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:
29 June 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 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)
Bohemian girl, The, overture
aka Zingara, La; Die Zigeunerin
Composer(s): Balfe
3)
Ein Herz, ein Sinn, op. 323
aka One heart, one soul
Composer(s): Strauss
4)
Unter Donner und Blitz, op. 324
aka Thunder and lightning
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
"Ellens Gesang," D. 839 [arranged by Lux]
aka Ave Maria
Composer(s): Schubert
6)
Faust, ballet
aka Nuit de Walpurgis
Composer(s): Gounod
7)
Semiramide, overture
Composer(s): Rossini
8)
An der schönen, blauen Donau, op. 314
aka Blue Danube
Composer(s): Strauss
9)
Serenade, flute, horn obbligato
aka Romanza
Composer(s): Titl
Participants:  Henry Schmitz [French horn];  Eugene [flautist] Weiner
10)
Carnival of Venice burlesque
Composer(s): Gung'l
11)
Martha, overture
Composer(s): Flotow
12)
Lucia di Lammermoor, sextet
Composer(s): Donizetti
13)
Wiener Fresken, op. 249
Composer(s): Strauss
14)
Hero's march
Composer(s): Herrmann

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 August 1871, 2.

Includes program.