Prague Concert Life, 1850-1881

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Event title:

Requiem service given for the late Bürger Karásek

Venue: Church of the Holy Trinity

Event type: Church music events

Date: 18/12/1854

Season: Advent

Keywords: Ecclesiastical / Religious events, Genres - Church music, Public performance events

Programme comprising:

MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus : Requiem mass, solo vv, chorus, orch, D minor, K626
     • Estates Theatre orchestra: Botschon-Soukupová, Cecilie : v Strakatý, Karel : v

Commentary:

Der Tagesbote 20/12/1854 reported, signed ‘b’, that on 18th December was in the parish church of the Holy Trinity in Podskal [Podskalí] a performance of Mozart’s Requiem given for the late Bürger Karásek. The participants were listed. The work was said to have been given ‘with virtuosity’.


Summary of sources:

Tagesbote aus Böhmen (20/12/1854)