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: $.75

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

22 May 1873, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Thomas Orchestra

2)

Egmont, [incidental music]. Overture

aka Egmont overture; Goethe's Egmont

Composer(s): Beethoven

3)

Sommernachtstraum, Ein, intermezzo

Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

4)

Scherzo, orchestra, op. 19

Composer(s): Goldmark

5)

Lohengrin, selection

Composer(s): Wagner

6)

Suite in canon form, op. 16

Composer(s): Grimm

7)

Overtura di ballo

Composer(s): Sullivan

8)

"Schlummerlied"

aka Slumber song; Cradle song

Composer(s): Buergel

9)

KÃ¶nigslieder, op. 334

aka Konigslieder

Composer(s): Strauss

10)

Mazeppa, allegro marciale

aka march from Mazeppa; Grand maarch

Composer(s): Liszt

Citations

1)

Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 21 May 1873, 5.

Thursdays to be devoted to the performance of a “higher class of music” than that of other nights; increase in the size of the orchestra and a small increase in the price of admission.

2)

Advertisement: New-York Times, 21 May 1873, 7.

“Grand extra concert.” Size of the orchestra to be increased to allow programmes of a higher order.

3)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 22 May 1873, 9.

Includes program.

4)

Announcement: New York Herald, 23 May 1873, 7.

“…a special evening in the week for the performance of the highest classical works in orchestral music.”