Philharmonic Society of New York: Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
26 February 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Oct 1867, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York
2)
Symphony, no. 6, op. 68, F major
aka "Pastoral"
Composer(s): Beethoven
3)
Manfred, overture
Composer(s): Schumann
4)
Mazeppa
Composer(s): Liszt

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 24 October 1867.

“This is an event of unusual interest, as the plan of the society’s operations has been largely extended under the management.  The change of time for the rehearsals from Saturday to Friday will be welcome to ladies who desire to attend the Saturday matinées during the winter.”

2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 24 October 1867, 4.

“The programme of the pieces to be rehearsed indicate that the Society is fully earnest in the intention to redeem the past and make the present season brilliant and popular…. The orchestra has been increased to 100 members…”

3)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 24 October 1867, 6.
4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 October 1867.
5)
Announcement: New-York Times, 25 October 1867, 4.
6)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 25 October 1867, 8.
7)
: Kellogg, Gertrude. New-York Historical Society. The Diaries of Gertrude Kellogg, transcribed by Katherine K. Preston, amplified by Christopher Bruhn., 25 October 1867.

“To Acad. of Music at 2 1/2 for Philharmonic Rehearsal.  Listened to the Pastorale with delight.  The orchestra is considerably enlarged.”