3-074-508 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Musical Recollections of St. James's Hall, 1883. '"A dream of Chopin" (Pachmann; "A Symphony" (Hans Richter conducting); "A Nocturne" (violoncellist, M. Hollman [sic]); Sir Julius Benedict; the admirable barytone, Charles Santley; Christine Nilsson; Two Prima donnas; Pauline Lucca; "The Serenade" (the clever Belgian violinist, Ovide Musin & the graceful figure of Zélie Trebelli); "Part of a Quartette" (the greatest violoncellist of this and of all ages, Alfredo Piatti and the great violinist, Joseph Joachim); the perennial King of Tenors, Sims Reeves; Hallé; "A new star" (the young Teresina Tua); the golden-voiced Joseph Maas; the manly basso, Alan Foli ie Foley]; Madame Norman-Néruda; [pianist Sophie] Menter; The Misses Robertson [sisters]; "Farewell" (Sen?or Sarasate...the great Spanish violinist himself)...On the St. James's Hall orchestra are seated a hundred of our best instrumentalists and a couple of hundred trained choralists, and they are executing the colossal ninth symphony of Beethoven...Our list must close with the illustrious name of Sir Julius Benedict, whose exquisite melodies and masterly harmonies have delighted hundreds of thousands of the visitors to St. James's Hall'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.