Philharmonic Society of New-York Public Rehearsal: 4th

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
5 May 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Nov 1864, 3:00 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
aka Scottish symphony; Scotch symphony
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 18 November 1864.

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 19 November 1864, 7.

3)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 19 November 1864, 4.

4)
: 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., 19 November 1864.
 “To Philharmonic rehearsal.  Mendelssohn’s symphony . . . The Scotch Symphony--why Scotch rather than Welsh I can not say.  Very delightful work.  No end of talent, taste, culture, skill, fertility of resources, copiousness of musical language.  Every movement is beautiful and original & full of splendid points.  No fault can be found with it, except that it is without the surpassing--almost supernatural vigor and beauty that Mozart and Beethoven express.  It is first rate work of the second order, and differs in general & not merely in degree, from works of the First Order.  But the Scherzo is marvelous, and so is the Finale.”