Bergmann Sacred Concert: 2nd

Event Information

Venue(s):
Broadway Garten

Proprietor / Lessee:
Paul Falk

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Price: $.15 for men; free for women

Event Type:
Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 August 2014

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Sep 1863, Evening

Program Details

Program included 12 pieces of orchestral music, opera, and ‘future music.’

Following the "Guillaume Tell" Overture, the advertised program listed the Sachse Trombone Concerto, to be played by William Saul. This was replaced at the last minute by an unidentified violin solo. The reason for the change is not provided. See NYSZ review.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bergmann Orchestra;  Julius Bernstein [violin]
2)
Guillaume Tell, overture
aka Guglielmo Tell; William Tell; Introduction
Composer(s): Rossini
Participants:  Julius Bernstein [violin]
3)
Violin solo
4)
Overture
aka overture
Composer(s): Bergmann
5)
Lohengrin, act 3, Einleitung
Composer(s): Wagner

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 19 September 1863.

2)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 20 September 1863, 8.

     Paul Falk writes, “The undersigned cannot help but thank the venerable public for its grand participation in bringing together the best music forces of New York, under the masterful hand of Carl Bergmann…”  

3)
Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 21 September 1863, 4.

“With his ‘Sacred’ concerts, Mr. Falk seems to succeed; last evening the Broadway Garden was overflowing.  Under the direction of Carl Bergmann, the orchestra performed twelve pieces, among which were several opera pieces and also some modern ones, which, with Bergmann, the most capable and brilliant pioneer of newer music in America, cannot fail.  In particular, Rossini’s William Tell overture was played and delicately nuanced.  In place of the trombone solo which was promised, a violin solo was inserted.  With this switch, the public lost hardly anything, because the piece was performed by Mr. Bernstein with artistic understanding and elegance.”