Programme . mphony was at the Theateran der Wien, April 5, 1803. The programme included Beethovensoratorio, Christus am Oelberge, the First Symphony, the Concertoin C minor for pianoforte and orchestra, and, according to Ries, anew piece which I do not remember. The rehearsal began at 8 ,and it was a terrible one, which lasted two hours and a half, and leftBeethoven more or less discontented. Ries adds: The PrinceCharles Lichnowsky, who had been present from the beginning, orderedlarge baskets of bread and butter, cold meat, and wine to be broughtin. He invited in a friendly manner every o
Programme . mphony was at the Theateran der Wien, April 5, 1803. The programme included Beethovensoratorio, Christus am Oelberge, the First Symphony, the Concertoin C minor for pianoforte and orchestra, and, according to Ries, anew piece which I do not remember. The rehearsal began at 8 ,and it was a terrible one, which lasted two hours and a half, and leftBeethoven more or less discontented. Ries adds: The PrinceCharles Lichnowsky, who had been present from the beginning, orderedlarge baskets of bread and butter, cold meat, and wine to be broughtin. He invited in a friendly manner every one to partake, and allhelped themselves with both hands. As a result everybody grew good-humored. Then the prince demanded that the whole oratorio should * An interesting account of this prince and his relations with Beethoven is to be found in BeethovensWidmungen, by Dr. Carl Leeder, of Vienna, a series of articles contributed to Die Musik, Jahrg. III., Heft12, 13, 19, 23; Jahrg. IV. (1904-05), Heft 21. Tailored Cosfames, Coats and Waists DANCING DRESSES A SPECIALTY717 BOYLSTON STREET TELEPHONE. 5818 BOSTON be rehearsed again, so that it would go well at night, and the first workof this kind that Beethoven had produced might be performed publiclyin a manner worthy of the composer. The concert began at six oclock,but it was so long that certain pieces were not performed. Theprices of admission were raised. Some were doubled, and the pricesof the reserved seats were tripled. The receipts amounted to eighteenhundred gulden. The review of the concert published in the Allgemeine musikalischeZeitung, May 25, 1803, was very short, and no mention was made ofthe symphony. The reviewer gave four lines to the oratorio, andreproached Beethoven for having raised the admission prices. Thesymphony was performed at Leipsic, April 29, 1804, and Spaziercharacterized it as a gross monster, a pierced dragon which will notdie, and even in losing its blood (in the finale), wild with rage,
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