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First Concert

When
December 7, 1842
Where
Apollo Rooms, lower Broadway
Part of
New York Philharmonic performs its first concert

The Philharmonic Society's inaugural concert occurred on December 7, 1842, at the Apollo Rooms in New York City.

The first concert took place on December 7, 1842, in the Apollo Rooms on lower Broadway before an audience of 600. Ureli Corelli Hill opened the concert by conducting Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

Sources

  1. New York Philharmonic Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-04
  2. Ureli Corelli Hill Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-06

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