Private Orchestral Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Residence of Edmund Schermerhorn

Event Type:
Chamber (includes Solo), Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Mar 1873, Afternoon

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Orchestra, unidentified;  Frederick Bergner;  Benno [violinist] Walter
2)
Egmont, [incidental music]. Overture
aka Egmont overture; Goethe's Egmont
Composer(s): Beethoven
3)
Adagio, cello, orchestra, op. 38, G major
Composer(s): Bargiel
Participants:  Frederick Bergner
4)
Quartet, strings, K. 387, G major
aka Quartet, strings, no. 1, G major; Quartet, strings, op. 10, no. 1, G major
Composer(s): Mozart
5)
Morceaux de salon, op. 22. Rêverie
Composer(s): Vieuxtemps
6)
Concerto, violin, op. 61, D major
Composer(s): Beethoven
Participants:  Benno [violinist] Walter
7)
Fantasia on themes from Rossini's Guillaume Tell
aka Guglielmo Tell; William Tell
Composer(s): Unknown composer

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., 20 March 1873.

“This afternoon Edmund Schermerhorn’s second orchestral concert, fully attended by nice people. 21st [Street] was represented by Ellie & me, Lucy [Derby], Johny, Temple, & the Abyssinian Captain Atkinson, who was astonished by this sign of civilization in the New World. Talked to Mrs. Colford Jones, beautiful Mrs. General Gerard, etc. Programme: Overture to Egmont. (2) Adagio, for ‘cello & orchestra (Bargiel) most exquisitely played by dear old Bergner. Much applause. (3) Quartette in G major, Mozart. Admirable. (4) ‘Reverie,’ orchestra, Vieuxtemps—null. (5) Concerto, violin, no. 1 in D, Benno Walther, brilliant & conventional, suggesting an infinity of concert pieces heard during an eternity. (6) Andante from a quartette by Schubert, exceedingly lovely. (7) Orchestral fantasie, William Tell, showy & uninteresting.”