Thomas Central Park Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
John Koch

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

Price: $.50; $1 extra, private box

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 December 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

03 Aug 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Thomas Orchestra

2)

Gustave III; ou, Le bal masqué, overture

aka Bal masqué

Composer(s): Auber

3)

Stabat Mater, "Pro peccatis"

Composer(s): Rossini

4)

Suite, orchestra, no. 1, op. 113, D minor. Theme and variations, march

Composer(s): Lachner

5)

Jessonda, overture

Composer(s): Spohr

6)

Deutsche Tänze, unidentified (arr. Herbeck)

aka Deutsche Tanze

Composer(s): Schubert

7)

aka Fantasie sur une danse Cosaque; Cosatchoque; Gosatichoque; Cassischoque

Composer(s): Dargomïzhsky

8)

Huldigungs-Marsch

Composer(s): Wagner

9)

Symphony, no. 4, op. 90, A major. Presto

aka Italian symphony; Saltarello

Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

10)

Serenade, string orchestra, unidentified

Composer(s): Haydn

11)

Mignon, "Je suis Titania"

aka Polonaise

Composer(s): Thomas

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 August 1872, 2.

Includes program; Includes two unidentified waltzes by Strauss (unidentified).

2)

Review: New-York Times, 04 August 1872, 4.

“The concerts at Central Park Garden gain steadily in popularity with all classes, and Mr. Theodore Thomas, with his capital orchestra, are more warmly approved than ever. No resort is better of a warm evening than the Central Park Garden.”