Philharmonic Society of New York Rehearsal for the 4th Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 October 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Feb 1871, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York;  Clara Louise Kellogg
2)
Symphony, no. 3, op. 97, E-flat major
aka Rhenish symphony
Composer(s): Schumann
3)
Overture to Medea, op. 22
Composer(s): Bargiel
4)
Alladin
aka Aladdin
Composer(s): Reinecke
5)
Oberon, "Ocean, thou mighty monster"
aka Ocean, though mighty waste; Ocean du Ungeheuer
Composer(s): Weber
Participants:  Clara Louise Kellogg
6)
Semiramide, "Bel raggio lusinghier"
aka Bright ray of hope
Composer(s): Rossini
Participants:  Clara Louise Kellogg

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 23 February 1871, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 25 February 1871, 4.

“The Academy of Music, thanks to the admirable system of management inaugurated by Professor Doremus last season, was again crowded yesterday afternoon at the Philharmonic rehearsal. The former president, whose name we have just mentioned, brought the society up from the very dregs of bankruptcy, where Mr. Scharfenberg had left it. He removed it from Steinway Hall to the Academy of Music, increased the orchestra to 100 musicians, and used all his large influence in society to gain subscribers. Him alone can the Philharmonic musicians thank for their large subscription this season. The programme for the next concert consists of [see above]. The principal, and we might say only, attraction at this concert will be the peerless American prima donna, Miss Clara Louise Kellogg. She will sing [see above]. Her sweet, cultivated voice will be a relief from bass clarionets and dreary violoncelli.”