Rubinstein Concert: 2nd Matinee

Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway Hall

Manager / Director:
Maurice Grau

Price: $1.50; $2 reserved seat; $1 gallery

Event Type:
Chamber (includes Solo)

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 July 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

05 Oct 1872, Matinee

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Anton Rubinstein;  Henryk Wieniawski
2)
Sonata, piano, no. 1, op. 2, no. 1, F minor
Composer(s): Beethoven
3)
Works, piano. Selections
Composer(s): Schumann
4)
Scherzo, piano, no. 1, op. 20, B minor
Composer(s): Chopin
5)
Works, keyboard, unidentified
Composer(s): Bach
6)
Rondo, piano, unidentified
Composer(s): Bach
7)
Work, keyboard, unidentified
Composer(s): Handel
8)
Works, piano. Selections
Composer(s): Rubinstein

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 29 September 1872, 7.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 07 October 1872, 7.

“The Saturday matinee of the king of pianists at Steinway Hall was signalized by the performance of Beethoven’s sonata in F minor, ‘Vogels als Prophet,’ and ‘Abends,’ by Schumann; Bach’s fugues in C minor and D major; Rondo, by Emanuel Bach; gigue in A major, by Handel, and Romanza in F major, Barcarolle in A minor; and Valse Albemarle, by Rubinstein. The interpretation of these works was absolutely marvelous, and showed the pianist to be a perfect master of even the most opposite styles. Wieniawski played Vieuxtemps’ ‘Air Varié,’ and his own incomparable arrangement of Russian airs. No one who takes any interest in music should miss the opportunity of hearing both of these artists. Their equals have never been heard in America, and their concerts are of the most instructive kind.”