Philharmonic Society of New York Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Event Type:
Choral, Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 August 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

31 Jan 1868, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York;  New York Harmonic Society;  Ella J. Mayer [alto];  Marco Duschnitz;  Mrs. H. M. [Boston soprano] Smith;  Sebastian Bach Mills;  William J. [tenor] Hill
2)
Jessonda, overture
Composer(s): Spohr
3)
Concerto, piano, op. 54, A minor
Composer(s): Schumann
4)
Symphony, no. 9, op. 125, D minor
Composer(s): Beethoven

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 30 January 1868.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 30 January 1868, 4.

“The third Philharmonic Concert takes place at the Academy of Music on Saturday. It will be an occasion of great musical interest. Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony will be given entire—the choral part by the Harmonic Society. It is rarely that this colossal work can be heard, but the rehearsals indicate that it will be heard to great advantage on the present occasion.” Lists rest of program.

3)
: Strong, George Templeton. New-York Historical Society. The Diaries of George Templeton Strong, 1863-1869: Musical Excerpts from the MSs, transcribed by Mary Simonson. ed. by Christopher Bruhn., 31 January 1868.

“Philharmonic Rehearsal this aftn. was unusually crowded. The Ninth Symphony rehearsed with the voices. Perhaps I chanced on a bad seat, but the soli seemed unequal to their difficult work, and the chorus to be crushed by the orchestra. Its bleatings were just audible through the demoniac shrieks of trumpets, trombones, and double basses.”