Hearing the Music
of Early New South Wales
Concert Eleven
The eleventh Sydney concert was held on Monday the 4th of December, 1826 in the School Room in the Old Court House on Castlereagh Street, Sydney. It was held in aid of the Funds of the Benevolent Institution. The performance was long and well attended, with The Australian reporting that it ‘was not over before 12 o’clock’ and that ‘the company were much more numerous than on any former Concert’. The Monitor noted among the audience were ‘His Excellency the Governor; Chief-Justice Forbes; the Hon. Mr. McLeay and family; the blooming daughters of Australia, the Misses Blaxland's; the Naval Officers; the Brigade Major and lady; the Chief Engineer; several magistrates’.
Program
First Part
Overture
Glee
John Wall CALLCOTT (1766-1821)
Ye Mariners of England (Ye Gentlemen of England)
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Performers: Mr. Clarke (tenor vocalist); John Edwards (bass vocalist); Tempest Margaret Paul (vocalist); George Sippe (pianoforte)
Song
Samuel ARNOLD (1740-1802)
Flow Thou Regal Purple Stream (from The Castle of Andalusia)
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Performers: John Edwards (bass vocalist); George Sippe (pianoforte)
Duet
John BRAHAM (c. 1774-1856)
When Thy Bosom Heaves the Sigh (from the opera Narensky)
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Performers: John Edwards (bass vocalist); Tempest Margaret Paul (soprano vocalist); George Sippe (pianoforte)
Song
Words by George Alexander Stevens (1710-1780); music attributed to Richard Leveridge (1670-1758)
The Storm (Cease, Rude Boreas, Blustering Railer)
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Performers: Barnett Levey (vocalist)
Song
Henry Rowley BISHOP (1787-1855)
Bid Me Discourse
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Performers: Tempest Margaret Paul (vocalist, pianoforte)
Pot Pourri, Violin
Friedrich Ernst FESCA (1789-1826)
Likely one or both of Fesca’s two string potpourris
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Performers: John Edwards (violin)
Glee
Henry Rowley BISHOP (1787-1855)
The Chough and Crow
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Performers: John Edwards (bass vocalist); Tempest Margaret Paul (soprano vocalist); John Scarr (vocalist); George Sippe (pianoforte)
Second Part
Overture
Carl Maria von WEBER (1786-1826)
Der Freischüutz
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Performers: Wind band; George Sippe (leader/director)
Song
John PARRY (1776-1851)
I Ne’er Will Cease to Love
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Performers: Mr. Clarke (tenor vocalist); George Sippe (pianoforte)
Song (Encore)
Composer not identified.
O Rosa, When You Quit the Spot
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Performers: Mr. Clarke (tenor vocalist); George Sippe (pianoforte)
Quartetto, Flute, Violin, Tenor, and Violincello
Ignaz PLEYEL (1757-1831)
Work not identified.
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Performers: Joshua Frey Josephson (flute); John Edwards (violin); George Sippe (cello?)
Song
Thomas ARNE (1710-1778)
The Soldier Tir’d
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Performers: Tempest Margaret Paul (vocalist, pianoforte)
Song (Encore)
Charles Edward HORN (1786-1849)
Cherry Ripe (from Paul Pry)
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Performers: Tempest Margaret Paul (vocalist, pianoforte)
Song
Glee
Benjamin COOKE (1734-1793)
Hark, Hark the Lark at Heaven’s Gate Sings
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Performers: Mr. Clarke (tenor vocalist); John Edwards (bass vocalist); Tempest Margaret Paul (soprano vocalist); John Scarr (vocalist)
Duet
Matthew Peter KING (c. 1773-1823)
Eagle Wings the Clouds Impelling (from Timour the Tartar)
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Performers: John Edwards (bass vocalist); Tempest Margaret Paul (soprano vocalist); George Sippe (pianoforte)
Finale
God Save the King
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Performers: Orchestra/Band
Reviews
'THE CONCERT'
The Monitor, 8 December 1826, p. 3.
Mrs. Paul took a leading part in every duet. A very popular air now singing in London by Madame Vestris, "Cherry Ripe," was rapturously encored, as was a pathetic ballad "Oh Rosa, when you quit the spot," in which the protege of public favour, Mr. Clarke, came off with distinguished eclat. Mr. Scarr, an amateur of talent, acquitted himself respectably; and "Flow thou regal purple stream," gave Mr. Edwards scope for the display of his superior science. The arrangement of the overture of Der Freischutz, which gave marked satisfaction on a former evening, did credit to the professional skill of Mr. Sippe.'
'THE CONCERT'
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 6 December 1826, p. 3.
'A Mr. Scarr appeared this evening for the first time. His voice is not devoid of sweetness, nor uncultivated, but it wants the softness of Mr. Clark's tones, for which reason, we think, the parts sustained in the glees by the former, would have been more effectively performed by the latter gentleman, whose voice, in our opinion, would have harmonized better with those of Mrs. Paul and Mr. Edwards. The general favourite, Mr. B. Levey, was also greeted with universal plaudits in the course of his exertions.'
'SYDNEY AMATEUR CONCERT'
The Australian, 6 December 1826, p. 3.
'The Concert on Monday evening, in aid of the Funds of the Benevolent Institution, was as numerously and as flatteringly attended as the most sanguine friends of the Institution could possibly hope for. Mrs. Paul was a great point of attraction during the evening; her songs were followed with loud plaudits by the audience.'