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:
21 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 May 1873, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Siège de Corinthe, Le, overture
aka Siege of Corinth; Siege of Erwith
Composer(s): Rossini
3)
Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Die, selections
Composer(s): Beethoven
4)
Freuet euch des Lebens, op. 340
aka Life let us cherish
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Muette de Portici, La, selections
aka potpourri; Masaniello; Stummin; Stumme von Portici
Composer(s): Auber
6)
Overtura di ballo
Composer(s): Sullivan
7)
"Schlummerlied"
aka Slumber song; Cradle song
Composer(s): Buergel
8)
Symphony, no. 5, op. 107, D major. Scherzo
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
9)
Lohengrin, selections
Composer(s): Wagner
10)
Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Die, overture
aka Merry Wives of Windsor
Composer(s): Nicolai
11)
Rigoletto, "Bella figlia dell'amore"
aka Rigoletto, quartet
Composer(s): Verdi
12)
Wiener Fresken, op. 249
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Siegesmarsch
aka Victory; March of victory; Friedrich Carl Siegesmarsch; Grand triumph
Composer(s): Bilse

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 21 May 1873, 3.

Includes program.