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:
18 December 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Feb 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. 2, E minor
Composer(s): Ritter
3)
Préludes, Les
aka Preludes, Les
Composer(s): Liszt
4)
Coriolan
aka Coriolan overture; Coriolanus overture; Overture to Collin's Coriolan
Composer(s): Beethoven

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 February 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., 16 February 1872.

“Philharmonic rehearsal this afternoon—Ritter symphony is not great. There is no fault to be found with it, to my knowledge, except that it is without a sign of life & inspiration. Beethoven’s Coriolanus overture—would there were more of it! Liszt’s ‘Poeme symphonique,’ or some such thing, is what one might expect. A barren programme. Dick [Richard Henry Derby], General Vinton, & a young daughter of John Taylor Johnston’s sat with us—as did also some unknown woman who marched into our box with such intrepidity, & took her seat with such aplomb, that no one ventured to ask her who she was or what she was doing there.”