F. Bergner Annual Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Dodworth's Hall

Price: $1

Event Type:
Chamber (includes Solo)

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 May 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

09 Apr 1866, 8:00 PM

Program Details

The concert was performed in two parts.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra];  William Mason;  Felice J. Eben;  George Matzka;  Frederick Bergner;  Sebastian Bach Mills;  Joseph Mosenthal;  Frederich [bass-baritone] Steins;  Samuel P. Warren [organ]
2)
Fantasiestücke, piano trio, op. 88
aka Phantasiestücke, op. 88
Composer(s): Schumann
Participants:  Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra];  Frederick Bergner;  Sebastian Bach Mills
3)
Schöne Müllerin, Die, "Trockne Blumen"
aka Trockene Blumen ; Faded flowers; Dry flowers; Schone Mullerin, Die, Trockne Blumen
Composer(s): Schubert
Participants:  Frederich [bass-baritone] Steins
4)
Caprice sur sur des motifs de l'opéra Comte Ory de Rossini
Composer(s): Servais
Participants:  Frederick Bergner
5)
INTERMISSION
6)
Quartet, strings, no. 5, op. 18, no. 5, A major. Andante cantabile
Composer(s): Beethoven
Participants:  Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra];  George Matzka;  Frederick Bergner;  Joseph Mosenthal
7)
Work, piano, unidentified
Composer(s): Liszt
Participants:  Sebastian Bach Mills
8)
Adagio, violin, unidentified
Composer(s): Spohr
Participants:  Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]
9)
Ballades, op. 95. Grenadiere, Die
Composer(s): Reissiger
Participants:  Frederich [bass-baritone] Steins
10)
Romance, unidentified
Composer(s): Grützmacher
11)
Alessandro Stradella, aria
Composer(s): Flotow
Participants:  Frederick Bergner;  Joseph Mosenthal;  Samuel P. Warren [organ]

Citations

1)
Review: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 09 April 1866, 185.

The program was well chosen.

2)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 09 April 1866, 6.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 09 April 1866, 4.

Lists performers.

4)
Review: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 18 April 1866, 198.

     The performance of these (above) pieces was highly satisfactory and the entire concert a highlight of “virtuoso concerts”.