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:
30 August 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Jun 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Alessandro Stradella, overture
Composer(s): Flotow
3)
Symphony, no. 3, op. 56, A minor. Scherzo
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
4)
Colombe, La, entr'acte
Composer(s): Gounod
5)
Ballo in maschera, Un, selections
aka Masked Ball, A; potpourri
Composer(s): Verdi
6)
Oberon, overture
Composer(s): Weber
7)
Intermezzo, string orchestra
Composer(s): Wüerst
8)
Hesperusbahnen, op. 279
Composer(s): Strauss
9)
Kaiser-Marsch
Composer(s): Wagner
10)
Leichte Kavallerie, overture
Composer(s): Suppé
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)
Künstler-Gruss, op. 274
aka Kunstler Gruss
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Ohne Sorgen, op. 271
Composer(s): Strauss
14)
German union
Composer(s): Fahrbach

Citations

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

Includes program.

2)
: Strong, George Templeton. New-York Historical Society. The Diaries of George Templeton Strong, 1863-1869: Musical Excerpts from the MSs, transcribed by Mary Simonson. ed. by Christopher Bruhn., 28 June 1871.

"Left Ellie & Miss Rosalie [Ruggles] & Johny at Thomas’ garden, where they sojourned too late, fascinated by the music (Weber & Mendelssohn)."