Philharmonic Society of New York Public Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Dec 1874, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York;  Ida Rosburgh
2)
Symphony, no. 3, op. 97, E-flat major
aka Rhenish symphony
Composer(s): Schumann
3)
Schöpfung, Die, "Auf starkem Fittige schwinget sich der Adler stolz"
aka On mighty wings; On mighty pens; Dove aria; Schopfung. Auf starkern Fittige schwinget sich der Adler stolz
Composer(s): Haydn
Participants:  Ida Rosburgh
4)
Trio, piano, strings, op. 97, B-flat major. Andante cantabile (arr. Liszt)
Composer(s): Beethoven
5)
Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006. Partita, no. 2. Chaconne (arr. Raff)
aka Ciaconne; Chaconne, D minor
Composer(s): Bach
6)
Zauberflöte, Die, "Hölle Rache, Der"
aka Queen of the night aria; Vengeance aria; Holle Rache; Gli angui d’informo
Composer(s): Mozart
Participants:  Ida Rosburgh
7)
Carnaval romain, Le
aka Roman Carnival overture
Composer(s): Berlioz

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 10 December 1874, 6.

“Orchestra of 100 men.”

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 10 December 1874, 7.
3)
Article: New York Post, 10 December 1874, 2.

Descriptive analysis of Schumann’s symphony. 

4)
Article: New York Post, 11 December 1874, 2.

Descriptive analysis of Beethoven’s Andante cantabile, orchestrated by Liszt, and Bach’s Chaconne, orchestrated by Raff.

5)
Review: New York Herald, 12 December 1874, 10.

“A public rehearsal of the New York Philharmonic Society took place yesterday at the Academy of Music. The audience was large, and there were seventy-eight musicians in the orchestra. The following programme was rendered [lists program].”