Philharmonic Society of New York: Public Rehearsal: 6th

Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway Hall

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 September 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Dec 1866, 10:00 AM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York
2)
Symphony, no. 4, op. 60, B-flat major
Composer(s): Beethoven

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Times, 12 December 1866, 4.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 December 1866.
3)
: 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., 15 December 1866.

“This has been a day of refreshing--a gracious season of good music. Heard the Fourth Symphony rehearsed (with Ellie) at Steinway Hall 10 a.m. The room was scarcely half full and Beethoven’s beautiful sparkling music came out perfectly clear and bright, none of it being absorbed or muffled by a great area of skirts and shawls and furs and all sorts of feminine fixings.  The Philharmonic orchestra seems in very good condition this season.”