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:
27 June 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 Aug 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
March, band, WoO 24, D major
aka Military march; Marche militaire
Composer(s): Beethoven
3)
Oberon, overture
Composer(s): Weber
4)
Königslieder, op. 334
aka Konigslieder
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Quartet, strings, H. III, 77, C major. Poco adagio
aka Variations on the Emperor hymn; Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser; Austrian National hymn variations; Kaiser Franz theme and variations
Composer(s): Haydn
6)
Wallensteins Lager, [symphonic poem]
Composer(s): Rheinberger
7)
Weihe des Hauses, Die
aka Consecration of the house
Composer(s): Beethoven
8)
Symphony, no. 2, op. 61, C major. Selections
Composer(s): Schumann
9)
Grandes marches, D. 819, no. 3, B minor [arr. Liszt]
Composer(s): Schubert
10)
Sommernachtstraum, Ein, overture
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
11)
Drømmebilleder
aka Drommebilleder; Dromme Billeder ; Traumbilder ; Visions in a Dream; Pictures of dreams; Frambileter; Fraumbileter; Cloud pictures; Dissolving views; Nebelbilder
Composer(s): Lumbye
12)
Neu Wien, op. 342
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Mignon, "Je suis Titania"
aka Polonaise
Composer(s): Thomas

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 August 1871, 2.

Includes program.