Countess Granville in Grote Kerk, Haarlem - 26 April, 1824, in the afternoon
from Letter from Lady Granville to her sister, Lady G. Morpeth, 24–27 April 1824, pages 283–284:
At ten o’clock we set forwards for Haarlem. The day heavenly. […] We landed at twelve in Van Eede’s garden. The whole ground a carpet of flowers. We walked and smelt for half an hour and then through the pretty town to the church to hear the organ. I cannot describe to you the magnificence of this instrument. It is the finest thing I ever heard. The three or four first chords made me pipe. It is the very omnipotence of sound, and you will think I am fabulous when I tell you that ‘L’Orage,’ a… more >>
Henrietta Elizabeth [Harriet] Leveson Gower, Letter from Lady Granville to her sister, Lady G. Morpeth, 24–27 April 1824. In F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet Countess Granville, 1810–1845, volume 1 (London, 1894), p. 283–284. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1537281923429 accessed: 14 October, 2024
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'L'Orage'
written by the organist of Grote Kerk Haarlem |
performed by the organist of Grote Kerk Haarlem |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 26 April, 1824, in the afternoon |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Harriet Leveson Gower's sister, Georgiana Dorothy Howard, was titled Lady Morpeth until September 1825, after which she was titled Lady Carlisle.