Unveiling of the Shakespeare Statue

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Mall

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

Event Type:
Choral, Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
18 August 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 May 1872, 3:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Arion Gesangverein
2)
Roi Lear, Le
Composer(s): Berlioz
3)
"An die Künstler"
aka An die Kunstler
Composer(s): Liszt
Participants:  Arion Gesangverein
4)
Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Die, overture
aka Merry Wives of Windsor
Composer(s): Nicolai
5)
"Tell me where is fancy bred"
Composer(s): Stevenson
Participants:  Arion Gesangverein
6)
Sommernachtstraum, Ein, selections
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
7)
Julius Cäsar
aka Julius Caesar
Composer(s): Schumann

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 09 May 1872, 10.

Includes programme.

2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 22 May 1872, 5.

Includes programme.

3)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 24 May 1872, 1.

“Mr. Thomas’s Band and the Arion Society, directed by Dr. Leopold Damrosch—(and let us say here that, though more of the music that is peculiarly Shakespearean would have been welcome, the musical portion of the celebration was impressive and delightful)—now gave Nicolai’s overture to ‘The Merry Wives’ and Dr. Damrosch’s arrangement of the glee, ’Tell Me Where is Fancy Bred.’” “Mendelssohn’s ‘Wedding March,’ commemorative, in this instance, of the union of the stage with the lyric Muse, was now performed, succeeding some exceedingly beautiful extracts from the same composer, illustrative of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ the execution, by Theodore Thomas’s Band, exciting the liveliest enthusiasm.”

4)
Review: New York Sun, 24 May 1872, 3.