Philharmonic Society of New York Private Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Apr 1871, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York;  Henri Vieuxtemps
2)
Concerto, violin, unidentified
Composer(s): Vieuxtemps
Participants:  Henri Vieuxtemps

Citations

1)
: 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 April 1871.

“At private Philharmonic rehearsal this afternoon, they did a symphony by one Albert, a novus homeo—the score of Raff, ‘Im Walde,’ not having arrived. It was poor, vapid & thin—then Vieuxtemps did his violin concerto. Then a directors’ meeting, & then Mr. Vieuxtemps informed us that he should probably be unable to keep his engagement because M. Strakosch had altered his plans. Great wrath, but I told them there was no help for it—a bill for specific performance wouldn’t lie. Then they discussed the symphony—condensed it—& agreed to substitute Mendelssohn’s A minor, a happy change.”