Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway Hall

Price: $1

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 September 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Apr 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Alfred Humphries Pease;  Russell [tenor] Glover;  Anthony, Jr. Reiff;  Clara D. Fisher;  H. Louise [soprano] Franklin;  Julie de Ryther;  Sophie Flora Heilbron;  George Sweet;  Ferdinand [violinist] Carri;  V. W. Caulfield
2)
Paraphrases de concert on Verdi's Rigoletto
aka Reminiscences of Rigoletto; Fantasia Rigoletto; Rigoletto fantasie
Composer(s): Liszt
Participants:  Sophie Flora Heilbron
3)
Paraphrase de concert sur Gounod's Faust
Composer(s): Pease
Participants:  Alfred Humphries Pease;  Sophie Flora Heilbron
4)
Silver threads among the gold, [arr. Pease]
Composer(s): Danks
Participants:  Sophie Flora Heilbron

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 April 1875, 3.
2)
Review: New York Post, 16 April 1875, 3.

“Miss Sophia Flora Heilbron’s testimonial concert at Steinway Hall last evening was well attended, and the audience was a particularly enthusiastic one. All the artists who appeared were warmly greeted, and their efforts were very liberally applauded.”

3)
Review: New York Herald, 16 April 1875, 7.

“Miss Sophie Flora Heilbron, the accomplished young pianiste, gave a concert at Steinway Hall last night, which attracted a very large audience. She played [see above]. She was assisted by [see above].”