Philharmonic Society of New York Public Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 November 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Feb 1873, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York
2)
Symphonie zu Dante's Divina commedia
aka Dante symphony
Composer(s): Liszt
3)
Symphony, no. 92, G major
aka Oxford symphony
Composer(s): Haydn

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 27 February 1873, 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., 28 February 1873.

“Philharmonic rehearsal 2 ½ p.m. Ellie, Lucy [Derby], General Vinton & Frank Lazarus our box. After that damnable conglomeration of doleful noises, Liszt’s Dante, the Haydn symphony was most refreshing. It came like a poultice upon bruises & contusions. It’s the so-called ‘Oxford’ symphony in G.”