Hearing the Music
of Early New South Wales
Concert Seven
The seventh Sydney concert was held on Wednesday the 27th of September, 1826 in the School Room of the Old Court House on Castlereagh Street, Sydney. While the audience was not so large as some of the previous concerts, The Monitor reported that the ‘room was respectably filled’ and that ‘the company retired in high spirits, fully gratified with the evening’s entertainment’. The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser praised the program, which interspersed ‘vocal and instrumental performances of different measure and expression’.
Program
First Part
Overture
Song
Stephen STORACE (1762-1796)
The Sapling Oak Lost in a Dell
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Performers: John Edwards (bass vocalist); George Sippe (pianoforte)
Glee
Composer not identified.
List, Lady, List​
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Performers: Mr. Clarke (tenor vocalist); Mr. Paul [George or John Junior] (vocalist); John Edwards (bass vocalist); George Sippe (pianoforte)
Duet, Flutes
Rodolphe KREUTZER (1766-1831)
Work not identified.
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Performers: Joshua Frey Josephson (flute); George Sippe (flute)
Song
James HEWITT (1770-1827)
Oh, Rest Thee, Babe (Oh Slumber my Darling)
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Performers: Harriet Jones (soprano vocalist); George Sippe (pianoforte)
Comic Song
Composer not identified.
Sweet Kitty Clover
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Performers: George Paul (vocalist); George Sippe (pianoforte)
Finale to First Part
Composer not identified.
Work not identified.
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Performers: Likely all performers.
Second Part
Overture
Composer not identified.
Work not identified.
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Performers: Full orchestra, or band.
Song
James HOOK (1746-1827)
The Garland of Love
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Performers: Harriet Jones (soprano vocalist); George Sippe (pianoforte)
Glee
John Wall CALLCOTT (1766-1821)
To All You Ladies Now at Hand (“The New Mariners”)
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Performers: Mr. Clarke (tenor vocalist); Mr. Paul (vocalist); John Edwards (bass vocalist)
Sea Song
Joseph MAZZINGHI (1765-1844)
Tom Starboard was a Lover True (in The Turnpike Gate)
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Performers: Mr. Clarke (tenor vocalist)
Comic Medley
Overture
Hyacinthe JADIN (1776-1800)
La Chasse
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Performers: Military band/s; ? Band of the 57th Regiment (master, George Sippe)
Reviews
'NEWS'
The Monitor, 29 September 1826, p. 5.
'The assemblage was not so numerous as on some former occasions, but still the room was respectably filled. Mrs. Jones, however, executed her songs with her usual sweetness, and the instrumental selections were well received.'
'AMATEUR CONCERT'
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 30 September 1826, p. 3.
'The Band performed at intervals some effective and classical overtures, and altogether the entire arrangement of the evening were gone through in a manner highly creditable to the judicious management of the conductors.'
'THE CONCERT'
The Australian, 30 September 1826, p. 3.
'The instrumental pieces appeared to have been well selected and well performed throughout. Several of the vocal pieces on the above evening did not tend greatly to shew a just taste in the selector...'