Tuesday, January 21:
Second serenade, Kaisermarsch, Freischütz Overture, Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin.
Much delight in the throng of people, and particularly the poodles, who start back every time drum and bassoon sound. The weather is lovely. Dr. Rohde comes to visit us, and we drive to Blankenese for a meal. At 7 o’clock the concert; the C Minor Symphony does not go as R. wishes it, the orchestra having been assembled from all over the place, and R. decides at once not to include any Beethoven in the second concert, since it vexes him far too much when these works are not played properly. “Siegmund’s Love Song” is encored, and the success seems to have been very great. R., very tired, goes to bed at once. When I, too, lay myself down to rest, I am assailed by terrible melancholy - over the thought that R. is obliged to do this!