Central Park Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
East 14th St at the corner of Irving Place Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
J. [manager] Gosche

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

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 May 1873, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Oberon, overture
Composer(s): Weber
3)
Dorfschwalben aus Oesterreich, op. 164
aka Village swallows; Village swallows from Austria; Die Dorfschwalben
Composer(s): Strauss
4)
Sommernachtstraum, Ein, notturno
aka nocturne ; notturino;
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
5)
Guillaume Tell, selections
aka potpourri; William Tell potpourri
Composer(s): Rossini
6)
Symphony, D. 759, B minor, Allegro moderato
Composer(s): Schubert
7)
Symphony, D. 759, B minor, Andante con moto
Composer(s): Schubert
8)
Symphony, no. 8, op. 93, F major. Allegretto scherzando
Composer(s): Beethoven
9)
Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, no. 15
aka Rákóczy March, LW A60B; Rakoczy march; Magyar rhapsodiak, no. 15; Ungarische Rhapsodien, no. 15
Composer(s): Liszt
10)
Rienzi, ballet
Composer(s): Wagner
11)
"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
12)
Illustrationen, op. 331
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Japanese galop
Composer(s): Pease

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 May 1873, 8.

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