Prague Concert Life, 1850-1881

Event title:

Musical soirée given by pupils of the music institute of Jelínek

Venue: Piano Institute of Ignác Jelínek

Event type: Art music culture

Date: 16/03/1862 5pm

Season: Lent

Programme including:

BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van : unspecified Trio, [pf, vl, vc?]
arr. unspecified, ?: Septet, arranged pf, 4 hands , pf 4 hands
arr. unspecified, ?: Overture, arranged pf, 8 hands , pf, 8 hands
VEIT, Wenzel Heinrich : unspecified piano work, pf
GRAF, Vilém : unspecified piano work, pf
CHOPIN, Fryderyck Franciszek : unspecified piano work, pf
PIVODA, František : unspecified piano work, pf

Commentary:

Prager Morgenpost 13/3/1862 reported ‘Musical soirée. On 16th March at 5pm Mr Ign. Jelínek with his pupils arranges a musical soirée, at which amongst other works there will be performed a Trio by Beethoven, the Septet by Beethoven arranged for 4 hands, an Overture for 8 hands by Tomaschek [Tomášek], and solo pieces by Veit, Graf, Chopin, Pivoda etc.’ No further details were given by this source. The venue for this event would have been the institute of Jelínek.


Summary of sources:

Prager Morgenpost (13/03/1862)