Hearing the Music
of Early New South Wales
Concert Two
The second Hobart concert took place on Thursday the 15th of February, 1827 at the Court House on Murray Street, Hobart. It was reportedly not well attended, and the Hobart Town Gazette claimed that the entertainment did not ‘go off with spirit’.
Program
First Part
Overture
Glee
William KNYVETT (1779-1856)
The Bells of St. Michael’s Tower
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Performers: Unidentified vocalists.
Song
Charles Edward HORN (1786-1849)
‘Tis Love in the Heart (rondo, in The Election)
Performers: Unidentified vocalist.
Concerto, Violin
Giovanni Battista VIOTTI (1755-1824)
Work not identified.
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Performers: John Philip Deane (violin)
Song
Glee
Henry Rowley BISHOP (1787-1855)
The Chough and Crow (from Guy Mannering)
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Performers: Unidentified vocalists.
Concerto, Clarionet
Nicholas Charles BOCHSA (1789-1856)
Work not identified.
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Performers: Joseph Reichenberg (clarinet); with full band, or piano accompaniment
Second Part
Sinfonia, Military Band
Marco PORTOGALLO (1762-1830)
Work not identified.
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Performers: Band of the 40th Regiment; Joseph Reichenberg (Master)
Glee
Henry Rowley BISHOP (1787-1855)
Stay, Prythee Stay (from the opera The Miller and his Men)
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Performers: Unidentified vocalists.
Concerto, Piano Forte
Daniel STEIBELT (1765-1823)
Work not identified.
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Performers: Unidentified pianist, likely with the full band.
Song
Charles Edward HORN (1786-1849)
Burlington Bay (“The rain fell in torrents”)
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Performers: Unidentified vocalist.
Sonata, Piano Forte and Violin
Ignaz PLEYEL (1757-1831)
Hope Told a Flattering Tale
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Performers: Unidentified pianist and vocalist.
Duett
Anthem
God Save The King
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Performers: Likely the full band.
Reviews
'THE SECOND CONCERT'
Hobart Town Gazette, 24 February 1827, p. 2.
'...nothing could exceed the real pleasure which seemed to pervade young and old - it did not go the length indeed of mirth (except, when according to a barbarous but ancient custom, a foolish comic song was introduced) but it was of a more elevated kind, though equally pleasurable.'