Philharmonic Society of New York Rehearsal: 3rd

“No city in America or in Europe offers at this moment musical entertainments superior to those which may be enjoyed in New York. The works of the great classical composers can nowhere else be studied to better advantage. At the concerts and rehearsals of the Phil. Society each grand symphony can be heard four times. An opportunity is thus afforded for professional and amateur musicians to familiarize themselves with the elaborate harmonies of the acknowledged masters in music. 

“An orchestra of one hundred performers, under the baton of Herr Carl Bergmann, will give their third rendering of Beethoven’s “Sinfonia Eroica,” two parts of Hector Berlioz’s “Symphonie Fantastique,” and the overture to Gade’s “Hamlet” at the Academy of Music this afternoon at half past two o’ clock. On this occasion our favorite contralto, Miss Adelaide Phillips [sic], makes her first appearance since her return from Europe. We know that she will be heartily welcomed.

“The first concert will follow on Sat. evening at eight o’ clock. We would urge our citizens to avail themselves of the musical repast offered by the Philharmonic Society. For ten dollars eighteen rehearsal and six concert tickets can be procured. As the rehearsals occur early in the afternoon ladies can go unattended, and they should be the most cordial supporters of the society in this their twenty-seventh season.”

“The rehearsal of the Philharmonic Society yesterday afternoon, presented the extraordinary spectacle of a house filled from parquet to gallery in every seat. Ladies sitting in all the aisles; the lobbies and passage ways blocked up with standing men and women. For the first time in the history of the Society the placard has been posted on the enter wall at a rehearsal, ‘Only standing room.’ In point of fact there was not even that. Great is fashion, or rather great is Doremus.”