Lowell Mason in Royal Opera House, Berlin - early April, 1852
from Musical letters from Abroad, page 99:
We had an opportunity of attending only one Symphonic Concert, or “Grand Concert Serieux.” The orchestra was not large (three contrabasses with other instruments in proportion), yet they played well, and gave fine character to the Overtures to Don Juan by Mozart, Egmont by Beethoven, Ruy Blass by Mendelssohn, Jessonda by Spohr, and also Haydn’s Symphonie, G major No. 3. The orchestra of the Royal Opera House is of course excellent, and ranks with the best in Europe. Yet we did not see that it was much superior to that of the Leipzig Gewandhaus. It is somewhat larger, and … more >>
Lowell Mason, Musical letters from Abroad. In Musical Letters from Abroad (New York, 1854), p. 99. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1448312844411 accessed: 16 October, 2024
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Symphony No. 3 in G
written by Joseph Haydn |
performed by Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Berlin |
Jessonda Overture
written by Louis Spohr |
performed by Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Berlin |
Egmont overture
written by Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven |
performed by Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Berlin |
Don Juan Overture
written by Mozart |
performed by Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Berlin |
Ruy Blass Overture
written by Felix Mendelssohn |
performed by Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Berlin |
Experience Information
Date/Time | early April, 1852 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |