Richard Edgcumbe in Westminster Abbey - 1834
from Musical Reminiscences: Containing an Account of Italian Opera in England, From 1773. The Fourth Edition, Continued to the Present Time, and Including The Festival in Westminster Abbey., pages 247-8:
[…] Mr. Braham [the most prominent amongst the vocalists] on this occasion surpassed himself, and whose performance was really quite surprising. He has long been at the head of his profession as an English singer, so long, that it is marvellous he can be so still. He is now far advanced in life, and it is almost beyond my recollection when I first heard him sing as a boy. Yet he retains in their full extent all his powers, without diminution or decay. His voice is just what it was in his prime: it is become neither weak, nor husky, nor … more >>
Richard Edgcumbe, Musical Reminiscences: Containing an Account of Italian Opera in England, From 1773. The Fourth Edition, Continued to the Present Time, and Including The Festival in Westminster Abbey. (London, 1834), p. 247-8. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1448636605363 accessed: 10 December, 2024
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Comfort ye my people
written by George Frideric Handel |
performed by Mr. Braham |
Deeper and deeper still
written by George Frideric Handel |
performed by Mr. Braham |
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Date/Time | 1834 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |