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:
1 November 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

05 Mar 1875, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York
2)
Symphony, no. 38, K. 504, D major
aka Symphony, no. 1; Prague symphony
Composer(s): Mozart
3)
Fidelio, (1806), overture
aka Leonore overture, no. 3; Leonora overture, no. 3
Composer(s): Beethoven
4)
Symphony, no. 3, op. 56, A minor
aka Scottish symphony; Scotch symphony
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
5)
Fliegende Holländer, Der, overture
aka Flying Dutchman overture
Composer(s): Wagner

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 04 March 1875, 9.

“Grand orchestra of 100 performers.”

2)
Review: New York Herald, 06 March 1875, 5.

“The Philharmonic Society had a public rehearsal for the fifth concert at the Academy of Music yesterday afternoon. The attendance was small, and the following works were rehearsed [see above]. The most exacting musical hearer could scarcely call for a bill more varied and containing more points of public interest. The quiet beauty of the first symphony, the grandeur of the first overture, considered by many the best of the immortal quartet of overtures written for ‘Fidelio;’ the fresh, hearty, popular ring that characterizes the Mendelssohn work, and the bold, massive style of the overture of Wagner, form a musical group such as cannot fail to bring intense enjoyment to the patrons of the Philharmonic Society. Dr. Leopold Damrosch has been selected as the soloist for the next concert, and to such an admirable master of the violin such a responsibility may safely be entrusted.”