Historical Concert
Stringed instrument chamber music: sextet, double quartet, and octet.
Venue:
H. Verbrugghen - violin
R. Daeblitz - violin
H. Freemann - violin
B. Magrath - violin
W. Haigh - viola
D. Nichols - viola
J. H. Foulds - violoncello
J. Messias - violoncello
1. Double quartet, op. 65, in D minor ... Louis Spohr
(a) allegro
(b) vivace (scherzo)
(c) larghetto
(d) allegro molto
2. Sextet, op. 36, in G major ... Johannes Brahms
(a) allegro non troppo
(b) allegro non troppo, and presto giocoso
(c) poco adagio
(d) poco allegro
3. Octet, op. 20, in E flat major ... Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
(a) allegro moderato ma con fuoco
(b) andante
(c) allegro leggierissimo (scherzo)
(d) presto
4. Octet, op. 3, in A major ... Johann Severin Svendsen
First movement, allegro risoluto ben marcato
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The prefatory note consists of a two-and-a-half page essay (pp.3-5) concerning chamber music for more than four stringed instruments. Boccherini and Spohr are singled out for attention.

On the inside back page - dates and programmes of the four historical concerts for the 1905-1906 season.
Promoter:
One of the violoncellists, recorded as J. Messias (with an i), is probably James Messeas.