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:
23 August 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 Mar 1871, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York
2)
Symphony, no. 4, op. 60, B-flat major
Composer(s): Beethoven

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 16 March 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., 17 March 1871.

“Philharmonic rehearsal, 2 ½ p.m.—fourth symphony delicious—so fresh & bright & sparkling: the grand pulsating eruptive crashes of the full orchestra (in second movement) always sinking back into the quiet melody that forms its subject, all amazingly lovely. So are the lights & shadows of the first Allegro. What a contrast to Liszt’s laborious bombast. Then that most precious little trio of the 3rd movement, that contrasts so charmingly with its intensely Beethovenesque setting—no trio is so exquisitely individual & refined unless it may be that of the ‘Jupiter’ Symphony.”