills detailing the rehearsals in both London and Cardiff, with an indication of the timings for each piece.
Programme and wordbook for the concert on 9 October (morning), with extensive historical and analytical programme notes, the former by Mr W. A. Morgan, the latter, with musical examples, by Joseph Bradley and originally written for performance at the Glasgow Choral Union.
2
2 copies of the prospectus for performances given on 21 to 24 September 1904 at the Park Hall, Cardiff as the Fourth Cardiff Triennial Musical Festival
21 September: Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise. Also, vocal music by Mozart, Handel and Tchaikovsky, and German, Welsh Rhapsody (composed for the festival).
21 September: Saint Saens, Samson and Delilah
22 September: Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius. Also Hervey, In the East (tone poem written for the festival), Elgar, Two Sea Pictures, and Strauss, Tod und Verklärung
22 September: Massenet, Eve (first performance in England), Schumann, Faust, and Grieg, Concerto for Piano (Miss Adela Verne, piano).
23 September: Verdi, Requiem. Also, Wagner, Overture to Parsifal and Beethoven, Symphony No. 7
23 September: Wagner, Act 3 of Lohengrin. Also, duet from Act I of Valkyrie, Cowen, John Gilpin (a choral ballad, written for the festival), and Tchaikovsky, Overture 1812.
24 September: Félicien David, The Desert, Liszt, Hungarian Fantasie (Miss Adela Verne, piano), Harry Evans, The Victory of St. Garmon (written for the festival and conducted by the composer), Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
24 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah.
Principal vocalists: Madame Blauvelt, Miss Agnes Nicholls, Miss Maggie Purvis, Madame Gertrude Drinkwater, Miss Amy Evans, Miss Maud White, Miss Ada Crossley, Miss Muriel Foster, Miss Margaret Lewys, Miss Margaret Sambrook, Mr Ben Davies, Mr John Coates, Mr Alfred Dunlop, Mr Harold Green, Mr Ffrangcon Davies, Mr David Hughes, Mr Ivor Foster, Mr Harry Miller
This document also includes a list of the patrons of the festival, and a number of announcements regarding the practical arrangements for the performances.
Documentation for both events provides detailed information regarding the performers (including a complete list of the vocal and orchestral ensembles), conducted by Dr Frederic Cowen with Mr T. E. Aylward, Mr J. E. Deacon and Madame Clara Novello Davies responsible for the choral direction; Mr W. Fyre Parker (leader) and Mr G. G. Beale (organ). Centred around choral performances, the festivals included a number of works composed especially for the event, often conducted by the composer.
1.
Prospectus for 4 morning and 4 evening performances to be given at the Park Hall, Cardiff, on 8 to 11 October 1902 as the Cardiff Triennial Musical Festival. Also, a programme and wordbook for the morning concert on 9 October.
8 October: Mendelssohn, Elijah
8 October: Cowen, Ruth. Also, Mozart, Overture to Idomeneo and Brahms, A Song of Destiny.
9 October: Franck, The Beatitudes. Also, Wagner, Overture to Die Meistersinger, Mackenzie, Coronation March and vocal pieces by Purcell and Coleridge-Taylor
9 October: Wagner, Acts 2 and 3 of The Flying Dutchman and Beethoven, Symphony No. 3.
10 October: Rossini, Stabat Mater. Also, Schumann, Piano Concerto in A minor, Elgar, Overture ‘Cockayne’ [sic] and Ambroise Thomas, Scena.
10 October: Saint-Saens, Samson and Delilah
11 October: Gluck, Orpheus. Also, Arthur Hervey, Two Tone Poems (composed expressly for this Festival), Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6, and Recit and Air by Gounod
11 October: Berlioz, Faust
Principal vocalists: Madame Ella Russell, Miss Maggie Davies, Miss Maggie Purvis and Madame Lillian Blauvelt; Miss Maggie Brema, Miss Maggie Lewis and Miss Ada Crossley; Mr Ben Davies, Mr John Coates, Mr Gwilym Richards, Mr A. Dunlop; Mr Ffrangcon Davies, Mr David Hughes, Mr Ivor Foster, Mr Harry Miller.
Mr Mark Hambourg (piano).
This document also contains a list of the patrons and committee members for the festival, and extensive information regarding the practical arrangements. There are also handbills detailing the rehearsals in both London and Cardiff, with an indication of the timings for each piece.
Programme and wordbook for the concert on 9 October (morning), with extensive historical and analytical programme notes, the former by Mr W. A. Morgan, the latter, with musical examples, by Joseph Bradley and originally written for performance at the Glasgow Choral Union.
2
2 copies of the prospectus for performances given on 21 to 24 September 1904 at the Park Hall, Cardiff as the Fourth Cardiff Triennial Musical Festival
21 September: Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise. Also, vocal music by Mozart, Handel and Tchaikovsky, and German, Welsh Rhapsody (composed for the festival).
21 September: Saint Saens, Samson and Delilah
22 September: Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius. Also Hervey, In the East (tone poem written for the festival), Elgar, Two Sea Pictures, and Strauss, Tod und Verklärung
22 September: Massenet, Eve (first performance in England), Schumann, Faust, and Grieg, Concerto for Piano (Miss Adela Verne, piano).
23 September: Verdi, Requiem. Also, Wagner, Overture to Parsifal and Beethoven, Symphony No. 7
23 September: Wagner, Act 3 of Lohengrin. Also, duet from Act I of Valkyrie, Cowen, John Gilpin (a choral ballad, written for the festival), and Tchaikovsky, Overture 1812.
24 September: Félicien David, The Desert, Liszt, Hungarian Fantasie (Miss Adela Verne, piano), Harry Evans, The Victory of St. Garmon (written for the festival and conducted by the composer), Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
24 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah.
Principal vocalists: Madame Blauvelt, Miss Agnes Nicholls, Miss Maggie Purvis, Madame Gertrude Drinkwater, Miss Amy Evans, Miss Maud White, Miss Ada Crossley, Miss Muriel Foster, Miss Margaret Lewys, Miss Margaret Sambrook, Mr Ben Davies, Mr John Coates, Mr Alfred Dunlop, Mr Harold Green, Mr Ffrangcon Davies, Mr David Hughes, Mr Ivor Foster, Mr Harry Miller
This document also includes a list of the patrons of the festival, and a number of announcements regarding the practical arrangements for the performances.
Format
Date range of collection
1902 - 1904
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
Associated People or Organisations
- Wagner, Richard -
- Verne, Adela -
- Verdi, Giuseppe -
- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr -
- Taylor, Samuel Coleridge -
- Strauss, Richard -
- Schumann, Robert -
- Saint-Saens, Camille -
- Rossini, Gioacchino -
- Purcell, Henry -
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -
- Morgan, W. A. -
- Mendelssohn, Felix -
- Massenet, Jules -
- Mackenzie, Alexander Campbell -
- Liszt, Franz -
- Hervey, Arthur -
- Gounod, Charles -
- Gluck, Christoph Willibald von -
- Glasgow Choral Union -
- Franck, Cesar -
- Evans, Harry -
- Elgar, Edward -
- Deacon, J. E. -
- David, Félicien -
- Cowen, Frederic -
- Cardiff Triennial Musical Festival -
- Brahms, Johannes -
- Bradley, Joseph -
- Berlioz, Hector -
- Beethoven, Ludwig van -
- Beale, G. G. -
- Aylward, Theodore -
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