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:
12 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Apr 1872, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York
2)
Symphony, D. 944, C major. Selections
Composer(s): Schubert
3)
Trio, piano, strings, op. 97, B-flat major. Andante cantabile (arr. Liszt)
Composer(s): Beethoven
4)
Mazeppa
Composer(s): Liszt

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., 12 April 1872.

“Private Philharmonic rehearsal this afternoon with Johny & Temple. Liszt’s overture to ‘Mazeppa’—very difficult, unfortunately not quite impossible—a most elaborate piece of orchestration—glaring with trombone—& vulgar, flaunting, & brazen as a Greene St. hetera. Andante from the Beethoven trio (op. 97) instrumented by Liszt—very good. These crabbed compositions had to be worked at over & over again. Bergmann rapped for a pause & repeat at least once in every six bars. So there was time for only two movements of the Schubert symphony in C. They promise well. Then a long directors’ meeting.”