27 June 1825

Ignaz Moscheles’ Benefit Concert

London: New Argyll Rooms—Time: Evening, Eight o’Clock

Tickets: 10s. 6d.

Programme

Part I
Overture in F major		Romberg
From La Fortunata Combinazione Scene and Aria, ‘Dammi un segnale almeno’	Mme Caradori-Allan	Mosca
Song	Mr. Vaughan
Piano Concerto No.3 in G minor	Mr. Moscheles	Moscheles
Glee for Four Voices	Miss Goodall, Messrs. Hawes, Phillips, Vaughan
Duet	Signora Garcia, Signor Garcia
Horn Fantasia	Mr. Schunke
Duet	Signors de Begnis, Torri
Fantasia Concertante on a Romance of Blangini for Voice, Piano, Violin, Harp	Mme Caradori, Messrs. Moscheles, Kiesewetter, Bochsa
Part II
Violin and Violoncello Concertante	Messrs. Kiesewetter, Lindley
Ode to General Moore	Mr. Braham	Braham
From Il barbiere di Siviglia Aria, ‘Una voce poco fá’	Mme Cornega (first public appearance in the country)	Rossini
Piano and Violin Concertante	Messrs. Moscheles, Kiesewetter
Song	Miss Goodall; Trumpet Obbligato: Mr. Harper
Glee, ‘The Curfew’	Miss Goodall, Messrs. Hawes, Phillips	Attwood
Free Piano Fantasia	Mr. Moscheles
Instrumental Finale

Principal Vocalists: Mesdames Caradori-Allan, Cornega; Miss Goodall, Signora Garcia; Messrs. Braham, Hawes, Phillips, Vaughan, Signors de Begnis, Garcia, Torri

Principal Instrumentalists: Messrs. Bochsa, Harper, Kiesewetter, Lindley, Moscheles, Schunke

Leader: Mr. Franz Cramer; Conductor: Sir George Smart

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Programme Notes: The advertisements advertised a Recitative and Aria by Mr. Braham from Handel’s Jephtha.

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Charlotte: ‚Der angenehme Wechsel fiel gerade in eine der thätigsten Wochen des ganzen Londoner Aufenthalts. Es waren ·die Vorbereitungen zu einem von ihm für den 27. Juni geplanten Concert, die ihn hierhin sind dorthin riefen. Einen Einen Theil der Vorarbeiten hatte ihm sein lieber Freund Sir George Smart abgenommen; dieser war stets bereit zu accompagniren, Proben mit Singern und Solisten zu halten, mit einem Wort, ihm alle Mühen zu erleichtern‘.^[1]
AML I, 77.

^[1] Charlotte is actually referring to the year of 1823. However, in that year Moscheles’ concert took place on 16 June and it was conducted by J. B. Cramer not Sir George Smart. She most likely mixed up the dates, and the concert she was referring to was the concert on 27 June 1825.

Charlotte: ‘THE Duke of Cambridge, a great lover of music, was at this time Regent of Hanover, and his name, with those of the Platens, Kielmansegges, and others, appeared in the list of patrons to Moscheles’ two successful concerts.’
RMM, 69.

Charlotte [wrote in a letter]: ‘It is my business to see that the tickets are numbered. At first this seemed to me rather gratuitous trouble, but I was soon enlightened on the point. A handsomely dressed lady who came to me, asked for three tickets at half a guinea each, and pocketed them. Instead of paying, however, she said her husband was a doctor, and presented his card there and then, adding that he never knew beforehand whether he should be able to go to the concert or not. On the day after she would send back either the tickets or the money. I, as a novice, agreed to it; but my husband, when he came home, laughed, and declared I had allowed myself to be taken in. He went to the doctor in question. The doctor laughed also. ‘It is certainly my card’, said he, ‘but any one of my numerous patients may have taken it away from my table here, nor am I so fortunate as to possess a wife! ‘Thus Moscheles was right. I had been taken in. Then he wrote down in large figures the respective numbers, and gave them to the ticket-collector. Sure enough three ladies arrived who asked admittance, and showed the tickets in question. They were stopped, and told that they must pay or they would not be admitted. They protested they had no money with them—they would pay next morning. The ticket collector called to Moscheles, and the ladies decamped. Moral—it is a useful plan to put numbers on the concert tickets’.

RMM, 71.

The Morning Chronicle (June 16, 1825): 1.

MR. MOSCHELES’ CONCERT.—Under the Patronage of his Royal Highness the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE.—Mr. MOSCHELES has the honour to announce to the Nobility and Gentry, that his CONCERT will take place at the ARGYLL ROOMS on Monday, the 27th instant, at which the following eminent Professors have kindly promised their assistance—Vocal: Signora Caradori, Signora Garcia, Miss Goodall, Madame Cornega, Signor Velluti, Mons. Begrez, Signor Garcia, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Phillips, and Mr. Braham. Instrumental: Mr. Kiesewetter and Mr. Lindley, who will perform a Concertante Duet. Leader, Mr. F. Cramer: Conductor, Sir George Smart.—Tickets, 10s. 6d, each, to be had of Mr. Moscheles, 343, Oxford-street ; and at the principal Music Shops.

The Morning Post (June 16, 1825): 1

MR. MOSCHELES’ CONCERT, under the Patronage of his Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE.—Mr. MOSCHELES has the honour to announce to the Nobility and Gentry, that his CONCERT will take place at the Argyll Rooms, on MONDAY, the 27th instant, at which the following eminent Professors have kindly promised their assistance:—Vocal: Signora Caradori, Signora Garcia, Miss Goodall, Madame Cornega, Signor Velluti, Mr. Begrez, Signor Garcia, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Phillips, and Mr. Braham.—Instrumental: Mr. Kiesewetter and Mr. Lindley, who will perform a Concertante Duet: Leader, Mr. F. Cramer: Conductor, Sir George Smart. Tickets, 10s. 6d, each, to be had of Mr. Moscheles, 343, Oxford-street, and at the principal Music Shops.

The Times (June 17, 1825): 1.

MR. MOSCHELES’ CONCERT, under the Patronage of his H. R. H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE.—Mr. MOSCHELES has the honour to announce to the Nobility and Gentry, that his CONCERT will take place at the Argyll Rooms, on Monday, the 27th inst., at which the following eminent professors have kindly promised their assistance:—Vocal, Signora Caradori, Signora Garcia, Miss Goodall, Mad. Cornega, Sig. Velluti, Mr. Begrez, Sig. Garcia, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Phillips, and Mr. Braham. Instrumental, Mr. Kiesewetter and Mr. Lindley, who will perform a concertante duett. Leader, Mr. F. Cramer. Conductor, Sir George Smart. Tickets, 10s. 6d, each, to be had of Mr. Moscheles, 343, Oxford-street, and at the principal music shops.

The Morning Post (June 18, 1825): 1.

[Same as issued in in The Morning Post on June 16]

John Bull (June 19, 1825): 193.

MR. MOSCHELES has the honour to announce that his CONCERT will take place on MONDAY, JUNE 27, at the Argyll Rooms, under the immediate Patronage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge; on which occasion the following eminent performers have kindly promised their assistance:—Madame Caradori, Signora Garcia, Miss Goodall, and Madame Cornega—Signor Velluti, Mr. Braham, Mr. Vaughan, Signor Torri, Mr. Begrez, Signor Garcia, Mr. Hawes, and Mr. Phillips. Principal Instrumental Performers:—Mr. Kiesewetter on the Violin, Mr. Lindley on the Violoncello, and Mr. Bochsa on the Harp. Leader of the Band, Mr. F. Cramer—Conductor, Sir George Smart.—Tickets, half-a-guinea each, to be had of Mr. Moscheles, 343, Oxford-street: and at the principal music shops.

The Morning Post (June 20, 1825): 1.

[Same as issued in The Morning Post on June 16]

The Times (June 20, 1825): 1.

[Same as issued in The Times on June 17]

The Morning Post (June 22, 1825): 3.

MUSICAL PATRONAGE.—Who will venture to say that England is not a musical country, if he take notice of the variety of public and private Concerts which are daily and nightly given? From the Prince to the peasant, music is admired, and, we may add, cultivated. His Royal Highness the DUKE OF CAMBBRIDGE is particularly fond of the “science of sweet sounds,” and he encourages talent, wherever he may find it. whether foreign or native. The celebrated MORCHELES has been most condescendingly noticed by his Royal Highness. who patronizes his Concert on Monday next, at which every perform of eminence, both vocal and instrumental, will assist, and a crowded assemblage of rank and fashion may be anticipated, for the artists is no less admired for his amiable demeanour in private, than for his unrivalled abilities in his public and prefessional [sic] capacity.

The Morning Chronicle (June 23, 1825): 1.

NEW ARGYLL ROOMS.—Mr. Moscheles has the honour to announce that his CONCERT, under the Immediate Patronage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, will take place on Monday next, 27th instant, at the above Rooms. The following eminent Performers have kindly promised their assistance:—Madame Caradori, Signor Garcia, Miss Goodall, and Madame Cornega; Mr. Braham, Mr. Vaughan, Signor Torri, Signor Garcia, M [sic]. Begrez, Mr. Hawes, and Mr. Phillips, Mr. Kiesewetter, Mr. Lindley, Mr. Bochsa, Mr. Schunke.—Leader of the Band, Mr. F. Cramer; Conductor, Sir George Smart.—Tickets, half –a-guinea each, to be had of Mr. Moscheles, 343, Oxford-street; and at the principal Music Shops.

The Morning Post (June 23, 1825): 1.

NEW ARGYLL ROOMS.—-—Mr. MOSCHELES’ CONCERT under the Patronage of his Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, will take place at the above Rooms on MONDAY next, 27th of June.—Part I. Overture; Scena ed Aria, Madame Caradori; Song, Mr. Vaughan ; Concerto on the Pianoforte, Mr. Moscheles; Glee, Miss Goodall, Messrs. Hawes, Vaughan and Phillips; Duetto, Signor and Signora Garcia; Fantasia on the Horn, Mr. Schuncke; Duetto, Signor Begnis and Signor Torri; (by particular desire) the Fantasia Concertante as a favourite romance of Blangini, for Voice, Pianoforte, Violin, and Harp—Signora Caradori, Messrs. Kiesewetter. Bochsa, and Moschelles.—Part II. Duetto Concertante, Violin and Violoncello, Mr. Kiesewetter and Mr. Lindley; Recitative and Air (Jephtha) Mr. Braham; Air, Madame Cornega (her first public appearance in this country); New Concertante, Pianoforte and Violin. Mr. Moscheles and Mr. Kiesewetter; Air, Miss Goodall; Glee, the “Curfew,” Miss Goodall, Messrs. Hawes and Phillips; Extempore Fantasia on the Pianoforte, Mr. Moscheles; Instrumental Finale. Leader of the Band, Mr. F. Cramer. Conductor, Sir George Smart. The Concert will begin at Eight o’clock precisely. Tickets, Half-a-Guinea each. to be had of Mr. Moscheles, No. 343, Oxford-street; and at the principal Music Shops.

The Times (June 23, 1825): 1.

NEW ARGYLL ROOMS.—Mr. MOSCHELES has the honour to announce that his CONCERT, under the immediate patronage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, will take place on Monday next, 27th inst. at the above Rooms. The following eminent performers have kindly promised their assistance:—Mad. Caradori, Signor Garcia, Miss Goodall, and Mad. Cornega; Mr. Braham, Mr. Vaughan, Signor Torri, Signor Garcia, Mr. Begrez, Mr. Hawes, and Mr. Phillips, Mr. Kiesewetter, Mr. Lindley, Mr. Bochsa, Mr. Shunke. Leader of the band, Mr. F. Cramer. Conductor, Sir George Smart. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Mr. Moscheles, 343, Oxford-street; and at the principal music shops.

The Morning Post (June 25, 1825): 1.

[Same as issued in The Morning Post on June 23]

John Bull (June 26, 1825): 201.

NEW ARGYLL ROOMS.—Mr. MOSCHELES’ CONCERT. under the Patronage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, will take place at the above Rooms To-MORROW EVENING, the 27th of June.—Part I. Overture ; Scena ed Aria, Madame Caradori; Song, Mr. Vaughan ; Concerto on the Piano-forte, Mr. Moscheles; Glee, Miss Goodall, Messrs. Hawes, Vaughan and Phillips; Duetto, Signor and Signora Garcia ; Fantasia on the Horn, Mr. Schunke; Duetto, Signor Begnis and Signor Torri; (by particular desire) the Fantasia Concertante as a favourite Romance of Blangini, for Voice, Piano-forte, Violin, and Harp—Signora Caradori, Mr. Kieswetter [sic], Mr. Bochsa, and Mr. Moscheles.—Part II. Duetto Concertante, Violin and Violoncello, Mr. Kieswetter and Mr. Lindley; Recitative and Air (Jephthah), Mr. Braham; Air, Madame Cornega (her first public appearance in this country); New Concertante, Piano-forte and Violin. Mr. Moscheles and Mr. Kieswetter; Air, Miss Goodall; Glee, “The Curfew,” Miss Goodall, Messrs. Hall and Phillips; Extempore-Fantasia on the Piano-forte. Mr. Moscheles; Instrumental Finale.—Leader of the Band, Mr. F. Cramer—Conductor, Sir George Smart. The Concert will begin at Eight o’clock precisely.—Tickets, Half-a-Guinea each, to be had of Mr. Moscheles, No. 343, Oxford-street, and at the principal Music shops.

The Observer (June 26, 1825): 3.

NEW ARGYLL ROOMS.—Mr. MOSCHELES’ CONCERT, under the Patronage of his Royal Highness the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE, will take place on TO-MORROW EVENING, June 27, at the above Rooms, at which the most distinguished Performers, both Vocal and Instrumental, have kindly promised their assistance.—Tickets, 10s. 6d each, to be had at the principal Music Shops.

The Morning Chronicle (June 27, 1825): 1.

NEW ARGYLL ROOMS.—Mr. MOSCHELES’ CONCERT, under the Patronage of his Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, will take place at the above Rooms THIS EVENING, 27th of June.—Part 1st. Overture, Scena ed Aria, Madame Caradori ; Song, Mr. Vaughan ; Concerto on the Piano-forte, Mr. Moscheles; Glee, Miss Goodall, Messrs. Hawes, Vaughan and Phillips; Duetto, Signor and Signora Garcia ; Fantasia on the Horn. Mr. Schunke; Duetto, Signor Begnis and Signor Torri; (by particular desire) the Fantasia Concertante as a favourite Romance of Blangini, for Voice, Piano-forte, Violin, and Harp, Signora Caradori, Messrs. Kiesewetter. Bochsa, and Moscheles.—Part 2d. Duetto Concertante, Violin and Violoncello, Mr. Kiesewetter and Mr. Lindley ; Recitative and Air (Jephthah), Mr. Braham; Air, Madame Cornega (her first public appearance in this country) ; New Concertante, Piano-forte and Violin. Mr. Moscheles and Mr. Kiesewetter; Song, Miss Goodall; Glee, ‘The Curfew,’ Miss Goodall, Messrs. Hawes and Phillips; Extempore Fantasia on the Piano-forte, Mr. Moscheles; Instrumental Finale.—Leader of the Band, Mr. F. Cramer; Conductor, Sir George Smart.—The Concert will begin at eight o’clock precisely.—Tickets, half-a-guinea each, to be had of Mr. Moscheles, No. 343, Oxford-street; and at the principal Music Shops.

Reviews

The Literary Gazette; and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, &c. (July 2, 1825): 429.

PUBLIC CONCERTS.

THE concert of Mr. Moscheles on Monday evening (one of the last of the season) was numerously and fashionably attended. Such an assemblage stimulated the artist to the utmost efforts in exhibition of his unequalled talents. He played four times: viz. his concerto in g minor—in a favourite romance of Blangini, with variations, of Mayseder, piano and violin with Kiesewetter,— and lastly an extempore fantasia. The romance of Blangini for piano, harp, voice, and violin, performed by four individuals, each so great, was a musical treat which called forth the most rapturous plaudits. Nothing could possibly have more flattering than the manner with which Mr. Moscheles was received by the audience.

The Harmonicon, vol. III (September 1825,) 165.

M. Moscheles, who returned to us with the spring, gave the public an opportunity of hearing him again, after his long absence, at the Argyll Rooms, on the 27th of June. He played his fine concerto in G minor, and a new concertante, accompanied by Kiesewetter. His performance was masterly and delightful; full of energy and meaning; and, though abounding in extraordinary instances of rapidity and strength, was not less remarkable for taste and feeling. The great room was crowded to hear him. Madame Cornega, the contr’alto, made her first appearance at this concert.

Berliner allgemeine musikalische Zeitung (July 20, 1825): 234.

London, vom 1. Juli 1825.

Konzert des Herrn Moscheles.

Herrn Moscheles Konzert am Montag Abend ward von einer sehr zahlreichen und glänzenden Versammlung besucht.—

Die herrlichen Leistungen dieses Abends begannen mit Rombergs schöner Ouvertüre aus F. von einem vortrefflichen Orchester, unter Leitung des Herrn Kramer, ausgeführt. Madam Caradori, die wir uns sehr glücklich schätzen, wiederhergestellt zu sehn, sang Moseas:(?) „Dammi un Segnale“ mit ungemeinem Geschmack und Ausdruck. Dann trat der Held des Abends auf, Moscheles, der sein eignes Konzert aus G moll (eine meisterhafte Komposition) mit wunderbarer Kraft, Geschmack und Fertigkeit ausführte. Ein lauter Beifall belohnte seine Anstrengungen. Nach Variationen auf dem Horn, von Schunke, (die ausser ordentlich schön geblasen wurden) und einem Duett von Torri und Begrez, beschloss eine Fantaisie concertante, für den Gesang, Violine, Harfe und Pianoforte, die ganz ausgezeichnet von Madame Caradori, und den Herren Kiesewetter, Bochsa und Moscheles ausgeführt ward, den ersten Theil.

Wir sahen selten so mannichfach aasgezeichnete Talente, als sie uns hier im zweiten Theile dargeboten wurden, in einer Folgereihe sich entfalten. Ein Lied von Miss Goodall gesungen, begleitete Harper mit der obligaten Trompete. Braham sang seine eigne Komposition der Ode an den General Moore mit dem ihm so eigenthümlichen Ausdruck und Gefühl. Kiesewetter und Moscheles spielten ein hinreissend schönes Duett; dann sang Mr. Vaughan, Alexis, wobei ihm Lindley begleitete. Jetzt folgte Madame Cornega, die „Una voce poco fa“ auf die erstaunungswürdigste Art sang—wir sagen erstaunungswürdig; denn wenn wir auch diese Komposition von den meisten unserer Sängerinnen vortragen hörten—nie hörten wir sie in dem Styl singen, in welchem diese Dame sie uns gab. Ihre Stimme ist tief und von grosser Kraft; ihre Intonnation rein und ihre Fertigkeit bewundrungswürdig. Mit der erstaunungswürdigsten Leichtigkeit machte sie die chromatischen Gänge auf und nieder. Ein all gemeines da Capo ertönte, aber sie wiederholte mit lobenswerther Vorsicht uns das Allegro. Sie sang es in E Moll(?) und nie zuvor hörten wir es so tief.

Nach Attovoods dreistimmigem Scherzliede, of the Curfew (beim Feuerlöschen), das von Miss Goodall Hawkes und Mulinex gesungen wurde, setzte sich Moscheles an sein Piano, um frei zu fantasiren.—Er begann mit einem ganz einfachen, aus wenig Noten bestehenden Thema, welches er nie ganz aus den Augen verlor, obwohl er in den verwickeltesten Modulationen umher schwärmte und einige höchst kühne, originelle Passagen ausführte; zuerst mit der rechten, dann mit der linken Hand, die scheinbar mit einander um den Siegespreis rangen, bis er endlich sich selbst und seine Zuhörer auf die höchste Staffel des Enthusiasmus zauberte.

Bald nach zehn Uhr erschien der Herzog von Cambridge in der Königlichen Loge und blieb einige Zeit gegenwärtig, in den Zwischenräumen sich mit den Damen unterhaltend, denen man Eingang in die Loge gewährt hatte, und deren Entfernung der huldreiche Prinz nicht zugeben wollte. Wir bemerkten auch die Gräfin Set Antonio, den Grafen vom Pomfret und eine grosse Zahl vornehmer Personen von hohem Range. Sir George Smart dirigirte dies ausgezeichnet vorzügliche Konzert.

Der Sammler. Ein Unterhaltungsblatt (September 3, 1825): 424

Correspondenz-Nachricht.

London.

Ein Privatbrief meldet, daß das Concert, welches unser Landsmann Moscheles am 27. Juni, in Argyll Rooms gab, ungeachtet der ungünstigen Jahreszeit sehr glänzend gewesen sey. Der Herzog vom Cambridge, der hohe Protector des Künstlers, und ein großer Theil der Noblesse fand sich dabey ein. Auch der alte Clementi kam von seinem, zwölf Meilen weit entfernten Landhause herein. Moscheles spielte sein Concert in G-moll, Variationen mit Kiesewetter und eine freye Phantasie. Der Abschied der Troubadours erregte Enthusiasmus. Das Orchester bestand fast ganz aus Mitgliedern der philharmonischen Gesellschaft, F. Cramer stand an der Spitze. Die Einnahme war sehr beträchtlich.—Gleich nach diesem Concert ist Moscheles von den Direktoren der königlichen Akademie zum wirklichen Professor an der Akademie ernannt worden, indem er die Lehrstunden mit Cramer und Potter zu theilen hat.

Allgemeine Theaterzeitung und Unterhaltungsblatt für Freunde der Kunst, Literatur und des geselligen Lebens(September 13, 1825): 452.

Eins der letzten Concerte in der Saison war das des ruhmbekränzten Moscheles; es fand am 27. Juny unter der Patronage des Herzogs von Cambridge in den Argyllrooms statt, und befriedigte gänzlich alle Erwartungen. Ich lege Ihnen hier Auszüge aus den gelesensten englischen Blätnern bey, aus welchen Sie ersehen können, wie Moscheles hier gefeyer wird!— Mad. Cornega sang zum ersten Mahl in einem Concerte mit solchem Beyfall, daß sie bald darauf selbst ein gutes Concert machte, in welchem auch der Clavierspieler Schunke mit Beyfall debütirte…G. K. v. K.