Baron Armand-Louis-Maurice de Séguier et al. in London, England - 8 June, 1819, at night
from Diary of Thomas Moore, 8 June 1819, page 326:
Dined at Rogers's, by my own invitation : the company, a Mr. Hibbert and his daughters, Luttrell, Sharpe, and Miss Rogers. […] We[*] went in the evening to Mrs. Chinnery’s, where I heard Viotti, Ashley, &c., play a beautiful quintett of Boccherini’s, full of sweet melody. The Demoiselles Liker [Lihu] sung too.
[* See additional information below]
Thomas Moore, Diary of Thomas Moore, 8 June 1819. In Lord John Russell and Lord John Russell (ed.), Memoirs, Journal and Correspondence of Thomas Moore, volume 2 (London, 1853), p. 326. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1594382504524 accessed: 8 November, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersunspecified vocal music | performed by the Demoiselles De Lihu |
a [string] quintet
written by Luigi Boccherini |
performed by Richard Ashley, unknown string players, Giovanni Battista Viotti |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 8 June, 1819, at night |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Notes
Although Moore does not specify in his diary which members of the dinner party attended Mrs Chinnery's party, further information about the listeners can be obtained from a letter written by Mrs Chinnery, cited in 'Viotti and the Chinnerys: A Relationship Charted Through Letters' by Denise Yim (Routledge, 2017).