Central Park Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

Conductor(s):
Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]

Price: $.50; $1 private box

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 June 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Jul 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
March, no. 1, C major
Composer(s): Joachim
3)
Rosamunde, overture, D. 797
Composer(s): Schubert
4)
Egmont, [incidental music]. Entre-acte, no. 2
Composer(s): Beethoven
5)
Hesperusbahnen, op. 279
Composer(s): Strauss
6)
Don Carlos, act 3, finale
Composer(s): Verdi
7)
Aladdin
Composer(s): Horneman
8)
Symphony, no. 1, op. 38, B-flat major. Larghetto
Composer(s): Schumann
9)
Symphony, no. 1, op. 38, B-flat major. Scherzo
Composer(s): Schumann
10)
Kaiser-Marsch
Composer(s): Wagner
11)
Muette de Portici, La, overture
aka Masaniello; Mute Girl of Portici; Stumme von Portici
Composer(s): Auber
12)
Mosè in Egitto, "Dal tuo stellato soglio"
aka Prayer; Preghiera; Mose in Egitto, Dal tuo stellato soglio; O esca viatorum
Composer(s): Rossini
13)
Fantasiebilder, op. 151
Composer(s): Strauss
14)
Champagner-Galop, op. 14
aka Champagne galop; Champagner Galopp; Champaign
Composer(s): Lumbye

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 20 July 1871, 2.

Includes program.

2)
: 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., 20 July 1871.

"With Dickon [Richard Henry Derby] after dinner to Central Park, & then awhile to Thomas’. Heard an overture 'to Aladdin'—Hornemann (whoever he is) & two movements of Schumann’s B [flat major] symphony. The first (Larghetto) seemed graceful & nice, but it is impossible to enjoy music, or to understand it, while crowds are shuffling about & waiters rushing to & fro with sherry cobblers & zwei lager."