Amateur Philharmonic Society of New York Concert: 2nd

Event Information

Venue(s):
Robinson Hall

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Feb 1873, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Amateur Philharmonic Society of New York
2)
Symphony, no. 104, D major
aka Symphony, no. 2, D major
Composer(s): Haydn

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Times, 17 February 1873, 5.
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 February 1873.

“Amateur Philharmonic concert. Excessively over-crowded. After the delightful Haydn symphony, I ‘quitted,’ in a perspiration.”

3)
: 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., 02 March 1873.

“Dear little Temple begged from Mamma the few dollars necessary to buy at auction a second-hand bassoon, and has bought it, and presented it to Johny, who wants to cultivate that instrument in the interest of the Amateur Philharmonic. How nice & brotherly of Temple! Johny, I suppose, was too magnificent to ask for the money.

It’s pleasant to see those two brothers at the piano, doing, e.g., “Fingal’s Cave.”