Private Symphony Concert: 1st

Event Information

Venue(s):
Residence of Edmund Schermerhorn

Conductor(s):
James Pech

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

05 Mar 1872, 3:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Orchestra, unidentified
2)
Naiades, The
aka Nerjaden
Composer(s): Bennett
3)
Symphony, unidentified
Composer(s): Haydn
4)
Traviata, La, aria
Composer(s): Verdi
5)
Freischütz, Der, selections
aka Freischutz; Freischütz, potpourri; Grand potpourri; Samiels Reise Abenteuer
Composer(s): Weber

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., 05 March 1872.

“3 p.m. to the first of Edmund Schermerhorn’s series of musical ‘matinees’ in the afternoon. About 50 present—among whom were Miss Nilsson, old Robert Ray, Count Costi, Osten-Sacken, & the usual set. Edmund has advanced from the quatuors & septettes of last year to an orchestra of 25!–mostly Philharmonics. Pech, leader of course. We had Sterndale Bennett’s overture ‘Die Naiaden,’ which is pretty—Haydn’s B-flat symphony, no. 12 [which is in the key of E major], a dear old friend, & one of the loveliest & healthiest orchestral works extant—sweet, sound, & simple, as an Oread. Then Mrs. Imogen Brown sang certain truck from Traviata, & we closed with a ‘potpourri,’ by some Frenchman, from the Freyschütz, which was pungent & delicious. A most brilliant afternoon.”