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:
28 June 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Aug 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Henry Schmitz [French horn];  Eugene [flautist] Weiner
2)
Overture, op. 115, C major
aka Namensfeier
Composer(s): Beethoven
3)
Hesperusbahnen, op. 279
Composer(s): Strauss
4)
Lohengrin, Vorspiel and chorus
aka Introduction and chorus to Lohengrin
Composer(s): Wagner
5)
Reine de Saba, La, ballet
aka Queen of Sheba
Composer(s): Gounod
6)
Aladdin
Composer(s): Horneman
7)
Serenade, flute, horn obbligato
aka Romanza; Nocturne, flutes, clarinets
Composer(s): Titl
Participants:  Henry Schmitz [French horn];  Eugene [flautist] Weiner
8)
Deutsche Herzen, op. 65
aka German hearts
Composer(s): Strauss
9)
Grandes marches, D. 819, no. 3, B minor [arr. Liszt]
Composer(s): Schubert
10)
Carnival of Venice burlesque
Composer(s): Gung'l
11)
Ballo in maschera, Un, selection
Composer(s): Verdi
12)
Tausend und eine Nacht, op. 346
aka Thousand and one nights; Arabian nights
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Habet acht!
aka Take care!; Have a care!
Composer(s): Gung'l

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 August 1871, 2.

Includes program.