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:
1 September 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Sep 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Thomas Orchestra

2)

Otello, overture

Composer(s): Rossini

3)

Scherzo, orchestra, op. 19

Composer(s): Goldmark

4)

Deutsches Gemüthsleben, op. 88

aka Deutsches Gemuthsleben

Composer(s): Kéler

5)

Gaudeamus igitur

Composer(s): Liszt

6)

Freischütz, Der, overture

aka Freischutz overture

Composer(s): Weber

7)

"Ave Maria," (Instrumental version)

aka Méditation sur le 1er Prélude de piano de J. S. Bach; Meditation, prelude, for piano, organ and cello; Meditation on Bach's Prelude No. 1

Composer(s): Gounod

8)

Neu Wien, op. 342

Composer(s): Strauss

9)

Huldigungs-Marsch

Composer(s): Wagner

10)

Martha, overture

Composer(s): Flotow

11)

Vêpres siciliennes, Les, selections

aka Vepres; I Vespri siciliani; Sicilian vespers, The; potpourri; Pot pourri

Composer(s): Verdi

12)

Rudolfs-Klänge, op. 283

Composer(s): Strauss

13)

Composer(s): Lumbye

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New-York Times, 07 September 1871, 7.

Season to terminate on Sept. 24. The entire grand orchestra as organized for the winter season will be presented during the final two weeks; many interesting novelties to be introduced.

2)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 September 1871, 2.

Includes program.