Philharmonic Society of New York Public Rehearsal: 3rd

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 March 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Nov 1870, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York;  Sebastian Bach Mills;  Rosa Czillag
2)
Symphony, no. 8, op. 93, F major
Composer(s): Beethoven
3)
Clemenza di Tito, La, "Parto, ma tu ben mio"
aka Sextus’s aria; Send me, but, my beloved
Composer(s): Mozart
Participants:  Edward Boehm [clarinet];  Rosa Czillag
4)
Concerto, piano, no. 2, A major
Composer(s): Liszt
Participants:  Sebastian Bach Mills
5)
INTERMISSION
6)
Symphony, D. 759, B minor
aka Unfinished symphony; Symphony, no. 8, B minor
Composer(s): Schubert
7)
Prophète, Le, "Ah! mon fils"
aka Ah, mio figlio; Beggar's song; Prophete. Ah! mons fils
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
Participants:  Rosa Czillag
8)
Tannhäuser, overture
aka Tannhauser overture
Composer(s): Wagner

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 24 November 1870, 7.

Includes program.

2)
: 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., 25 November 1870.

“3rd Philharmonic rehearsal this p.m. House very full. With us were Mrs. D’Oremieulx & Wolcot Gibbs, Mrs. S. L. Barlow & her Miss Elsie, etc. Everything went smoothly & well. Mme. Czillag sang an aria from Idomeneo [sic] & also “Ah mon fils,” an air I hate. I’m no judge of vocalization, but I believe it’s the correct thing to say that “her voice is a little worn, but her method good.”

Philharmonic directors met after rehearsal. They are short-sighted about petty expenditure—and I think also refusing complimentary tickets to representatives of two or three rather decent newspapers.”