Ignatz Moscheles in London - June, 1836
from Recent Music and Musicians, pages 226-227:
Malibran sat down to the piano and sang for an hour. At last, however, she called out to Thalberg [...] Thalberg played by heart, and in a most masterly way, several of his 'Studies', and fragments of a newly written Rondo, then my 'Studies', 'Allegri di Bravura', and 'G minor Concerto'. We had supper afterwards; there again it was Malibran who kept us all going. She gave us the richest imitations of Sir George Smart, the singers Knyvett, Braham, Phillips, and Vaughan, who had sung with her at a concert given by the Duchess of C.; taking off the fat Duchess herself, as she condescendingly … more >>
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Ignatz Moscheles, and Charlotte Moscheles (ed.), Recent Music and Musicians (New York, 1879), p. 226-227. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1430236316857 accessed: 10 December, 2024
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A Rondo by Thalberg
written by Sigismond Thalberg |
performed by Sigismond Thalberg |
Allegri di Bravura
written by Ignatz Moscheles |
performed by Sigismond Thalberg |
Don Giovanni
written by Mozart |
performed by Maria Malibran |
Der Freischütz
written by Carl Maria von Weber |
performed by Maria Malibran |
G minor Concerto
written by Ignatz Moscheles |
performed by Sigismond Thalberg |
German songs
written by Carl Maria von Weber, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Schubert, Ignatz Moscheles |
performed by Maria Malibran |
Moscheles' studies
written by Ignatz Moscheles |
performed by Sigismond Thalberg |
Thalberg Studies
written by Sigismond Thalberg |
performed by Sigismond Thalberg |
Experience Information
Date/Time | June, 1836 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by mallen on Tue, 28 Apr 2015 16:51:56 +0100