Charles Halle in Wakefield - January, 1856
from Life and letters of Sir Charles Hallé; being an autobiography (1819-1860) , pages 361-362:
I met there Mr. Perring and Mr. Wynn, who take part, like me, in tonight's concert. They are both indifferent singers, but possessed of a certain amount of instruction, and very much in earnest. The givers of the concert Mr. Cooper and Miss Milner only want talent to make them very good artists. The concert took place at 8 o'clock at the Exchange Rooms, a large hall with good acoustic, and before a large audience. My share of the programme consisted of Osborne and de Beriot's duet, the Finale of Lucia, by Liszt, Caprice in E Major, by Mendelssohn, and Heller's Truite (as an encore, Lied … more >>
Charles Halle, and Marie Hallé and Charles E Halle (ed.), Life and letters of Sir Charles Hallé; being an autobiography (1819-1860) (London, 1896), p. 361-362. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1430082769072 accessed: 11 December, 2024
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Caprice in E Major
written by Felix Mendelssohn |
performed by Charles Halle |
Finale of Lucia
written by Franz Liszt |
performed by Charles Halle |
Kreutzer Sonata Variations
written by Beethoven |
performed by Charles Halle |
Lied ohne Worte in A
written by Felix Mendelssohn |
performed by Charles Halle |
Truite
written by Heller |
performed by Charles Halle |
Experience Information
Date/Time | January, 1856 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |