Philharmonic Society of New York Public Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Anton Rubinstein
Carl Bergmann

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Apr 1873, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York;  Henryk Wieniawski
2)
Concerto, violin, no. 8, op. 47, A minor
aka In modo di scena cantante; Gesangsszene; Gesangs scene
Composer(s): Spohr
Participants:  Henryk Wieniawski
3)
Ouvertüre, Scherzo und Finale, orchestra, op. 52, E major
aka Ouverture, Scherzo und Finale, orchestra, op. 52, E major
Composer(s): Schumann
4)
Symphony, no. 2, op. 42, C major (1863)
Composer(s): Rubinstein

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 13 April 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., 18 April 1873.

“Philharmonic rehearsal this afternoon. Academy packed. With Ellie in our box were three of our most admired young damsels. Miss Nina French, Miss Consuelo Yznaga, & Miss Minnie Stevens. Also Dick [Richard Henry Derby] & Jem Ruggles & Frank Lazarus. They clacked me out of the box, & I sat mostly on a stool at the side scenes. The illustrious Wieniawski played a pretty-ish concerto by Spohr quite as well as it deserved, and the illustrious Rubinstein conducted his own Ocean symphony, without the score. He is a most magnetic conductor. His pantomime, or gesture expressed p, pp, ppp, sf, fff, staccato, etc. more clearly than words could have done it. The orchestra was on its mettle, and never played better. But the symphony is nothing more than a piece of scholarly careful work, never offending good taste, and signifying nothing at all.”