Johann Baptist Cramer’s Morning Concert
London: Willis’s Rooms, King Street
Time: Morning, One o’Clock
Tickets: 10s. 6d.
Programme
| Part I | ||
| Symphony No.39 in E flat major | Mozart | |
| Song | Mr. Sapio | Carafa |
| Piano Concerto | Mr. J. B. Cramer | Cramer |
| Song | Mme Caradori | Sigra |
| Grand Sonata in A flat major for Piano-Four Hands, Op.92 | Messrs. Cramer, Kalkbrenner | Hummel |
| Duet[1] | Mme Caradori, Mr. Sapio | Mozart |
| Part II | ||
| Quintet for Piano, Violin, Tenor, Violoncello, Contrabass (MS) | Messrs. Cramer, F. Cramer, Lindley, Moralt, Dragonetti | Cramer |
| Madrigal for Four Voices | Miss Stephens, Messrs. Vaughan, | T. Ford |
| W. Knyvett, and Sale | ||
| Fantasia for Harp, Flute, and Horn Obbligato | Messrs. Dizi, Nicholson, Puzzi | Dizi |
| Song | Miss Stephens | |
| Piano Duet | Messrs. J. B. Cramer, Moscheles | Moscheles |
| Principal Vocalists: Miss Stephens, Mme Caradori; Messrs. J. B. Sale, Vaughan, Sapio, W. Knyvett |
| Principal Instrumentalists: Messrs. Cramer, Dizi, Dragonetti, F. Cramer, Kalkbrenner, Lindley, Moscheles, Signor Puzzi |
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[1] The duet is included in the programme that was advertised by The Morning Chronicle on June 4 but not in the review by The Harmonicon.
Advertisements
John Bull (May 25, 1823): 161.
MR. CRAMER has the honour to announce that his MORNING CONCERT will take place at Willis’s Rooms, King-street, St. James’s, on FRIDAY, the 6th of June next, at One o’Clock.—Tickets, 10s, 6d. each, to be had at the Royal Harmonic Institution, Regent-street; Birchall and Co. New Bond-street; Goulding and Co. Soho-square; Betts, Royal Exchange; and at Mr. Cramer’s, No. 1. Old Quebec-street, Portman-square. Particulars of the Concert will be published in due time.
The Morning Post (May 29, 1823): 1.
MR. CRAMER has the honour to announce that his MORNING CONCERT will take place at Willis’s Rooms, King-street, St. James’s, on FRIDAY, June 6th. To begin precisely at One o’Clock.—Vocal Performers: Miss Stephens, and Signora Caradori; Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Wm. Knyvett, Mr. J. B. Sale, and Mr. Sapio. Principal Instrumental Performers: For the Piano-forte, Mr. Moscheles, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Kalkbrenner; Harp, Mr. Dizi; Flute, Mr. Nicholson; and Corno, Signor Puzzi. Messrs. F. Cramer, Lindley, and Dragonetti, &c.—Tickets, Half a Guinea each, to be had of Mr. Cramer, No. 1, Old Quebec-street, Portman-square: at the Regent’s Harmonic Institution, Regent-street; at the Music Shops of Messrs. Birchall, No. 133, New Bond-street; Messrs. Goulding, Soho-square; Messrs. Boosey, No. 28, Holles-street, Cavendish-square; and Betts’s, Royal Exchange.
The Harmonicon, vol. I (June 1823): 88.
Mr. Cramer has announced a Morning Concert for the 6th of June, at Willis’ Rooms.
John Bull (June 1, 1823): 169.
MR. CRAMER has the honour to announce that his MORNING CONCERT will take place at Willis’s Rooms, King-street, St. James’s, on FRIDAY, June 6th. To begin precisely at One o’Clock.—Vocal Performers: Miss Stephens, and Signora Caradori; Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Wm. Knyvett, Mr. J. B. Sale, and Mr. Sapio. Principal Instrumental Performers: for the Piano-forte, Mr. Moscheles, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Kalkbrenner; Harp, Mr. Dizi: Flute, Mr. Nicolson; and Corno, Signor Puzzi, Messrs. F. Cramer, Lindley, and Dragonetti, &c.—Tickets, 10s, 6d. each, to be had at of Mr. Cramer, No. 1, Old Quebec-street, Portman-square; at the Regent’s Harmonic Institution, Regent-street; Messrs. Goulding, Soho-square; Messrs. Boosey, No. 23, Holles-street, Cavendish-square; and Betts’s, Royal Exchange.
Particulars of the Concert will be published in due time.
The Morning Chronicle (June 4, 1823): 1.
Mr. CRAMER has the honour to announce, that his MORNING CONCERT will take place at Willis’s Rooms, King-street, St. James’s, on Friday next.—The Concert to commence at One o’clock precisely. —Part I. Grand Sinfonia (Mozart); Song, Mr. Sapio, Concerto, Piano-forte, Mr. Cramer (Cramer); Song, Signora Caradori; Grand Duet for two Performers on one Piano-forte, by Messrs, Cramer and Kalkbrenner (Hummel) : Duet, Mr. Sapio and Signora Caradori, Mozart.—Part II. New Quintetto (MS, by desire), for Piano-forte, Violin, Tenor, Violoncello, and Contra Basso, by Messrs. Cramer, F. Cramer, Lindley, Moralt, and Dragonetti (Cramer); Favorite Madrigal for Four voices, by Miss Stephens, Messrs. Vaughan, W. Knyvett, and Sale (T. Ford); Fantasia for harp, Flute, and Corno Obligato, by Messrs. Dizi, Nicholson, and Puzzi (Dizi); Song, Miss Stephens; Grand Duet for two Performers on one Piano-forte, by Messrs. Cramer and Moscheles (Moscheles); Finale.—Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Mr. Cramer, No. 1, Old Quebec-street, Portmant-square; and at all the principal Music Shops.
The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review, vol. V, (May 1823): 258-259.
Mr. JOHN CRAMER even has announced a morning performance, for which we can only account by his being unable to fix an evening sufficiently carly [sic] in the season to secure himself an open night.*
* It is to be regretted that MR. CRAMER should have chosen the morning of the day fixed for MRs. SALMON’s evening concert. Since the text was written both have taken place, and the evening was decidedly injured by the morning performance. MR. CRAMER’s and MRs. SALMON’s connections lie in the very same circle. How was it to be expected that the same persons would go to a long morning concert, and again be present at an evening performance of the same cast? We regret to see distinguished artists thus clashing, but as Mr. CRAMER’s concert was announced long after MRs. SALMON’s, and as the mornings are so much less occupied than the evenings, it argues a little want of gallantry on the part of the great pianist towards the first of English vocalists.
Reviews
The Morning Chronicle (June 9, 1823) 3.
On Friday last Mr. CRAMER gave a Morning Concert at Willis’s Rooms, to one of the most crowded audiences (consisting chiefly of young elegant females) that we ever saw assembled. This celebrated composer and unrivalled performer played four several times during the morning:—first, a Concert of his own, with Accompaniments for a full band; next a Piano-forte Duet, by HUMMEL, in which he was joined by Mr. Kalkbrenner; afterwards, a Quintett, composed by himself for the Pianoforte, &c.; and lastly, a second Duet for the Piano-forte, by M. Moscheles, in which the composer took a part. The union was so admirable in this last piece, that it had the effect of being played by one person with four hands, and, notwithstanding its great length, riveted the attention of all present, including most of the great musical cognoscenti, who are always to be found amidst the throng whenever Mr. CRAMER displays his delightful talents.
The Harmonicon, vol. I (July 1823): 103.
MR. CRAMER’S CONCERT.
On Friday, June 6th, Mr. Cramer gave a morning concert at Willis’s Rooms; and, of course, drew together not only as many as the place would conveniently hold, but several who were content to be crowded into corners, or remain in the ante-chambers, rather than lose the opportunity of hearing this very celebrated performer. The concert consisted of the following pieces:—Symphony, Mozart; song, Carafa, sung by Mr. Sapio; Concerto, piano-forte, Mr. Cramer, composed by himself, (His 6th, in E flat, dedicated to Mrs. Francis George Smyth.) Song, Sigra. Caradori; grand duet, piano-forte, Hummel—performed by Messrs. Cramer and Kalkbrenner. In Part II. a new quintett, MS., for piano-forte, violin, tenor, violoncello, and contra basso, by Messrs. Cramer, F. Cramer, Lindley, Morale, and Dragonetti; Madrigal, Ford, sung by Miss Stephens, Messrs. Vaughan, W. Knyvett, and Sale; Fantasia, harp, &c. by Messrs. Dizi, &c.; song, Miss Stephens; and grand duett, piano-forte, by Messrs. Cramer and Moscheles, composed by the latter. We did not think the Concerto well chosen for general effect. The duet, by Hummel, is full of science, and is much extolled; nevertheless, we must consider it rather as the work of a learned musician, than a man of genius. The quintetto is a melodious, graceful composition, the simplicity of which, after the complicated contrivances in the duet of M. Hummel, operated as a grateful relief. The duet, by Moscheles, is the work of a superior and original mind, and was executed à merveille, otherwise it would have been thought too long.
Of Mr. Cramer’s talents, there is but one opinion, which was so well expressed, three or four years ago, in a daily paper, that we cut out the paragraph, and having fortunately preserved it, cannot do better than reprint it as the concluding part of this notice. “As a performer on the piano-forte, Cramer is unrivalled, and, we may perhaps venture to assert, every professor unreluctantly [sic] yields to him the palm. His brilliancy of execution is astonishing; but this quality, which is, in fact, purely mechanical, amounts to little or nothing in the general estimate of such merits as his: in taste, expression, feeling, the power that he possesses of almost making the instrument speak a language, are the attributes by which he is so eminently distinguished. The mere velocity of manual motion,—those legerdemain tricks which we are now and then condemned to witness, may entrap the unwary; the physical operation of sounds, whose rapidity of succession is incalculable, may be necessary to stimulate the indurated tympanums of some few dull ears; but those who love to have their sympathies awakened by the ‘eloquent music’ which this instrument may be made to ‘discourse,’ who derive any pleasure from the most social and innocent of the fine arts, and who would gain the practical advantages of an instructive lesson by listening to a delightful performance,—such persons should seize every opportunity that is afforded them of hearing Cramer.”
Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung (September 3, 1823): 588-589.
J. B. Cramers Concert am 6ten Juni des Morgens in Willis’s Rooms. Diess war in jeder Rücksicht etwas sehr Neues und Eigentümliches, und daher mochte zum Theil das grosse Interesse, welches man gleich anfangs an der Sache nahm, kommen. Seit Jahren hat Hr. Cramer immer mit seinem Bruder, dem Violinisten, gemeinschaftlich des Abends in den Hannover Square Rooms Concert gegeben, diessmal aber beliebte es ihm, es allein des Morgens und noch dazu an dem nämlichen Tage zu thun, wo die berühmte Sängerin Mad. Salmon ein Abendconcert gab. Alles diess erregte in Cramers Freunden Bangigkeit; dennoch ging alles vortrefflich und gewiss selbst über Hrn. Cramers Erwartung. So gross war das Gedränge, dass manche zufrieden seyn mussten, wenn sie nur ein Winkelchen in irgend einem Vorzimmer oder ein Plätzchen zum Stehen auf der Treppe bekommen konnten. Wenigstens 150 Personen waren ohne Sitze oder zum Hören schlecht gestellt. Es ist ganz überflüssig, zu er wähnen, dass die Concertstücke gut gewählt waren, wer könnte es von Cramers Geschmack anders erwarten? Es wurde mit der schönen Mozart’schen Symphonie in Es eröffnet, worauf, eines Zwischen gesanges von Carafa nicht zu erwähnen, der Concertgeber sein sechstes grosses Pianoforle- Conceit in Es dur mit seiner bekannten Meisterschaft vortrug. Nichts ist herzerhebender als einen so hochverdienten Künstler wie unseru Cramer Jahr aus Jahr ein mit unvermindertem Feuer auftreten zu sehen; es ist, als verjüngte sich sein Talent mit jedem Frühling, und es war gewiss nur Eine Stimme, dass er noch nie so schön gespielt habe als diessmal. Seine Stärke liegt bekanntlich im Adagio, denn hier findet er am besten Gelegenheit, seinen schönen, vollen Ton und feinen Geschmack im Vortrage zu zeigen. Ausser jenem Concert in Es spielte er noch ein Pianoforte-Quintett und zwey Pianoforte-Duos zn [sic] vier Händen, nämlich die schöne Sonate von Hummel Op. 92 mit Hrn. Kalkbrenner, und eine nicht minder gerühmte mit Hrn. Moscheles, dem Verfasser derselben. Diese beyden Duos waren offenbar die mächtigen Anziehungen für unsere Klavierspielerinnen; denn, die drey grössten Meister auf diesem Instrumente in dem Aufwände all ihrer Fähigkeiten vergleichen zu können, ist kein alltägliches Glück. Hr. Kalkbrenner, welcher die Oberstimme übernahm, brachte hier und da Zusätze und Verzierungen an, welche sich vielleicht nicht ganz mit dem rein klassischen Geiste des Hummel’schen Werks vertragen. Von dem Duo des Hrn. Moscheles, welcher auch die Ober stimme hatte, sagt das Harmonikon „es ist das Werk eines überlegenen, originellen Geistes, und wurde a merveille vorgetragen.“—Allen dreyen wurde der Beyfall, welcher so grossen und glänzenden Talenten gebührt.
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