Ein Inserat in der New Yorker Zeitung The Sun auf S. 15 macht auf die Generalprobe am 4.12.1885 und das Konzert am 5.12.1885 aufmerksam:
"SYMPHONY SOCIETY.

                  METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE.
WALTER DAMROSCH . . . . . .  Musical Director
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, Dec 4, at 2–Public Rehearsal.
     SATURDAY EVENING, Dec. 5, at 8:15–Concert.
                       SOLOIST – Herr ELOI SYLVA,
                    from the Metropolitan Opera House.
                                  ————
     Anton Bruckner – Symphony in D minor, first time.
     Rubinstein – Air from "Nero"
     [... Mendelssohn "Fingalshöhle", Gluck, Händel, Wagner ("Rheingold"-Finale) ...].
     Reserved seats, from 50 cents to $2, according to location, now on sale." (*).

 

Hinweis auf das Konzert in der New York Times 10683 auf S. 9 in der 2. Spalte:
"     MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
[...]
     The Symphony Society of New-York gives its second concert this season, at the Metropolitan Opera House, Saturday evening, and the usual public rehearsal will be held there Friday afternoon. The programme includes a new symphony by Bruckner, the finale to Wagner's "Rheingold" [... Gluck, Mendelssohn etc. ...]." (**).