Central Park Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

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

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
13 August 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 May 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Dora march, op. 45
Composer(s): Bach
3)
Alessandro Stradella, overture
Composer(s): Flotow
4)
Neu Wien, op. 342
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Reine de Saba, La, ballet
aka Queen of Sheba
Composer(s): Gounod
6)
Jubel-Ouvertüre
aka Jubel overture; Jubilee
Composer(s): Weber
7)
Symphony, no. 5, op. 107, D major. Scherzo
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
8)
Hochzeits-Klänge, op. 242
aka Wedding sounds; Hochzeits Klange
Composer(s): Strauss
9)
Fantasia on Verdi's Ernani
Composer(s): Unknown composer
10)
Roi d’Yvetot, Le, overture
aka König von Yvetot, Der
Composer(s): Adam
11)
Drømmebilleder
aka Drommebilleder; Drømme Billeder fantasi; Traumbilder potpourri; Traumbilder selections; Traumbilder fantasie; Visions in a Dream; Pictures of dreams; Frambileter; Fraumbileter
Composer(s): Lumbye
12)
Lob der Frauen, op. 315
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Jocus, op. 216
Composer(s): Strauss
14)
Mazeppa, allegro marciale
aka march from Mazeppa; Grand maarch
Composer(s): Liszt

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 May 1871, 11.

Includes programme.

2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 21 May 1871, 5.
3)
Review: New York Herald, 22 May 1871, 3.

“Thomas’ Central Park Garden concerts will undoubtedly achieve a greater success and popularity this summer than ever before, to judge from the favor with which the opening concerts were received. The music is always up to a very high standard and the orchestra is literally without a rival. It has taken years of perseverance and experience to accomplish this result, and Mr. Thomas has spared nothing toward it.”

4)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 22 May 1871, 5.

“Mr. Thomas continues his performances at the Central Park Garden with the success that has always rewarded his Summer campaigns in New-York and that he so richly deserves. His ‘classical programmes’ are given on Thursdays; but in truth his selections are never too severe for the appreciation of the multitude, or too trivial to interest connoisseurs.”