Prague Concert Life, 1850-1881

Event title:

Celebration of mass

Venue: Church of the Holy Trinity

Event type: Church music events

Date: 20/04/1862 9am

Programme including:

General participants:
  • Church of the Holy Trinity: participating institution, vv
  • FOERSTER, Josef Jan: director of institute, conductor
ZVONAŘ, Josef Leopold : Mass, solo mix vv, chorus, org, orch, nr.1, D major
VITÁSEK, Jan August : unspecified graduale, vv, [orch / org?]
ALBRECHTSBERGER, Johann Georg : unspecified offertorium, v, [orch / org?]
ASSMAYER, Ignaz : Te Deum, solo vv, chorus, orch [/org]

Commentary:

Prager Morgenpost 19/4/1862 reported that on 20th April would be given at 9 o’clock in the Church of the Holy Trinity under the direction of chorus director Mr Förster the D major Mass by Zvonař with a graduale and offertorium by Vitásek and Albrechtsberger, then a Te deum by Aßmayer.

In the course of reporting a future event Dalibor 1/5/1862 noted that Jos. Foerster, the director of the choir at the Church of the Holy Trinity [Sv Trojice] had directed a performance on Easter Sunday a performance of Zvonař’s Mass in D major. The source reported: ‘This assiduous director gave on Easter Sunday the Mass in D major of our celebrated L. Zvonař, and demonstrated his talent as a conductor.’ No further details were given of that event.


Summary of sources:

Prager Morgenpost (19/04/1862)
Dalibor, časopis pro hudbu, divadlo a umění vůbec (01/05/1862)