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:
17 November 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Mar 1873, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York;  Richard [pianist] Hoffman;  Henriette Corradi
2)
Symphony, no. 92, G major
aka Oxford symphony
Composer(s): Haydn
3)
Symphonie zu Dante's Divina commedia
aka Dante symphony
Composer(s): Liszt
4)
Semiramide, "Bel raggio lusinghier"
aka Bright ray of hope
Composer(s): Rossini
Participants:  Henriette Corradi
5)
Concert-Stück, piano, orchestra, op. 79, F minor
aka Concert-Stuck; Konzertstück, J. 282
Composer(s): Weber
Participants:  Richard [pianist] Hoffman

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 13 March 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., 14 March 1873.

“Philharmonic rehearsal this p.m. Besides the delightful Haydn symphony, & the infernal dissonances of Liszt’s cacophonic ‘Dante,’ we had a prettyish aria from Semiramide by one Mme. Corradi, & Weber’s charming Concert-stück—Richard Hoffman at the piano.”