Lowell Mason in Gewandhaus, Leipzig - mid February, 1852
from Musical letters from Abroad, page 40:
This Concert was particularly attractive to the musical people of Leipzig, from the fact that the singer was Mad. Sontag, by marriage the Countess Rossi. The weather was unfavorable, being rainy, and the streets were muddy. I took my place at the door of the Gewandhaus at half-past four, where the people were then gathering. By five, when the outer door was opened, a multitude had assembled, and immediately rushed into the house, filling the long stairway and entry. Here was another interval of waiting, until half-past five, when the door of the hall was opened, and the room was immediately… more >>
Lowell Mason, Musical letters from Abroad. In Musical Letters from Abroad (New York, 1854), p. 40. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1448279089520 accessed: 14 November, 2024
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extracts from Iphigenie in Tauride
written by Christoph Willibald Gluck |
performed by Gewandhaus Orchestra, Henriette Sontag |
Symphony
written by Joseph Haydn |
performed by Gewandhaus Orchestra |
Egmont overture
written by Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven |
performed by Gewandhaus Orchestra |
aria from Rinaldo
written by George Frideric Handel |
performed by Henriette Sontag |
aria from Semiramide
written by Rossini |
performed by Gewandhaus Orchestra, Henriette Sontag |
Romanze
written by Beethoven |
performed by Ferdinand David |
Experience Information
Date/Time | mid February, 1852 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |