Philharmonic Society of New York Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Jan 1871, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York;  Richard [pianist] Hoffman
2)
Anacréon, overture
aka Amour fugitif; Acacreon; Anacreon, overture
Composer(s): Cherubini
3)
Ruy Blas, op. 95
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
4)
Symphony, no. 2, op. 42, C major (1851)
aka Ocean symphony
Composer(s): Rubinstein
5)
Concerto, piano, no. 3, op. 37, C minor. Allegro con brio
Composer(s): Beethoven
Participants:  Richard [pianist] Hoffman
6)
Concerto, piano, no. 4, op. 19, F minor. Barcarolle
Composer(s): Bennett
Participants:  Richard [pianist] Hoffman

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 05 January 1871, 7.
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., 06 January 1871.

“At the Philharmonic rehearsal [at the Academy of Music] we had Cherubini & the Mendelssohn overtures, which improve on acquaintance, & the Rubinstein symphony, which does not. Richard Hoffman played a lovely piano concerto of Beethoven’s (C minor, op. 37) & a barcarole by Sterndale Bennett—quite pretty. Mrs. Fanny Harkin & her little daughter, Mrs. Georgey Peters, Mrs. Harrison, & Diccon [Richard Henry Derby] were in our box.

Temple [Strong’s middle son] began the violin under Matzka today, with much avidity & enthusiasm. He will probably cool down a little under the initial drudgery.”