Harrison Sunday Concert: 5th

Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway Hall

Proprietor / Lessee:
Lafayette F. Harrison

Conductor(s):
Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]

Event Type:
Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 July 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

03 Nov 1867, Evening

Program Details

The unidentified work by Beethoven that Hennig performed was a waltz. The unidentified work by Gounod was a march.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Rudolf Hennig [cellist];  Oscar Pfeiffer;  Jennie Kempton;  Pedro de Abella
2)
Symphony, no. 39, K. 543, E-flat major
Composer(s): Mozart
3)
Andante and rondo
Composer(s): Pfeiffer
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Oscar Pfeiffer
4)
Paraphrase on Verdi's Ernani
aka Ernani variations
Composer(s): Pfeiffer
Participants:  Oscar Pfeiffer
5)
Barbiere di Siviglia, Il, "Una voce poco fa"
Composer(s): Rossini
6)
"Thou art another’s now"
Composer(s): Traventi
7)
Work, unidentified
Composer(s): Beethoven
Participants:  Rudolf Hennig [cellist]
8)
Morceaux de salon, op. 22. Rêverie
Composer(s): Vieuxtemps
9)
Preciosa, overture
Composer(s): Weber
10)
Work, unidentified
Composer(s): Gounod

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 October 1867.
2)
Announcement: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 19 October 1867, 169.

Pianist Oscar Pfeiffer is expected to arrive in the course of this month. He will give some concerts here and then travel inland. His wife and the singer Pollack will accompany him on his journey.

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 01 November 1867.
4)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 02 November 1867, 8.
5)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 03 November 1867, 4.
6)
Review: New-York Times, 04 November 1867.

“Mr. Pfeiffer’s very fascinating piano-playing was as popularly accepted as in the past. He played nothing that had not been heard before, but the ‘Ernani’ variations were as heartily applauded as ever.”

7)
Review: Courrier des États-Unis, 04 November 1867.

“Yesterday evening, at Steinway Hall, M. O. Pfeiffer inaugurated the series of evening concerts that he should dedicate to the Imperial City: we’ll come back to it.”

8)
Review: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 09 November 1867, 216.

...Pfeiffer’s genre is much different than de Meyer’s, somewhat “bigger and louder”. Pfeiffer is a serious, very well-trained musician who is equally skilled technically and sensitively. He emotionally grasps and interprets his chosen pieces with deep understanding. His playing of the keys is sensitive, clear and pleasant in addition to its full sound. The Steinway grand piano sounds beautifully under his hands. Pfeiffer impresses as composer as well. His pieces display a musical structure, understanding and consistency as rarely heard in modern salon pieces. His Rondo with orchestra was a big success. Despite the strict form it carries tenderness and spirit...