Ignatz Moscheles in The Crystal Palace - in the middle of 1866

from Recent Music and Musicians, page 414:

Our great musical episode was the Handel Festival in the Crystal Palace; Costa steered his ship very cleverly through the giant rocks of this locality, and Titiens, with her colossal voice, sang splendidly; the effect at times of the double choruses was so thrilling that I thought to myself, 'Fancy old Handel standing and conducting his gigantic works in this gigantic place!'
cite as

Ignatz Moscheles, and Charlotte Moscheles (ed.), Recent Music and Musicians (New York, 1879), p. 414. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1432553550076 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: The Crystal Palace

Listeners

Ignatz Moscheles
Head of Leigzig Conservertoir, Composer, Conducting, Musician […]
1794-1870

Listening to

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music by Handel
written by George Frideric Handel
performed by Titiens

Experience Information

Date/Time in the middle of 1866
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by mallen on Mon, 25 May 2015 12:32:30 +0100