Wilhelm Ganz - 17 April, 1880
from Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy years of Musical Life, pages 140-1:
On April 17th M. Emil Sauret played Heinrich Ernst's F sharp minor Concerto, consisting of one movement called Allegro Pathetique. I had engaged him specially from Berlin to play for me, and he acquitted himself splendidly. For this concert I had also engaged Madame Marie Roze, who sang Gluck's air from Alceste, "Divinites du Styx," and the aria "L'amer saro constante" from Il Re Pastore, by Mozart, with violin obbligato by Sauret. I suggested this beautiful song to Madame Roze because I had first heard it sung by Jenny Lind on her musical tour in 1856 to Ernst's obligato,… more >>
Wilhelm Ganz, Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy years of Musical Life. In Internet Archive (London, 1913), p. 140-1. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1436261428542 accessed: 13 September, 2024
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Divinities du Styx
written by Christoph Willibald Gluck |
performed by Marie Roze, New Philharmonic Orchestra London |
L'amero, saro constante
written by Mozart |
performed by Marie Roze, Émile Sauret |
Symphony in F major
written by Anton Rubinstein |
performed by New Philharmonic Orchestra London |
Violin Concerto in F sharp major
written by Heinrich Ernst |
performed by Émile Sauret, New Philharmonic Orchestra London |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 17 April, 1880 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
First season of Ganz's Philharmonic Concerts (renamed from New Philharmonic Concerts).