Philharmonic Society of New York Rehearsal: 3rd

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 October 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Dec 1872, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York;  Anna Drasdil;  Benno [violinist] Walter
2)
Symphony, no. 4, op. 167, G minor
Composer(s): Raff
3)
"Spirit's song"
aka Hark! Hark! What I tell to thee; Geistes Gesang; Lied des Geistes; Spirit song; Chant de l’esprit; Canzonetta, H. XXVIA: 41
Composer(s): Haydn
Participants:  Anna Drasdil
4)
Concerto, violin, op. 61, D major. Allegro ma non troppo
Composer(s): Beethoven
Participants:  Benno [violinist] Walter
5)
Roméo et Juliette, Scène d’amour
aka Romeo et Juliette, scene d'amour; Love scene
Composer(s): Berlioz
6)
Weihe des Hauses, Die
aka Consecration of the house
Composer(s): Beethoven

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 12 December 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., 13 December 1872.

“Philharmonic rehearsal. Like the Raff symphony a little better (no. 4 in G minor). Miss Anna Drasdil sang Haydn’s ‘Spirit song’ & five other things, with fine rich voice & good method, but her selections were too lugubrious. Herr Benno Walter did the first movement of Beethoven’s beautiful violin concerto (op. 61) very brilliantly, & we had the Berlioz ‘Lieber-scene’ & the Beethoven overture. Meeting of directors afterwards.”