Philharmonic Society of New York Public Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 August 2017

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Mar 1868, 2:30 PM

Program Details

“The first public rehearsal for the fifth and last concert.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York;  Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]
2)
Symphony, no. 1, op. 38, B-flat major
aka Spring symphony
Composer(s): Schumann
3)
Freischütz, Der, overture
aka Freischutz overture
Composer(s): Weber
4)
Sommernachtstraum, Ein
aka Midsummer night's dream
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 March 1868.
2)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 27 March 1868, 8.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 27 March 1868, 7.