SearchGetRecordOratorio Concerts, St. James's Hall (1869-70)
Collection Summary
Collection Title
Oratorio Concerts, St. James's Hall (1869-70)
Unique Identifier
7891.b.42/43
Description
Programmes and wordbooks for the first and fifth performances of the second season of the Oratorio Concerts, held on 8 December 1869 and 9 March 1870 at St. James’s Hall, London, held as two separate programmes.
Both documents include information regarding the vocal soloists and cite the involvement of a ‘band and chorus of 350 performers’ (Mr Joseph Barnby’s Choir), conducted by Barnby.
Both documents also include an advertisement for the next performance in the series, given on 21 December 1869 (‘Christmas performance of Handel’s Messiah’) and 6 April 1870 (‘Bach’s Passion Music’) respectively. Bound with the programme for the concert on 8 December is a copy of the Prospectus for the complete sequence of nine Oratorio Concerts, including an indication of the works to be given at each concert, a brief historical overview of the repertory selected, and a list of the principal vocal performers.
8 December: Handel, Dettingen Te Deum and Acis and Galatea, given by Madame Lemmens-Sherrington, Miss Marion Severn, Mr Vernon Rigby, Mr Montem Smith and Herr Carl Stepan (vocal). Both works were being given for the first time in England with the additional accompaniments by Mendelssohn.
9 March: Beethoven, Choral Fantasia and Mass in D, given by Madame Rudersdorff, Mademoiselle de Salewska, Madame Patey, Mr W. H. Cummings, Mr Edward Lloyd and Herr Carl Stepan (vocal) and Arabella Goddard (piano). with Mr F.A.W. Docker (organ).
A complete set of programmes for this season can be found at British Library X.431/436.
Both documents include information regarding the vocal soloists and cite the involvement of a ‘band and chorus of 350 performers’ (Mr Joseph Barnby’s Choir), conducted by Barnby.
Both documents also include an advertisement for the next performance in the series, given on 21 December 1869 (‘Christmas performance of Handel’s Messiah’) and 6 April 1870 (‘Bach’s Passion Music’) respectively. Bound with the programme for the concert on 8 December is a copy of the Prospectus for the complete sequence of nine Oratorio Concerts, including an indication of the works to be given at each concert, a brief historical overview of the repertory selected, and a list of the principal vocal performers.
8 December: Handel, Dettingen Te Deum and Acis and Galatea, given by Madame Lemmens-Sherrington, Miss Marion Severn, Mr Vernon Rigby, Mr Montem Smith and Herr Carl Stepan (vocal). Both works were being given for the first time in England with the additional accompaniments by Mendelssohn.
9 March: Beethoven, Choral Fantasia and Mass in D, given by Madame Rudersdorff, Mademoiselle de Salewska, Madame Patey, Mr W. H. Cummings, Mr Edward Lloyd and Herr Carl Stepan (vocal) and Arabella Goddard (piano). with Mr F.A.W. Docker (organ).
A complete set of programmes for this season can be found at British Library X.431/436.
Format
Date range of collection
1869 - 1870
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
Associated People or Organisations
- Stepan, Carl -
- Smith, Montem -
- Severn, Marion -
- Salewska, de (Mademoiselle) -
- Rudersdorff, Hermine -
- Rigby, Vernon -
- Patey, Madame -
- Oratorio Concerts -
- Mendelssohn, Felix -
- Lloyd, Edward -
- Lemmens-Sherrington, Madame -
- Handel, George Frideric -
- Goddard, Arabella -
- Docker, F. A. W. (Mr) -
- Cummings, William H -
- Beethoven, Ludwig van -
- Barnby, Joseph -
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