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Event title:

First evening entertainment [Večerní zábava] given by the Hlahol male voice singing society

Venue: Žofín Island (Žofín Hall)

Event type: Art music culture

Date: 16/02/1862

Season: Carnival

Keywords: Choral societies, Annual events and regular series, Genres - Secular choral music, Genres - Secular solo vocal music, Public performance events, Audience attendance

Programme comprising:

General participants:

Hlahol: participating institution, male vv chorus
LUKES, Jan Ludevít: director of ensemble, conductor

Part 1:

VAŠÁK, Emanuel : chorus Já jsem Slovan, duší, tělem (I am a Slav, in spirit, in body), male vv

VOJÁČEK, Hynek : partsong Na Moravu (To Moravia), solo male vv
• Lukes, Jan Ludevít : v Pivoda, František : v Korbelář, ? : v Hozák, ? : v

PIVODA, František : chorus Pospolitá (In common), solo v, male vv chorus, pf, op.39
• Pivoda, František : v

ZVONAŘ, Josef Leopold : chorus Žárlivý basař The jealous warder no.1 from 3 humorous choruses [Tři humoristické sbory], male vv, op.38

Part 2:

PROCHÁZKA, Jan Ludevít : chorus Pomoc pro náromnou lásku (Help for immense love), male vv chorus

BENDL, Karel : duet Přilítlo jaro z daleka (Spring came in from afar), 2vv, pf, op.5
• Korbelář, ? : v Hozák, ? : v

HELLER, Ferdinand : quadrille Čtverylka z moravských písní (Quadrille from Moravian songs), male vv chorus
• Lukes, Jan Ludevít : v Pivoda, František : v Korbelář, ? : v Hozák, ? : v

Part 3:

VOGL, František Arnold : chorus Vltava, male vv

• arr. Heller, Ferdinand: J.T. Krov: song Těšme se blahou nadějí [Blissfully let us hope] , arr. male vv chorus

Commentary:

The programme is reproduced in performance order according to the unsigned Dalibor 20/2/1862 review. According to Dalibor 1/2/1862 the soirée was to have included Pavel Křížkovský’s song Výprask [Thrashing] and a new chorus by Ludevít Procházka entitled Naše země [Our country]. However, neither of these works was recorded by the specified periodical reviews.

The Dalibor 20/2/1862 review commented that Hlahol’s performance was ‘praiseworthy, although[...] we expected greater perfection of execution. The pieces in which Mr Lukes sang principal tenor were all excellently performed with the most exquisite nuances. Youthful ardour, energy and patriotic self-consciousness palpably blazed in all the choruses; however too much fire sometimes drew individual singers into error, as we observed in Zvonař’s chorus Žárlivý basař [The jealous warder]. All the choruses, partsongs and solos gained great approbation from the numerous audience.’ The solo vocalists in the partsongs were J.L. Lukes, Fr. Pivoda, Korbelář and Hozák.

Summary of sources:

Dalibor, časopis pro hudbu, divadlo a umění vůbec (01/02/1862)
Národní listy (10/02/1862)
Dalibor, časopis pro hudbu, divadlo a umění vůbec (20/02/1862)
Národní listy (21/02/1862)