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)

16 May 1873, 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)
Wein, Weib, und Gesang, op. 333
aka Wine, women, and song; Wine women and song
Composer(s): Strauss
4)
Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Die, finale
aka Geschopfe des Prometheus, Die, finale
Composer(s): Beethoven
5)
Faust, ballet
aka Nuit de Walpurgis
Composer(s): Gounod
6)
Guillaume Tell, overture
aka Guglielmo Tell; William Tell; Introduction
Composer(s): Rossini
7)
Lohengrin, "Treulich geführt"
aka Braut-Prozession; Wedding march; Bridal chorus; Brautgesang
Composer(s): Wagner
8)
Symphony, no. 5, op. 107, D major. Scherzo
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
9)
Preciosa, selection
aka Preciosa potpourri
Composer(s): Weber
10)
Muette de Portici, La, overture
aka Masaniello; Mute Girl of Portici; Stumme von Portici
Composer(s): Auber
11)
Paraphrase über Die Loreley nach Silcher
Composer(s): Nesvadba
12)
Tausend und eine Nacht, op. 346
aka Thousand and one nights; Arabian nights
Composer(s): Strauss

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 16 May 1873, 9.

Includes program; concluded with a march by an unidentified composer.