Piano Matinee: 2nd

Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway's Rooms

Price: $1.00

Event Type:
Chamber (includes Solo)

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 November 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Mar 1875, 3:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Alfred Humphries Pease;  Wilhelmina E. [pianist, soprano] Benziger;  Sophie Flora Heilbron;  George Sweet;  V. W. Caulfield;  C. Lanzer, Jr.
2)
Norma, "Casta diva"
Composer(s): Bellini
Participants:  Wilhelmina E. [pianist, soprano] Benziger
3)
Nautilus waltz
Composer(s): Cooney
Participants:  Alfred Humphries Pease;  Sophie Flora Heilbron
4)
Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, no. 3
Composer(s): Liszt
Participants:  Sophie Flora Heilbron

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 07 March 1875, 4.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 12 March 1875, 3.

“This very clever and highly accomplished young artiste gave a piano recital yesterday afternoon at Steinway’s which had many points of interest. She was assisted by Miss Wilhelmina E. Benziger, a very ambitious young singer, who essayed 'Casta Diva;’ Mr. Sweet, a baritone with a rich, sonorous voice; Mr. Lanzer, a violinist, and Mr. Alfred H. Pease, who played with her his last brilliant and effective transcription of a popular waltz. Mr. Pease’s transcription [of Cooney’s waltz] was the feature of the recital and received a hearty encore. Miss Heilbron also played Liszt’s ‘Rhapsodie Hongroise, No. 3,’ one of the least effective of this series of works by the Abbe.”