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 August 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Jun 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)
Don Giovanni, overture
aka Introduction
Composer(s): Mozart
3)
Lohengrin, "Treulich geführt"
aka Braut-Prozession; Wedding march; Bridal chorus; Brautgesang
Composer(s): Wagner
4)
Bürgersinn, op. 295
aka Burgersinn
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Sommernachtstraum, Ein, selections
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
6)
Euryanthe, overture
Composer(s): Weber
7)
Serenade, flute, horn obbligato
aka Romanza; Nocturne, flutes, clarinets
Composer(s): Titl
Participants:  Henry Schmitz [French horn];  Eugene [flautist] Weiner
8)
Telegramme, op. 318
Composer(s): Strauss
9)
Guillaume Tell, introduction and chorus
Composer(s): Rossini
10)
Maritana, overture
Composer(s): Wallace
11)
Africaine, L', selections
aka Africaine potpourri
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
12)
Am schönen Rhein, op. 83
aka Am schonen Rhein; On the beautiful Rhine
Composer(s): Kéler
13)
Marche Persanne, op. 289
aka Persischer Marsch; Persian march
Composer(s): Strauss

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 June 1871, 2.

Includes program.

2)
Article: New York Herald, 21 June 1871, 6.

Popularity of Thomas’s summer series.