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Susannah Sykes was born at Spring Gardens, Waring Green, Brighouse
George III dies. He was the longest-lived and longest-reigning King of England.The Prince Regent accedes to the throne as George IV
George IV dies. His brother accedes to the throne as William IV
She first sang in public at a benefit concert for Mrs Sladden held at Lightcliffe Church
At the age of 15, she sang Wise Men Flattering from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus at Deighton, Huddersfield, her first appearance on the public concert platform
She appeared in a grand concert at the re-opening of Christ Church, Todmorden.
Other performers included Mr Tom Parker, (tenor), and Mr Womersley (bass).
The singers were paid one guinea each, whilst the organist, Mr William Greenwood, was paid 2 guineas
She appeared for the first time at St Paul's Church, Huddersfield, when she sang Rejoice greatly on the occasion of the organ opening at the Church.
Her success led to an engagement on 1st April 1836
She was a founding member and principal soprano of the Huddersfield Choral Society
Following her successful début at St Paul's Church, Huddersfield, in December 1835, she made a return engagement.
She continued to sing at the Church for a further 17 or 18 years
She was one of a number of singers and musicians who took part in a concert at the Malt Shovel, Southowram
She made her début in Marsden. She made her Farewell Concert in the town on 15th January 1864
William IV dies. His niece accedes to the throne as Queen Victoria
She made her first appearance in the Bradford district at a concert at the Exchange Buildings
She married Henry Sunderland
She appeared in a Grand Masonic & Musical Festival at Saddleworth. The programme included selections from The Messiah and Haydn's Creation.
Other performers included Mrs Knyvett, Mr Machin, and Mr Knyvett
She was the principal singer in a choral concert in Hull.
She sang several popular songs and airs with considerable effect
Mr Strauss's band was also on the programme. £80 was taken at the doors
She appeared at a performance of The Messiah to celebrate the inauguration of a new organ at Harrison Road Chapel. Principal performers included Mrs Boocock, Mr Francis (of the Abbey Choir, Westminster), Mr Dan Sugden, Mr Hartley, and Mr Dawtrey
She appeared in a series of lectures on The Early English Opera given by Professor Taylor at the Philosophical Hall, Leeds.
She and Mr Walton (of Manchester) sang songs to illustrate the lecture.
Will Mrs Sunderland forgive us if we recommend more spirit and energy in her style of singing? Her voice is all that her friends can wish it to be
Birth of the Sunderlands' first child: Agnes
She appeared in a programme of sacred music, organised by Joseph Henry Frobisher, which was performed at Halifax Parish Church. Principal performers included Mrs Boocock, Mr Walton of Manchester, Mr Dan Sugden, Mr Hartley, and Mr Dawtrey
She appeared with Mr Parker in a programme of sacred music to celebrate the third anniversary of the opening of the Chapel and the inauguration of a new organ at Salem Chapel, Bradford.
She sang Let the bright Seraphim and, at the conclusion of the service, I know that my Redeemer liveth
She appeared in a choral concert in Sheffield. The programme began with Sphor's Last Judgement. Other performers included Madame Neuville, Miss Osborne, Mr Ryalls, Mr Gilbert, and Mr Flint
She appeared in a concert at the Black Horse Inn, Thornton.
Other performers included Mr Parker, Mr Carter, Mr Smith, Mr Hoyle, and Mr Moore.
She performed The rose will cease to blow and a duet with Mr Hoyle entitled With a song so softly moving.
The pleasure of the evening was marred by the thinness of the audience
She appeared in a performance of Haydn's Creation for the Sheffield Choral Society. Other performers included Miss Hurst, Madame de Neuville, Miss Osborne, Mr Ryalls, Mr Flint, and Mr Gilbert.
She performed And God said let the Earth bring forth grass; With verdure clad; And God said let the waters bring forth, abundantly; On mighty pens; the trio On thee each living soul awaits; the duet By thee with bliss; Thou moon that rel'st the silent night; O Thou for whom I am, my help; the duet Graceful consort.
On mighty pens was most charmingly sung, in fact, the gem of the whole performance. Mrs S. did it ample justice
She appeared in a Soirée Musicale presented by Mr Wilson in the large room of the Commercial Buildings, Leeds.
Other performers included Miss Topham, Mr H. Wilson, Master Barnaby (from York Cathedral), Mr Cawthra, and Mr E. Cooke
She appeared in a grand concert of vocal and instrumental music at the Infant School, Ecclesfield, Sheffield.
Other performers included Mr Laxby, Mr Armitage, and Mr Flint
She again appeared in a grand concert of vocal and instrumental music at the Infant School, Ecclesfield, Sheffield.
Other performers included Mr Laxby, Mr Armitage, and Mr Flint
She appeared in programme comprising a selection of sacred music to celebrate to the opening of the organ in the Music Hall, Sheffield.
Other performers included Mr Frith, Mrs Parkes, Mr Walton, Mr W. Gilbert, Mr J. Gilbert, and Mr Flint
She appeared in a programme of sacred music in aid of funds for repairing the organ at Eckington Church, Derbyshire.
Other performers included Mr Ryalls, Mr W. Gilbert, and Mr J. Gilbert
She appeared in a Grand Concert of vocal and instrumental music performed by the Sheffield Philharmonic Society at the Music Hall in Sheffield.
Other performers included Mrs Parkes, Mr Ryalls, and Mr Flint
She again appeared in a Grand Concert of vocal and instrumental music performed by the Sheffield Philharmonic Society at the Music Hall in Sheffield.
Other performers included Mrs Parkes, Mr Ryalls, and Mr Flint
She appeared in a Grand Concert of vocal and instrumental at the Bradford Exhibition.
Other performers included Miss Brown, the celebrated harpist, and Mr Cawthra
Birth of the Sunderlands' second child: Samuel
She appeared in a concert of solos, songs, duets, glees, madrigals and catches, ancient and modern, arranged by Mr N. Swift, teacher of singing, held at Sheffield Music Hall.
Other performers included Miss Saunders, Mr Ryalls, Mr Flint, Mr J. Gilbert, Mr W. Gilbert, Mr Inkersall, Mr Dyson, and members of the Sheffield Apollo Glee Society.
She sang Nicolini's O! when in life's fair morning, although a reviewer said
we could fancy that she was not so much at home in it as she would have been, had she given it in the original words
She also sang Handel's Sweet Bird, and a glee When winds breath soft
She appeared at the anniversary concert of the York Choral Society.
She appeared in a benefit concert of a grand selection of sacred music
for Joseph Brooke, organist at Kirkheaton, who is labouring under severe sickness, apparently of a permanent nature
at Kirkheaton Parish Church.
She was a principal in an oratorio at the Public Buildings, Ripon.
Other performers included Mr Womersley, Mr Nussey, Mr Gott, and Mr Barnby and members of the Cathedral Choir
She appeared in the first of a series of 6 subscription concerts – of glees, madrigals, catches, duets and songs – to be held at the Assembly Rooms, Sheffield.
Other performers included Mrs Parkers, Miss Saunders, Miss Jones, and Mr Seales.
Subsequent concerts in the series were held on
(2) 19th November 1841
(3) 3rd December 1841
(4) 17th December 1841
(5) 31st December 1841
(6) 14th January 1842
She appeared in the second of the series of concerts which began on 5th November 1841 at the Assembly Rooms, Sheffield.
Other performers included Mr Clegg, and Mr Roberts, the Welsh harpist
She appeared in the third of the series of concerts which began on 5th November 1841 at the Assembly Rooms, Sheffield.
Other performers included Mr F. Binge and Mr Roberts, the Welsh harpist
She appeared in a miscellaneous concert presented by members of the Bradford Apollo Glee Club in the theatre of the Bradford Mechanics' Institute.
Other performers included Miss E. Mercer, Mrs Mercer, Mrs Drake, Mrs Stead, Mr Cawthra, Mr Marsden, Mr Jessop, Mr Craven, Mr Bentley, and Mr Ackroyd.
She performed Like the gloom, Lightly o'er the wave, I've wander'd in dreams, What airy sound, Blow gentle gales, and As it fell upon a day
She appeared at the third concert with the York Choral Society.
The fourth in the series of concerts which began on 5th November 1841 at the Assembly Rooms, Sheffield
She appeared in a performance of The Messiah by the Sheffield Choral Society at the Music Hall.
Other performers included Miss Osborne, Miss Saunders, Mrs Parkes, Mr Ryalls, Mr W. Gilbert, Mr Walker, and Mr Gilbert
The fifth in the series of concerts which began on 5th November 1841 at the Assembly Rooms, Sheffield
Birth of the Sunderlands' third child: Tom Wilkinson
She sang in London for the first time at the Antient Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms, and attracted the attention of the Prince Consort and the Duke of Cambridge and was complimented by the Prince Consort. Her programme included From mighty Kings
She appeared in Christmas Concert of the York Choral Society at the Festival Concert Room in York.
Other performers included Miss Radcliffe, Mr Barker, Mr Buckley, Mr Reader, and Mr Lambert.
They performed selections from The Messiah and a number of songs, glees and trios
The sixth in the series of concerts which began on 5th November 1841 at the Assembly Rooms, Sheffield
She appeared in a concert given by the Bradford Apollo Glee Club at the Bradford Mechanics' Institute.
Other performers included Mr Jessop, Mr Lambert (of the Cathedral Choir, York), Miss Denham, Miss Mercer, Miss Drake, and Miss Stead.
She performed the duet Borne in yon blaze with Mr Jessop and So here the gentle bark. When she sang Vesper Hymn, and Invisible Chorus
some little confusion was caused by one portion of the audience wishing to have [an encore], and another portion not desiring it, but this speedily subsided
She appeared in a concert given by the York Choral Society at the Festival Concert Room in York.
Other performers included Miss Radcliffe.
They performed selections from Haydn's Creation, though
we cannot commend the manner in which some of the choruses were performed. The orchestra was inefficient in point of number [York Herald]
Mrs Sunderland performed Oft have I wandered to considerable applause, and with Miss Radcliffe she sang the duet Forget thee
She appeared in a concert of sacred music performed by the Musical Friendly Society of Bradford in the theatre at the Mechanics' Institute.
Other performers included Miss E. Mercer, Mr Mercer, and Mr Ackroyd.
She performed Shepherds view the sight which was loudly encored
(Easter Tuesday) She appeared with the Rotherham Choral Society at the Court House in a miscellaneous performance of sacred music from Handel's oratorios Judas Maccabæus Jephthah Israel and The Messiah.
Other performers included Mrs Parkes, Miss Radcliffe, and Mr Gilbert
The performances gave the greatest satisfaction
She appeared in a Grand Dress Concert for the Bradford Philharmonic Society at the Exchange Buildings, Bradford.
Other performers included (principal) Mrs Winterbottom (of the Manchester & Liverpool Concerts), Mr Burnett (from the Royal Academy of Music, London), and Mr Sprake (clarionet).
Mrs Sunderland performed Brahms's Tell me my heart with a clarionet obligato
with an effect perfectly astonishing, and was deservedly encored
The Bradford Observer noted that
The easy, graceful, and ornamental style of Mrs Sunderland, was beautifully contrasted with the chaste simplicity of that of Mrs Winterbotham [sic]
She appeared in a concert for the benefit of the Bradford New Infirmary.
Other performers included Miss Whitnall (of the London & Liverpool Concerts), Mr Machin (of the ancient concerts, London), Mr Harrison (of Lichfield Cathedral), Mrs Winterbottom (of the Manchester Concerts), and Mrs Haydock (of Leeds)
She appeared in an oratorio and concert organised by Mr Rhodes for the benefit of the Bradford New Infirmary. The oratorio was performed at Christ Church, Bradford in the afternoon, and the concert in the Exchange Buildings in the evening.
Other performers included Miss Whitnall, Miss Dodd (of the Liverpool Concerts), Miss Rushton, Mr Harrison (of Lichfield Cathedral), and Mr Machin (of the Ancient Concerts, London).
She performed Holy, Holy
with great taste
She appeared in a concert by the Dewsbury Choral Society at the Ebenezer School Room.
Other performers included Mrs Boocock, Mr Wilson, and Mr Brear
She appeared in a concert of glees, madrigals, catches &c organised by Mr Swift (teacher of singing) at the Music Hall, Sheffield, the object being
to give the Public an opportunity of hearing really good English Vocal Music
Other performers included Miss Saunders, Miss Jones, (a young lady pupil of Mr Swift, her parents having kindly given their consent), Mr Ryalls, Mr George Milnes (of the Huddersfield Concerts), Mr Inkersall, Mr Gill, and Mr Flint.
She performed the madrigal Flora gave me fairest Flowers, Lo, hear the gentle Lark, and The beautiful West
She appeared in a performance of The Messiah – with Mozart's additional accompaniments – with the Musical Friendly Society of Bradford in the theatre at the Mechanics' Institute.
Other performers included Mr Milnes (of Huddersfield), Mr Parker, Mr Garnett, and Mr Dan Sugden (contra bass)
She appeared in the annual concert by the Huddersfield Choral Society at the Philosophical Hall, Huddersfield.
Other performers included Mrs Peace, Mr Milnes, Mr L. Peace, and Mrs Wilkinson.
She sang in Mozart's Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini, Hosanna in excelsis
She appeared in a performance of Neukomm's oratorio David given by the Leeds Choral Society at the Music Hall, Albion Street, Leeds.
Other performers included Miss Brown, Miss Fisher, Mr Cawthra, Mr Harper, Mr Jackman, and Mr Carr.
Mrs Sunderland is unquestionably a sweet singer, but we did not think her in such good voice as we have heard her on former occasions. Her delightful voice cannot but charm the ear, but the articulation of her words lacks that distinctness which would add another grace to her high vocal attainments
She appeared in a concert given by the Keighley Philharmonic Society at the Mechanics' Institution.
Other performers included Miss McKay, Miss Dewhirst, Mr Constantine (late Keighley but now Liverpool), Mr Whittaker, Mr Parker, Mr Hudson, Mr Briggs, Mr Denby, and Mr Robinson.
Mrs Sunderland was the star of the evening. Her Tell me my heart went to the hearts of the audience, and her Beautiful West was thought more beautiful than ever and was rapturously encored
She appeared in a Farewell Concert at the Music Hall, Sheffield of vocal and instrumental music given by Mr Ryalls – prior to his removal to live in Liverpool.
Other performers included Miss Saunders, Mr Ryalls, and Mr Flint.
She performed Let the bright Seraphim, Zingarelli's Sweetly o'er my senses stealing, and O maiden fair with Mr Ryalls. She also took part with other artistes in Sleep, gentle lady and Vadasi via dia qua.
The audience warmly expressed their gratification on hearing the silvery tones of Mrs Sunderland's delightful voice. She sings with so much ease, combined with admirable execution and good taste, that we were not only gratified by hearing, but also pleased with the mild expression of her countenance
with much taste and feeling
She appeared in a Choral Concert of sacred music, including Neukomm's oratorio David, presented by Mr J. Burton in the Church Sunday School Room, Dewsbury
under the distinguished Patronage of most of the Clergy, Gentry, and leading Families of the Town and Neighbourhood
Other performers included Miss Fisher, Miss Mears, Mrs Peace, Mrs Boocock, Miss Cawthra, Mr Cawthra, Mr Carr, Mr Varley, Mr Smith, Mr Wood, Mr Jackman, Mr Graham, Mr Williamson, and Mr Harper
She appeared in a concert with the Bradford Philharmonic Society at the Exchange Buildings, Bradford.
Other performers included Miss Robinson (from the Royal Academy of Music), Miss Stott, Mr Stott, and Mr Jackman.
She performed I saw him on the mountain, Come now be gay with Miss Stott, Sweet Bird with a flute obligato, and Flow gently Deva with Mr Jackman
She appeared in a concert given by the York Choral Society in the Festival Room, York.
Other performers included Mrs Peace and Miss Andrews.
She performed Why are mine eyes and sang in the trio The Gondola Rondo
She appeared in a concert of sacred music presented by the Bradford Philharmonic Society at Christ Church, Bradford, for the benefit of the Bradford Infirmary.
Other performers included Mr Walton (of Manchester), Mr George Coates, and Miss Roberts.
Mrs Sunderland never appeared to better advantage in Bradford in solo parts. There is however one drawback to the pleasure of hearing her sing in a chorus – her time. This is a defect which has been noticed in her more than once here. In rehearsing choruses alone, she appears to have instituted for herself a measure of time which she adopts in public, and, as a consequence, the measure of time which the rest of the singers adopted in their united rehearsal does not accord, and a jar ensues. This took place in the last chorus of the first part The Lord is great, which she led off too quick
She appeared in a grand promenade concert presented by the Halifax Orchestral Society at the Royal Hotel, St James's Road, Halifax.
Other performers included Mrs Boocock, Mr Hartley, and Mr Sugden.
She appeared in a concert of a selection of sacred music, from Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and others presented at St Michael's Church, Haworth.
Other performers included Mrs Townend, Miss McKay, Miss Dewhirst, Mr Parker, Master Normington, Mr Whitaker, Mr Hoyle, and Mr Baldwin.
Mrs Sunderland and Mr Parker sang admirably.The performance gave great satisfaction to a rather thin, but highly respectable audience
She appeared in the 10th anniversary concert of the York Choral Society at the Festival Concert Room, York.
Other performers included Miss Andrews, Mr Barker, and Mr Lambert.
She performed a duet When thy bosom heaves a sigh with Mr Barker, and a solo part in the Stabat Mater
She appeared in an oratorio – including selections from Haydn's Creation – given by the Bradford Choral Society in the theatre of the Mechanics' Hall, Bradford.
She appeared in a Grand Concert of vocal and instrumental music, presented by Mr Horn, in the Philosophical Hall, Huddersfield.
Other performers included Miss Williams, Miss A. Williams, Mr Williams and the Huddersfield Glee Singers
She appeared in an oratorio – comprising a grand selection of sacred music, from the works of Handel, Beethoven, Mozart, and others – presented at Salem Chapel, Halifax.
Mrs Sunderland shone conspicuously in Handel's From mighty Kings and Clarke's Praise him on the cymbals – none being finer nor any better given. The audience was numerous, and the performance went of with éclat
She appeared in a concert – comprising selections from The Messiah, and Mendelssohn's St Paul – given by the Halifax Choral Society at the Oddfellows' Hall, Halifax.
Other performers included Mrs Boocock, Mr Frobisher, and Mr Dan Sugden
Newspapers reported that
It is intended shortly to give a concert in [Halifax] for the benefit of Mrs Sunderland. We hope that it will be extensively patronized
Birth of the Sunderlands' fourth child: Charles Sykes
She appeared in a performance of The Messiah at the Oddfellows' Hall, Halifax.
Other performers included Mrs Boocock, Mr Frobisher, and Mr Dan Sugden
She sang at the opening of Todmorden National School
She performed at The Concert Hall, Lord Nelson Street, Liverpool. Other performers were Mr Jackson, Mr Hornby, and Mr John O. Parry
She sang at an oratorio at Haworth church. Rev Patrick Brontë was in the audience
Birth of the Sunderlands' fifth child: Hannah Jane
She was a soloist in a performance of The Messiah at the Sacred Harmonic Society with a performance of The Messiah at the Exeter Hall in London
This date is unlikely to be correct, but is based on a report in The Blackburn Standard & Weekly Express [16th March 1889]
She appeared in a performance of Handel's Deborah at Blackburn Town Hall to celebrate the occasion of the death of local advocate, Mr H. Backhouse.
She was a principal vocalist in a performance of The Messiah at St Paul's Church, Blackburn. Profits from the event were to go towards reducing the debt of £90 on the new organ installed in 1847.
Other performers included Miss Atkinson, Mr Inkersall, and Mr J. H. Robinson
[Q4/1851] Birth of the Sunderlands' youngest child: Martha Annie
She was a soloist at the Sacred Harmonic Society with a performance of The Messiah at the Exeter Hall in London
She appeared in a performance of The Messiah with the Halifax Choral Society presented by Mr Frobisher at the Oddfellows' Hall, Halifax.
Other performers included Miss Freeman, Miss Tankard, Mr Benson, Mr Carter, and Mr Sutcliffe.
The air I know that my Redeemer liveth was admirably sung by Mrs Sunderland, and was only exceeded by her concluding with the If God be for us &c in excellent style
She appeared in a grand concert in the Assembly Rooms, Southwell.
Other performers included Mr Trenham, Mr Drage, Mr Thomas, and Mr Kaye
She appeared in a Grand Vocal & Instrumental Concert at the Lecture Hall of The Lyceum, Sheffield.
Other performers included Mr Perring (from the London and Manchester Gentlemen's Concerts) and Mr Delavanti (from the Metropolitan Concerts)
She appeared at the Third Annual Soirée of the Early Closing Association at the Temperance Hall, Leeds.
Other performers included Miss Freeman, Mr Watson, Mr Holt, Mr Ackroyd (of the St George's Glee Club), and The St George's Glee Club.
The gem of the evening was The Harp in Air by Mrs Sunderland with harp accompaniments by Mr Jones
She appeared in a performance of Haydn's Creation at a Monday Evening Concert at the Manchester Free Trade Hall
a work in which she greatly excels
Of Mrs Sunderland's talent as a vocalist, we have had many occasions to speak favourably, and the present did not in any way lessen our admiration. The music is peculiarly adapted to her pure voice and brilliant style of execution, and throughout the evening she lost no opportunity of displaying both to advantage. That delightful melody, With verdure clad, she sang with an evident appreciation of its great beauty – nor less perfect were the characteristic traits which she threw into that air, On mighty pens. In the part music, she also showed the skill of an artist with a thorough respect for her art
She and a small glee party from Huddersfield attended a concert in Stalybridge, Cheshire
She was scheduled to appear between the speeches at the Annual Meeting of the Brighouse Mechanics' Institute, but she was thrown from a gig earlier in the day and could not take part.
She was returning from her appearance in Stalybridge. Mr Sunderland collected her in a dog cart and they left a little before 11:00 am. They were coming down a hill entering Brighouse, and when about 20 yards from the toll bar adjoining the railway station, the horse stumbled and fell. Mr and Mrs Sunderland were
precipitated violently to the ground
She was wrapped up with clothing against the weather, and was unable to make any effort to save herself. She fell heavily to the ground on her left side, and sustained dislocation of the left elbow, a fracture in the lower arm, and other and minor injuries, which were expected to prevent her appearance in public for some few week. Mr Sunderland was unhurt. Dr Holmes attended them and accompanied them home where he set her elbow
She was due to appear with the Huddersfield Choral Society in a performance of Haydn's Creation at the Philosophical Hall, Huddersfield. She could not appear on account of her recent accident
The Huddersfield Chronicle & West Yorkshire Advertiser announced that Mrs Sunderland was rapidly recovering from her recent accident, and her medical attendant expected that she would be able to attend to her engagements in a week or 10 days
She appeared in a Grand Concert presented by Mr Charles Romer at Liverpool
She appeared in the 64th quarterly concert of the Huddersfield Choral Society at the Philosophical Hall, Huddersfield. The programme included Spring from Haydn's Seasons, and Romberg's Ode The Transient and the Eternal.
Other performers included Miss Whitham, Miss Crosland, Mr Netherwood, Mr Milnes, and Mr Hirst.
Mrs Sunderland did not appear in such good voice as usual
She appeared in a grand subscription concert presented by Mr Wilkinson at the Philosophical Hall, Huddersfield.
Other performers included Mrs L. Peace, Mr Inkersall, and Mr Winn.
She appeared in a performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah at the Music Hall, Sheffield.
Other performers included Mrs Thomas (Principal Contralto of the Manchester Concerts), Master Ramsden, Master Naylor, Mr Edwin Yates, Mr Hinchliffe, Mr Trimnell (Principal Basso of Bristol Cathedral), and Mr Inkersall
She appeared in a concert at the Oddfellows' Hall, Brighouse.
It was to be one of a series of annual concerts which she proposed to give in the town.
Other performers included Miss Bentley (one of her pupils), Miss Atkinson, Mr Perring, and Mr Winn.
The attendance was large and highly respectable
She appeared in a concert of vocal and instrumental music at the Christ Church School Room, Mirfield.
Other performers included Miss Atkinson, Mr Perring, and Mr Winn.
The singing was exceedingly good, but went somewhat heavily in the first part. The second part was more successful, and [all the soloists] were severally encored. The attendance was numerous and highly respectable
She appeared in a performance of Haydn's Creation at the Music Hall, Leeds.
Other performers included Mr Cutts, Mr Inkersall, Miss Seale, Mr Shirley, and Mr Winn.
Mrs Sunderland elicited loud plaudits with her rendering of With verdure clad, On mighty pens, and also in the beautiful recitative with Mr Winn Oh, thou from whom I am.
She appeared in a performance of Haydn's Creation at the Music Hall, Sheffield.
Other performers included Mr Inkersall and Mr Wynne
She appeared in a programme of sacred music from Elijah, The Messiah and The Creation in the Lyceum Lecture Room at Sheffield.
Other performers included Mr Newsome, Mr Hinchliffe, Master Ramsden, and Master Appleyard
She appeared in the first of a series of Monday Evening Concerts at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester.
Other performers included Mr Perring, Mr Delavanti, Miss Drayton, and Miss C. Drayton.
She performed the glee See the chariot at hand, Abt's ballad When the swallows, and Lindley's ballad I cannot mind my wheel, mother
It occurred to us that we never before heard Mrs Sunderland in such characters of music to such advantage; she threw her soul into the words, and a warm encore was the consequence
She appeared in the opening concert in the 5th series of Monday Evening Concerts at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester.
Other performers included Miss Drayton, Miss C. Drayton, Mr Perring, and Mr Delavanti
She appeared in the first of a series of concerts presented by Mr D. W. Banks at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester.
She appeared with the Todmorden Harmonic Society in a performance of Haydn's Creation at the National School.
Other performers included Mr Perring and Mr Chadwick.
The attendance was so large that numbers were unable to gain admission
She appeared in the 65th quarterly concert of the Huddersfield Choral Society at the Philosophical Hall, Huddersfield. The programme included selections from Handel, Haydn and Turk and Spohr's Last Judgement.
Other performers included Miss Whitham, Miss Crosland, Mr Milnes, Mr Etchells, Mr Crosland, Mr Netherwood, Mr Sutcliffe, and Mr Hirst
She appeared in a Monday Evening Concert at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester.
Other performers included Mr Perring and Mr Delavanti.
She appeared at the Philosophical Hall, Huddersfield, in a concert for the benefit of Mr John Mellor, a member of the Huddersfield Choral Society who had long been suffering from illness. The programme comprised Judas Maccabæus.
Other performers included Mrs Peace, Mrs Lister Peace, Miss Whitwam, Mr Milnes, Mr Netherwood, Mr Winn (of Bradford) and Mr Hinchliffe (of Leeds). Mr Winn and Mr Hinchliffe were both appearing for the first time in a programme of sacred music in Huddersfield
She appeared in a concert of English music at the Concert Hall in Liverpool.
Other performers included Miss Whitnall, Mr Miranda, Mr Saqui, and Mr W. B. Wray (who also played the piano)
She appeared in a Monday Evening Concert at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester
She appeared in a concert described as
a Grand Sacred Selection as a Tribute to the Memory of the Late Duke of Wellington
The programme comprised a number of oratorios: Mendelssohn's Christus, and selections from Handel's Samson and Haydn's Creation, followed by Haydn's Mass The Imperial.
Other performers included Mrs Winterbottom, Mr Perring, and Mr Delavanti
On the occasion of the interment of the body of the Duke of Wellington at St Paul's Cathedral, she sang in a service at Huddersfield Parish Church
She appeared in the first of a proposed series of annual concerts by Mr Marsden of Stalybridge, at the Town Hall in Stalybridge.
Other performers included Mr Perring and Mr Delavanti. Miss Atkinson was also due to appear but was indisposed
She appeared in a Monday Evening Concert at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester.
Other performers included Mr Perring and Mr Delavanti.
She performed a glee There is a bloom; Glover's setting of Eliza's song from Uncle Tom's Cabin: Sleep, my child, let no one hear you; Bishop's Welcome, lady fair; Haydn's canzonet of My mother bids me bind my hair; a duet The singing lesson; a trio Maiden fair, a word I pray
She appeared in Handel's Samson, at the 162nd public performance of the Halifax Choral Society, at the Oddfellows' Hall, Halifax. This was the first performance of the work in Halifax.
Other performers included Miss Barker, Mr Carter, and Mr Benson (tenor).
She performed With plaintive notes and am'rous moan
with great effect
She appeared in charity concert for the benefit of Mrs Hartley, widow of Robert Hartley of Sheffield at the Music Hall, Sheffield.
The singers – all of whom gave their services without charge – included Mr J. Appleby, Mr T. Belcher, Mr Bywater, Mr G. Ellis, Mr Hallam, Mr Inkersall, Mrs Jessop and Miss Seale
She appeared in a concert comprising Spring and Summer from Haydn's Seasons and miscellaneous works at Manchester Free Trade Hall.
Other performers included Mr Delavanti and Mr Perring.
She performed O welcome now ye groves and bowers, Mozart's duet Why answer so demurely and Balfe's Hither we come.
[O welcome now ye groves and bowers] she gave with a spirited execution that would have done honour to the first vocal talent of the day
She appeared with Blackburn Choral Society in a performance of the new oratorio The Deliverance of Israel from Babylon, by Mr Jackson of Bradford, in Park School Room, Blackburn.
Other performers included Mrs Winterbottom Mr Graham, and Mr Sanderson.
The composer was indisposed and could not attend.
She performed No more of Jordan's bank we stray
which was rendered by that lady with all her acknowledged taste and feeling, though it did not furnish her with the opportunities of displaying all the great capabilities of her fine voice
She appeared in a performance of Bishop's elegy Mourn for the Mighty Dead and The Messiah with the Bristol Sacred Harmonic Society at the Victoria Rooms, Bristol.
Other performers included Mrs Hall, Miss Dolby, Mr J. K. Pyne, and Mr Whitehouse (from the Chapel Royal, Windsor)
She appeared in a grand concert of vocal and instrumental music presented by Mr Sewell at the Court House, Rotherham.
She appeared in the fourth annual soirée of the Leeds Early Closing Association at the Temperance Hall, Leeds.
Other performers included Miss Freeman, Miss Milner, and Mr Winn
The Wellington Memorial Organ was inaugurated in Walsden Church. Amongst the additions to the choir were Mrs Sunderland, Miss Tankard, Miss Bancroft, Mr Perring, Mr Delavanti, Mr Chadwick, and the Todmorden Harmonic Society
Luke Settle – the father of music in the locality – gave a concert at the Oddfellows' Hall in Brighouse. The principal artistes were Mrs Sunderland, Mrs Boocock, Mrs Marshall, Miss Empsall, Mr Townsend, Mr Hinchliffe, and Mr Carter with Mr J. L. Dawtry on the piano.
Mrs Sunderland sang There is music in the fountain, Stars were bright, and I think you may come if you please.
Mr Hinchliffe sang Old England for me by Orlando Sladdin
She took the leading rôle in a performance of Haydn's Creation at the Exeter Hall [?] in London
She sang the whole of the soprano solos in Elijah in London, with most distinguished success
She appeared in a concert presented by Mr Joe Wood in Huddersfield.
Other performers included Miss Newbound and Mr Henry Phillips
She appeared in a concert presented by Mr Joe Wood with the New English Glee & Madrigal Union in Huddersfield.
Other performers included Miss Freeman, Mr Wood, Mr Rhodes, and Mr Henry Phillips
A grand musical festival was given in Huddersfield in her honour. It appears that some slight had been shown toward her by the committee of the Bradford Music Festival of that year, which her friends in Huddersfield were not slow to resent
She sang at a performance of The Messiah at Halifax Mechanics' Institute
She sang at the opening ceremony for People's Park, Halifax
She sang in a performance of Haydn's Creation at the opening ceremony for Sowerby Bridge Town Hall
She sang at the opening of a new organ in Hanley, Staffordshire
She appeared with Henry Phillips at the Tickhill Institute
She appeared in an English Concert for May Day with Sir Charles Hallé in Manchester.
She performed Bishop's Tell me, my heart, Hatton's Absence, and Macfarren's I am alone
She sang the National Anthem at the first Leeds Music Festival to celebrate the opening of Leeds Town Hall. The audience included Queen Victoria who was accompanied by the Prince Consort, Princess Alice, Princess Helena and the Earl of Derby.
In a performance of The Messiah, she shared the soprano music with Madame Clara Novello, Madame Weiss, and Miss Walker
Her Majesty was so much pleased by her singing that she was shortly afterwards commanded to attend at a concert given at Buckingham Palace
This took place on 1st June 1860
She appeared in an evening concert in Leeds of a concert which included the first performance of The May Queen by William Sterndale Bennett.
Other performers included Madame Clara Novello, Madame Weiss, Miss Helene Walker, Madame Piccolomini (soprano), Miss Dolby, Miss Palmer, Miss Crosland, Miss Freeman, Madame Alboni (alto), Mr Sims Reeves, Mr Wilbye Cooper, Mr Inkersall, Signor Giuglini (tenor), Mr Weiss, Mr Santley, Mr William Winn, Mr Hinchliffe, Signor Rossi, Signor Vialetti (bass) and the Festival Chorus
Her last appearance in London was at the Exeter Hall in a performance of The Messiah.
Other performers included Miss Dolby, Mr Sims Reeves, and Signor Belletti
She made her last appearance at the Bradford Festival. She had sung in all but one
She gave £15 from the proceeds of a concert towards the building of an extension to Brighouse National School
Newspapers reported that
Mrs Sunderland is seriously indisposed, and unable at present to fulfil her musical engagements
She appeared in a grand miscellaneous concert which was presented at the Holmbridge School Room, Holmfirth.
Other performers included Miss Crosland, Mr Garner, and Mr Whitehead.
She performed Bellini's Why my harp, Take this cup of sparkling wine, Lindley's ballad I cannot mind my wheel, mother, a part in All among the barley, Why answer so demurely with Mr Garner, the duet Sister Elves, and the trio Full of doubt
She appeared in a performance of The Messiah which the Tonic Sol-Fa Association gave at the Music Hall, Broad Street, Birmingham.
Other performers included Mr Mason, Mr Bickley, and Mr Gough
Following her success at the opening of Leeds Town Hall, on 7th September 1858, she appeared in a command performance before Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace.
Other performers included the Yorkshire Choral Union, the Leeds Festival Choir, the Halifax Choral Society, Miss Whitham, Miss Crosland, Miss Freeman, Mr Inkersall, and Mr Garner.
She performed The Captive Greek Girl and
Arne's Oh! bid your faithful Ariel fly, at the conclusion of which, Her Majesty bowed her thanks to the famed Yorkshire Queen of Song
The concert concluded at half-past eleven o'clock with the National Anthem, Mrs Sunderland sustaining the solo.
Afterwards, she was warmly complimented by the Queen and the Prince Consort.
The concert was repeated at Leeds Town Hall on 23rd June 1860
She appeared in a concert of part songs &c in the Concert Hall of the Crystal Palace, London.
Other performers included
with solos by Mrs Sunderland – including The Captive Greek Girl – a duet by Miss Whitwam & Miss Crosland, and a solo by Mr Inkersall.
The Conductor was R. S. Burton of the Huddersfield Choral Society.
The attendance was only limited in consequence of the unfavourable state of the weather
She appeared at Leeds Town Hall when the Yorkshire Choral Union repeated the programme which they presented on 1st June 1860 at Buckingham Palace
She was the principal in a concert given by the Yorkshire Choral Union at the Philosophical Hall, Huddersfield
She appeared in the first concert of the season in Scarborough.
She appeared at Holmfirth Town Hall.
Other performers included Mr Schofield, Mr Thomas Kaye, and Mr Greenwood.
She appeared in a service to mark the opening of the new organ at the Catholic Chapel, Howden
She appeared in a concert given by the Vocal Amateurs Society at Scarborough
She appeared in a grand gala, open air concert – with illuminations and fireworks – at the Music Hall, Scarborough.
Other performers included Miss Maria Stanley and the Yorkshire Choral Union
She appeared in a concert for the annual collection in aid of the current expenses for St Paul's Church, Huddersfield, where she had been chief soprano for many years
She appeared in a concert at the autumn festival of the Marsden Mechanics' Institute.
Other performers included Miss Crosland, and Mr Wood
She appeared in a grand concert given by the Halifax Glee & Madrigal Society at Belle Vue Zoological Gardens, Manchester.
Other performers included the Belle Vue Military Band.
She performed The Captive Greek Girl, I'll follow thee, O bid your faithful Ariel fly, and the National Anthem
She appeared in the first concert of the season – and for several successive nights – for the Amateur Vocal Union at the Philosophical Hall, Huddersfield.
Other performers included Miss Crosland, Mr Whitehead, and Mr Wood
She appeared in a concert with the Huddersfield Amateur Vocal Union at the Philosophical Hall, Huddersfield.
Other performers included Miss Crosland, Mr Whitehead, Mr Lister, and Mr Middlemost.
She performed Donizetti's There is music in the fountain and Softly sighs.
Mrs Sunderland was far below her usual inimitable excellence, and was evidently suffering from indisposition.
She appeared at the Annual Soirée of the Bradford Mechanics' Institute.
She appeared in the first People's Concert of the year at St George's Hall, Bradford.
Other performers included Miss Freeman, Mr Coates, Mr Northrop, and the band of the Saltaire 3rd West Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers.
The People's Concerts were presented under the patronage of the Mayor of Bradford, Titus Salt, and other influential gentlemen.
Mrs Sunderland did not seem to be in as vigorous health as usual
She appeared at the 13th Annual Soirée of the Pudsey Mechanics' Institute at the Public Room, Lowtown.
Other performers included Mr Inkersall
She appeared at the Annual Soirée of the Batley Mechanics' Institute at the Public Room, Batley
She appeared in Grand Benefit Oratorio at the National School Room, Slaithwaite. The concert was for the benefit of Matthew Fisher, one of the oldest singers in the neighbourhood.
Other performers included Miss Crosland, Mr Schofield, Mr Bailey, Mr Bramley, and Mr Hinchliffe.
The programme included selections from Judas Maccabæus and The Messiah. She performed Pious orgies and the duet O lovely peace.
Mrs Sunderland did not arrive until about a quarter of an hour after the commencement of the concert, and some variation in the programme took place
She appeared in a grand miscellaneous concert in the Public Rooms at the Abbey Church, Selby, for the benefit of Miss Milnes, organist at the Church.
Other performers included Miss Freeman (of the Royal Academy of Music), Mr Newby (counter tenor), Mr Rawling (bass), and Mr Hardisty (toner)
or 16th November. She appeared in a performance of Judas Maccabæus in Leeds.
Other performers included Miss Crosland, Miss Elam, Mrs Hirst, Mr Mason (Judas), Mr T. Hinchliffe, Mr Whitehead, and Mr Schofield.
She performed From mighty kings and So shall the Lute and Harp
She appeared in a performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah presented by Mr Burton in Leeds.
She sang the part of The Widow. Other performers included Miss Hirst, Miss Dearden, Mr Inkersall (Obadiah), and Mr A. Ramsden (Elijah).
As to Mrs Sunderland, it is almost superfluous to say that she sang as she always does sing in sacred music, with the power and richness of a thorough artist, her declamation being only equalled by the purity of her vocalisation
She sang in a concert of sacred music on the occasion of the opening of a new organ at Salem Independent Chapel, Burnley
She appeared in the People's Concert in St George's Hall, Bradford.
Other performers included Miss Freeman and the Bradford Orchestral Society.
She performed Tell me my heart and From mighty kings.
we must say that we are beginning to tire of the too frequent introduction of the "shake", the effect of which was sometimes altogether contrary to the sentiment of the words
She appeared in a performance of Judas Maccabæus given by the Gomersal Philharmonic Recreation Society at Gomersal Mechanics' Institute.
Other performers included Miss Carrodus, Mr Pickles (of Bradford), Mr Haigh, and Mr Hinchliffe.
She performed From mighty kings and So shall the lute and harp
She appeared in a Saturday Evening Concert in Liverpool.
Other performers included Miss Annie Fletcher, Mr Henry Croft, and Mr Sorge.
She performed Why my harp and Take this cup of sparkling wine
She was principal soprano in a new sacred cantata entitled A Day of Devotion by Henry Phillips of Huddersfield, at the Philosophical Hall, Huddersfield.
Other performers included Miss Freeman, Mr Garner, Mr Inkersall, Miss Alice Phillips (the composer's daughter), Mr Phillips (the composer), and Mr Wood.
The vocalists gave their services without fee or reward
She appeared in a benefit concert in Liverpool, on behalf of G. A. Wielopolski Phillipps, bandmaster of the 5th Corps 2nd Battalion, L.R.V.
Other performers included Miss M. L. Rowe (RA), Mr George Wilson, Signor de Braunhelder, and Mr Armstrong
She appeared in a performance of The Messiah at the Christmas Concert of the York Choral Society at York.
Other performers included Miss Newbound, Mr Inkersall, and Mr Hinchliffe
She appeared in a grand concert at Holmfirth Town Hall.
Other performers included Miss Crosland, Miss North, Mr Schofield, Mr Whitehead, and Mr T. Hinchliffe.
She performed the duet How few are the moments in life we can spare, Take this cup of sparkling wine,
which opened the floodgates of applause, and it rolled forth in torrents
and Britannia, the queen of the sea
which was splendidly sent forth, and the last verseLong may our sailors bravegliding into the National Anthem, raised the audience to enthusiasm
She appeared in a performance of The Messiah at Leeds Town Hall.
Other performers included Miss Fanny Huddardt, Mr Wilbye Cooper, Mr Inkersall, Mr Weiss, Mr Santley, and the Yorkshire Choral Union
She appeared in a performance of The Messiah in a People's Concert at St George's Hall, Bradford.
Other performers included Miss Illingworth, Miss Freeman, Miss Carrodus, Mr Inkersall, Mr Hinchliffe, and the Bradford Festival Choral Society.
Mrs Sunderland was not in good voice, but in I know that my Redeemer liveth, she was not far short of her best efforts
She appeared in a miscellaneous concert given by Mr J. C. Beaumont in the School Room of St Paul's Church, Armitage Bridge.
Other performers included Miss Moseley, Mr Whitehead, and Mr Garner.
She appeared in a Monday Evening Concert – including Acis & Galatea – presented by Mr Burton at the Victoria Hall, Leeds.
Other performers included Mr Hinchliffe, Mr Inkersall and the Chorus of the Leeds Festival Choral Society
She appeared in a concert given by the Lay Clerks of Chester Cathedral in Chester
She appeared with the Edinburgh Choral Union which featured their first performance of The Messiah in Edinburgh [?].
Other performers included Miss Crosland, Mr Inkersall, and Mr Weiss.
Mrs Sunderland sang with irreproachable taste and expression ... one of her most successful efforts being I know that my Redeemer liveth, which breathed the very soul of faith and hope
This concert was repeated with the same artistes on 23rd March 1861
She appeared with the Edinburgh Choral Union in a performance of The Messiah in Edinburgh [?].
This was a Saturday Evening Concert presented by Mr Howard and was a repeat of that given on 20th March 1861 with the same artistes
She appeared in a performance of The Messiah at Blackburn Town Hall.
Other performers included Miss Crosland and Mr Hinchliffe
She appeared with The Edinburgh Choral Union in a performance of Acis and Galatea
She appeared in
Mrs Sunderland's Farewell Concert
a grand miscellaneous concert presented by Mr J. Field at the Assembly Rooms, Blackburn Town Hall, for the benefit of the Relief Fund.
Other performers included Miss Smith, Mr Baron, Mr Towers, and Mr Birkett
She appeared in The Messiah with members of the Sheffield Choral Union in the Music Hall, Sheffield.
Other performers included Mr Inkersall, Miss Alice Phillips, and Mr Winn (of London)
She sang a selection of sacred and secular music – at intervals – at the annual soirée of the Dewsbury Wesleyan Methodist Literary Society in the Lecture Hall adjoining the Centenary Chapel in Dewsbury
She appeared at the annual meeting and soirée of the Saddleworth Mechanics' & Literary Institution in the New Hall, Saddleworth.
Other performers included Mr Garner, Miss Moseley, and Mr Coates.
She performed a glee quartet Star of Home, a trio I'm not the Queen, a solo The Captive Greek Girl, a trio Full of doubt, a glee quartet In the lonely, a solo The Queen of the Sea, and a duet Hear me, Norma.
The Captive Greek Girl was given in such a manner as few can give it, except our Yorkshire Queen of Song, and met with the most rapturous applause and a strong indication for an encore
She gave her Farewell Concert at the Mechanics' Institution, Marsden.
She was enthusiastically received [by an audience of 500 people], and sang with a vigour, pathos and an effect never exceeded by her
She was supported by Miss Newbound, Mr Inkersall, and Mr Hinchcliffe.
Her last song in Marsden was Lindley's ballad I cannot mind my wheel, mother.
At the conclusion of the concert, the President of the Institute, Mr J. B. Robinson, moved, and Mr Robert Taylor seconded a resolution, expressing the high admiration the inhabitants of Marsden entertained for the private worth and great talents of Mrs Sunderland, with their best wishes for her happiness on her retirement in private life
She had given her début appearance in Marsden in 1837
She gave her last appearance at Cawthorne, near Barnsley. Poet John Ford of Silkstone composed an ode for the event
She appeared in a grand concert given in the Church School-room, Kirkheaton.
Other performers included Miss Crosland, Mr Coates, and Mr Garner
She appeared in a concert presented by the Quarmby Choral Society at Lindley. The programme included Handel's Samson.
Other performers included Miss Crosland, Mr Brook, and Mr Grice.
She performed Ye men of Gaza, To song and dance, Let the bright seraphim with a trumpet obligato, and the duet Traitor to love with Mr Brook
She appeared at the Saturday Evening Concerts at the Music Hall, Edinburgh, under the Patronage of the Right Honourable the Lord Provost
This is the only popular concert at which Mrs Sunderland – The Yorkshire Queen of Song – can appear in Edinburgh
She performed The Captive Greek Girl, The Blind Girl's Song, When the Joys of Youth, and Home, Sweet Home
She appeared in a grand evening concert – including The Messiah – presented by Mr James Carr at the Music Hall, Hull.
Other performers included Mrs Craven, Miss M. Wilson who shared the soprano parts with Mrs Sunderland, Mr Inkersall, Mr Joseph Kenningham, and Mr J. Robinson.
After the concert, Mr Carr announced that the Oratorio would be repeated on Wednesday next – 30th March 1864 - on behalf of the Sheffield Inundation Fund
She appeared in a grand concert at the Scientific Hall, Goole.
Other performers included Miss Crosland, Mr Inkersall, and Mr Hinchcliffe.
She appeared in a performance of The Messiah presented by Mr James Carr at the Music Hall, Hull.
Other performers included Mrs Craven, Miss M. Wilson who shared the soprano parts with Mrs Sunderland, Mr Inkersall, Mr Joseph Kenningham, and Mr J. Robinson.
After the concert, Mr Carr announced that the Oratorio would be repeated on 30th March 1864 on behalf of the Sheffield Inundation Fund
A repeat of the concert given on 29th February 1864 and 23rd March 1864 on behalf of the Sheffield Inundation Fund
In the first week of April, she gave her Farewell Concert in Edinburgh which included The Messiah
She appeared in a Farewell Concert of sacred and miscellaneous pieces at the National School Room, Slaithwaite.
Other performers included Miss Crosland, Mr Hinchliffe, and Mr Inkersall.
She appeared in a performance of The Messiah at the Music Hall, Edinburgh.
Other performers included Mrs Howard, Mr Inkersall, and Mr Hinchcliffe.
She gave her Farewell Concert in Bradford at St George's Hall.
Other performers included Miss Carrodus, Mr Inkersall, Mr Lewis Thomas, and the Bradford Festival Choral Society.
She performed I know that my Redeemer liveth, From mighty kings, Mocking bird with flute accompaniment by M. de Jong, and Home, sweet home.
There was an element of sadness in all the applause which rang through the Hall.The encores were very numerous and the concert did not close till past eleven
She made
positively her last appearance in Leeds
when she appeared in a Grand Concert of sacred music and miscellaneous pieces in the Victoria Hall at Leeds Town Hall.
Other performers included Miss Hargreaves, Mr Inkersall, and Mr Poole.
She performed I know that my Redeemer liveth, Rejoice greatly, Home, sweet home, and Fear not, for I know that ye seek Jesus, the soprano solo in Dr Spark's new Easter Anthem Christ being raised from the Dead
These will be the last songs Mrs Sunderland will ever sing in Leeds
She made her last appearance in Dundee at a Grand Shakespearian Entertainment – to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth – at the Corn Exchange Hall, Bank Street.
Other performers included Mr Inkersall and a Chorus of Gentlemen from the Amateur Choral Union
She appeared in a grand miscellaneous concert given by the Choral Union of Aberdeen
Other performers included Mr Lambert snr of Durham Cathedral.
She performed With Verdure clad, Eve's Lamentation, the duet Graceful Consort, and Home, sweet home
Mrs Sunderland was one of a number of ladies who attended the stalls at a bazaar at Salem Methodist New Connexion Chapel, North Parade to raise funds to liquidate the debt on the Shibden Methodist New Connexion Chapel
At the Philosophical Hall, Huddersfield, there was the first part of a
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GRAND MUSICAL FESTIVAL
on the RETIREMENT OF MRS SUNDERLAND AS A PUBLIC SINGER |
Other performers included Madame Weiss, Miss Crosland, Mr Whitehead (of Durham Cathedral, late of Huddersfield), Mr Weiss, and Mr Garner.
She performed Rejoice Greatly, He was cut off, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and If God be for us. During the final chorus, she was visibly overcome and was assisted by Mr Coates from the platform.
The prices were
Dress Circle: 6/-
Pit stalls: 5/-
Side boxes: 3/6d
Saloon: 2/6d
Gallery: 1/6d
but the floor of the hall was not more than half full, and is was thought that the Committee had made a mistake in fixing such a high scale of prices
At the Philosophical Hall, Huddersfield, there was the second part of the
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GRAND MUSICAL FESTIVAL
on the RETIREMENT OF MRS SUNDERLAND AS A PUBLIC SINGER |
Singers included Mrs Sunderland Miss Crosland, Miss Newbound, Madame Weiss, Mr Whitehead, Mr Coates, Mr Wood, Mr Eastwood, Mr Lister, Mr Garner, Mr Weiss, and a band and chorus of nearly 100 performers
She performed a part in Hail, memory, the duet I've wandered, The Captive Greek Girl, a trio The Mariners, the duet When shall we meet, the quartet Auld Lang Syne, and Home, sweet home.
The prices were
Centre boxes: 4/-
Pit stalls: 3/-
Side boxes: 2/6d
Saloon: 2/-
Gallery: 1/-
At the annual meeting of the Huddersfield Choral Society, a petulant Mr Moore, one of the subscribers to the Society, said the Society had lost a great ornament by the retirement of Mrs Sunderland into private life. He went on
He deplored the unfortunate manner in which she took her departure from amongst them, and thought she had manifested great ingratitude to the Society that had brought her into notice, by ignoring its services. On account of what he considered the mercenary disposition which she had manifested, he could on no account have gone to listen to her last concert
On the occasion of her Golden Wedding anniversary, a subscription concert was arranged at Brighouse Civic Hall. Thomas Ormerod was Chairman of the Mrs Sunderland Jubilee Celebration Committee to receive subscriptions.
The first part of the concert comprised selections from The Messiah.
There were 120 vocalists – mostly local singers, including Madame Armitage; Miss Smythe; Miss Henrietta Cooke; Miss Hallowell who sang The Captive Greek Girl; Miss Gertrude Turner RAM; Mr Charles Blagbro; Mr F. Haigh; Mr W. Bartin.
Mrs Sunderland was presented with an illuminated congratulatory address enclosed in a silver casket, accompanied by a suitable present.
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To Mrs Sunderland, "The Yorkshire Queen of Song."
Madame,- in asking you to accept this address we, acting on behalf of your many old friends and those who have been enraptured by your many public performances, most heartily congratulate you on the celebration of your "Golden Wedding." As an accompaniment to this address, we offer you a slight memento that may bring to your recollection the kindly feelings that exist in the hearts of those who recognise the success of your career. Trusting that Providence may vouchsafe to you and your husband in the "eventide of life" every happiness that you may desire, we are, Madame, yours in all courtesy (on behalf of the Committee)
Thomas Ormerod, Chairman |
Newspaper reports of the concert said
It is expected by the subscribers that sufficient money will remain after paying off all expenses to found an annual Mrs Sunderland's Prize in the Royal Academy or the Royal College of Music
With that object in mind, the Committee made an appeal for additional subscriptions
in order to perpetuate the memory of the greatest artiste Yorkshire ever knew
However, a subsequent Committee meeting at the George Hotel realised that the competitors would have to go to London in order to compete, and it was decided to devote the money to the foundation of a Sunderland Prize in connection with the Technical School at Huddersfield, and this was named in her honour – the Mrs Sunderland competition. It was felt that this solution would best meet the wishes of the subscribers and be an incentive to pupils and aspirants in the town and its immediate district whose parents cannot afford the time or the money to enter them for the competition.
On 4th December 1888, there was a meeting of the Committee to discuss the details of the Competition
Following the Golden Wedding celebrations for Mr & Mrs Sunderland on 7th June 1888, members of the Mrs Sunderland Jubilee Celebration Committee met at the Sunderlands' home to discuss the details of the Mrs Sunderland Competition which was to be set up using the balance of the funds raised for the celebrations.
At the end of the evening, Mrs Sunderland sang Home, sweet home and Lindley's ballad I cannot mind my wheel, mother
in which she showed that she still retained extraordinary powers of vocalisation. Her voice is still full of force, beautifully rich, and the trill was executed in a manner worthy of her best days
Mr Garner sang 2 songs, finishing with The fine old English gentleman
in which he also displayed remarkable powers of voice for one his age, and who had been before the public so many years
The First Mrs Sunderland took place on 12th & 13th April 1889
The Second Mrs Sunderland took place. Mrs Sunderland was unable to be present
The Third Mrs Sunderland took place on the 10th and 11th April 1891
or 1894. A choral class was introduced to the Mrs Sunderland competition
Queen Victoria dies. She was the longest-lived and longest-reigning monarch of England.Her son accedes to the throne as Edward VII
Mrs Sunderland died at Spring Terrace, Waring Green, at the age of 86
She was buried in Grave D Con 89 in Brighouse Cemetery. Huge crowds attended the funeral
A composition class was introduced to the Mrs Sunderland competition
An elocution class was introduced to the Mrs Sunderland competition
No Mrs Sunderland competition was held this year
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