Lowell Mason in Berliner Singakademie - early April, 1852

from Musical letters from Abroad, page 101:

The “Tod Jesu” was performed on Wednesday by a choir and orchestra under the direction of Julius Schneider, in the Garnisonkirche; and on the Friday following by the “Sing Academie” of Berlin, in their beautiful Hall. It was well done on both occasions, but was much the most effective in the “Sing Academie.” The choir was in excellent order, and consisted of about two hundred vocalists; the solo singing, though not by great artists, was all in good style and keeping, and the orchestra were fully adequate to the work they had to do. The recitatives were …   more >>

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Lowell Mason, Musical letters from Abroad. In Musical Letters from Abroad (New York, 1854), p. 101. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1448313674408 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: Berliner Singakademie

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Lowell Mason
Musician, Composer
1792-1872

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Tod Jesu performed by Berliner Singakademie

Experience Information

Date/Time early April, 1852
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by acusworth on Mon, 23 Nov 2015 21:21:14 +0000
Approved on Thu, 16 Mar 2017 07:53:00 +0000