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:
2 September 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Sep 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Nachtlager in Granada, Das, overture
Composer(s): Kreutzer
3)
Symphony, no. 3, op. 56, A minor. Scherzo
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
4)
Rudolfs-Klänge, op. 283
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Fackeltänz, military band, no. 1
aka Torch dance, no. 1
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
6)
Symphony, no. 1, op. 38, B-flat major. Andante
Composer(s): Schumann
7)
Aufforderung zum Tanze, [arranged by Berlioz]
aka Invitation to the dance; Invitation a la valse
Composer(s): Weber
8)
Lohengrin, act 3, Einleitung
Composer(s): Wagner
9)
Guillaume Tell, overture
aka Guglielmo Tell; William Tell; Introduction
Composer(s): Rossini
10)
Paraphrase über Die Loreley nach Silcher
Composer(s): Nesvadba
11)
Hochzeits-Klänge, op. 242
aka Wedding sounds; Hochzeits Klange
Composer(s): Strauss
12)
Amazons
Composer(s): Bach

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 September 1871, 2.

Includes program; also includes an unidentifiable work attributed to Schubert: “Theme and variations, D minor, strings.”