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:
27 November 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Jan 1872, 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. 120, D minor
Composer(s): Schumann
3)
Macbeth
Composer(s): Heinefetter
4)
Fidelio, (1806), overture
aka Leonore overture, no. 3; Leonora overture, no. 3
Composer(s): Beethoven

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 18 January 1872, 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., 19 January 1872.

“Philharmonic rehearsal 2 ½ p.m. With us Mr. & Mrs. D’Oremieulx, General Vinton, Miss Rosalie [Ruggles], Dickon [Richard Henry Derby]. The Schumann symphony is not utterly barren. Its second movement, affectedly entitled a ‘Romanza’ or some such thing is elegant, & the trio in the 3rd movement very pretty indeed. With a single spark of Beethoven’s genius, Schumann would have made quite a respectable Beethoven. The Heinefetter overture seems trash. Beethoven’s overture to Lenore, no. 3, very fine, though it seems (to me, knowing it but little), wanting in breadth, & otherwise open to criticism. Business meeting thereafter, of directors. We have a delicate question to settle with Mr. T. B. Musgrave & Mr. Clarence Seward.”