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:
21 November 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Mar 1873, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York
2)
Ouvertüre, Scherzo und Finale, orchestra, op. 52, E major
aka Ouverture, Scherzo und Finale, orchestra, op. 52, E major
Composer(s): Schumann
3)
Symphony, no. 2, op. 42, C major (1863)
Composer(s): Rubinstein

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 27 March 1873, 7.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 28 March 1873, 4.
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., 28 March 1873.

“Philharmonic rehearsal this afternoon. Schumann’s Overture, scherzo, & finale, & Rubinstein’s ‘Ocean Symphony.’ The latter may have some merit, in a small way, but there are more salt water & sea-breeze in one bar of Mendelssohn’s ‘Fingal’s Cave,’ than in all these six long movements together. Rubinstein must have been thinking of a six months’ voyage to China in an old-fashioned sailing vessel, when he wrote this most elongated symphony.”