Philharmonic Society of New York Public Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Dec 1871, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York;  Imogene [soprano] Brown
2)
Euryanthe, overture
Composer(s): Weber
3)
Symphony, no. 88, G major
aka Symphony, no. 13
Composer(s): Haydn
4)
Symphony, no. 3, op. 153, F major
aka Im Walde; In the forest
Composer(s): Raff

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 07 December 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., 08 December 1871.

“Philharmonic rehearsal: Ellie, Lucy [Derby, his niece], Mr. & Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Clason, little Louis [his son], Herr Pruckner, Lazarus, General Vinton, etc., in our box. Overture to Euryanthe, Haydn’s symphony, G major, most hopeful & sunshiny (like our little Lucy expressed in the language of music), second & 4th movements especially delicious. Raff’s Im Walde. Most elaborate & thoughtful, but I do not yet feel able to criticize it. After rehearsal took Mrs. Brown downstairs & she sang the Oberon scena. I thought she did it very well, but my more intelligent & critical colleagues evidently think her unequal to it. Sorry for this nice woman’s probable severe disappointment. But I will not try to force vocalists on the Philharmonic Society. Our true course is to dispense with them altogether.”